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Originally Posted by carnation
Unfortunately, I have known of several men who represented themselves as transgender women to get into a women's restroom or other place and then do something awful. The first case I know of was a town over ten years ago.
I taught at a college in the same town after that and a man very badly dressed as a woman strolled into the bathroom (I was in there). He stood there for a moment and moved towards my ESOL students and they screamed and ran out. I called the cops, but about half never came back to class again.
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Yep. I didn’t actually believe this happened, until I experienced it in some of the social services settings I’ve worked in.
No one is saying “all trans people are predators” but biological men who may or may not be transgender do put themselves in women’s personal spaces for nefarious reasons. Maybe 1 out of 100, but it’s the one who has really bad intentions and can create dangerous situations. No one would (to use some GC lingo) “perp” as a trans person to infiltrate women-only spaces who was not seriously disturbed.
When it’s a biological male who is, let’s say…fully functioning…women’s safety is paramount. Particularly considering the women in question most likely already have trauma issues and are most likely displaced and in the care of social services due at least in part to those issues.
It does suck for the majority of trans people who can be in the situation and handle themselves appropriately…getting lumped in with people who are just sex predators. Conversely, the majority of trans people I’ve encountered professionally have been in this group.
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