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How do you feel about transgenders using the bathroom of he gender they identify as?

Personally i think a transgender woman should have the right to use the ladies room.
Although it seems to me that the wise course of action is to use the restroom for the gender you're passing as.
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Tatsumi · 31-35, M
The same way I feel about transgender women wanting to fight biological women, in the UFC. It's bullshit. One can feel like a woman all they want. It doesn't change their bone structure.

If we make a distinction for them in fighting, it follows there should be a distinction between them and biological women.
@Tatsumi

Does it follow? Surely that's more akin to being in a different weight class
Tatsumi · 31-35, M
@Pikachu It certainly follows. Same weight, different bone structure, different muscle density probably. I'm not sure how hormone injections work on muscle density; but, a man and woman weighing the same are not the same in strength, endurance, or durability. Women's bones are half as dense as men's; as are their muscles.

A trans woman, even if we say that his/her muscles are significantly decreased due to hormone injections, still has much denser bones and can take way more damage than a biological woman. And probably has a huge strength advantage, as well.
@Tatsumi

Yeah i'll agree to that. So there are differences between transgender women and biological women, important ones when it comes to a fair physical competition. But can you make the case that this distinction is important when it comes to which bathroom they use?
Tatsumi · 31-35, M
@Pikachu If they have a dick, absolutely. There's the dick room and the vagina room. They oughta just put that on the bathroom doors.

If they don't have a dick, I guess not. If a dude cuts his dick off, I'd say he's bought female restroom privileges.
@Tatsumi

Sorry, i'm going to need a little more than that.
Are you in the habit of checking on the type and functionality of the genitals of your fellow bathroom users? What impact does the state of their genitals have on which bathroom they can use?

In the example of UFC there is a real and significant reason why a transgender woman might not be able to have a fair competition with a biological woman.
What real and significant reason presents a problem for a transgender using the bathroom of the gender they identify as?
Tatsumi · 31-35, M
@Pikachu They...have...a...dick. How do we verify that it is not a women-interested dick?

If I simply say "I kinda feel like a woman, today, I think I'll use the women's restroom." What stops me from doing so, if the restroom is opened up to anyone who says they feel like a woman? "No, no, it's okay, because I feel like a woman."

To what degree is the privacy of the women's restroom guaranteed, in that scenario?

I don't know man. I don't really give a fuck. Let womankind take it to a vote. It's their bathroom. I vote no.
@Tatsumi

[quote]They...have...a...dick.[/quote]

You keep repeating that as if you think it's an argument.
It's not.
Harassment in a bathroom is already illegal no matter what gender or which bathroom. In states where these bathroom laws already exist there is no increase in harassment because (surprise) the vast majority of people just go to the bathroom to use the bathroom. By your logic we shouldn't be allowing homosexuals into public bathrooms either.
Tatsumi · 31-35, M
@Pikachu Clearly, you overlooked the ellipses. I also said I don't give a fuck.

Dick = guys room. That's my final answer to your question about *my feelings* on the matter.

I'm not exactly gonna take your biased word for it on statistics. But. Like I said. I don't care.
@Tatsumi

Not sure why people have the idea that giving their opinion protects them from having to defend that opinion...

[quote]I don't give a fuck about your bullshit logic[/quote]

lol ah i see. Sorry i used logic instead of ignorance to make my point.

Here's a good article which i expect you won't read. It makes use of logic, you see.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/4/6/17197910/anchorage-alaska-transgender-proposition-1
Tatsumi · 31-35, M
@Pikachu Sorry, something infinitely more important than your poor logic, strawmans, and intellectual inferiority complex just popped up.

Lol. Vox. Nice ultra liberal .com source. They teach you to use those in college?
@Tatsumi

lol cute use of buzzwords.
Not particularly meaningful coming from someone who just threw a bitch fit over my use of logic in my arguments😏

But *gasp* did you just attempt to invalidate the information by criticizing its source?!
lol talk about intellectual inferiority.
If you can refute the information then do so. Although i suggest you just run away, tail between your legs...