LogFAQs > #956019524

Look, I'm a bit overprotective of kids. I even had them look away (both genders) when a male janitor lifted his shirt and scratched his pot belly in front of them. Perhaps I am a prude but I just don't want kids (especially young girls) exposed to male genitalia. I'm also protective of women who have been sexually abused/raped etc.

I sadly have no kids of my own, I'm not female so this would not directly affect me. I general tend to try to stay out of such issues, since I have no horse in the race so to speak.

In this case though, I feel strongly that while everyone has the right to identify as whatever gender they are, there should be restrictions in any places involving children for sure, and honestly I find it's ........cruel, to not take into account the possible negative experiences of some of the other people using the same facilities.

I don't believe in discrimination, but, I also don't believe you need to flex your muscles and push to be treated the same in EVERY way, there are other places to stand your ground and push for equality. IF you have the same genitalia as the people in a (gender specific) facility, then you should use it.

IF you still the original parts you were born with, even if you feel you should have been born with other parts, I feel you should continue to use that gender's form of changing room or any room involving nudity.

I would say that wearing soemthing to cover such parts would also be ok to some degree (still has some problems but it would be a compromise).

IF all of that is impossible and anyone with whatever bits can be in any changing room etc, that should DEFINATLY be posted and made VERY clear to anyone who plans on using it.

I would not want my daughter to be exposed to male genitalia at a gym for instance and would totally NOT be ok if that happened (if I had a daughter of course). I would not be ok with that happening to my friends daughters that I care about etc either.

Yeah, Im an american, and we are overly concerned about nudity etc, but I can't help how I feel, and that is how I feel about kids. I'm not ok with children being exposed to that when going to the YMCA for instance for swim lessons or swimming in the pool in the summer. Luckily they have family changing rooms and so I would use that if I brought any kids to the pool, but honestly not everyone is going to know that is even needed and kids could easily be exposed without the parents even knowing, or not knowing till afterwards.

There ARE ways for everyone to be accommodated, it would just cost more money/require new construction or rooms etc. I don't thinks ok just to tell people that women with male genitalia are now allowed in female only changing rooms, so deal with it.

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