If safety and privacy matter, don’t they matter for everyone? Washington rules require facilities be accessible based on gender identity.
These incidents, reported in the news, show why open bathrooms and locker rooms are bad policy for women and children: A man in the women’s locker room at a Seattle pool started undressing in front of women and children. He told the staff the new rule gave him the right to be there.
A Spokane Community College student discovered a naked man in a stall of the women’s bathroom. Police discovered pictures of several women on the phone of a man caught in a Bellevue college bathroom who told them he was “testing boundaries.”
A new study shows that women in states with gender legislation have nearly twice the risk (1.8 times) of such incidents (“Gender legislation increases harm,” May 2, womanmeanssomething.com).
