rape crisis centre

The CEO of Rape Crisis Scotland disagreed with the amendment in the Forensic Medical Bill in the Scottish parliament. This amendment was to allow women and girls who had been raped or sexually assaulted to choose the sex of their rape examiner rather than the gender. This was despite the fact that a survivor group of women explicitly stated they wanted to choose the sex of their examiner. Fortunately a debate was had and sex was used in place of gender. As a woman rape survivor it is my legal right to access single sex spaces for services like this. I do not give consent for a biological male to hear my story or counsel me. I phoned my elected representative and a young man answered the phone and kept repeating the ideological mantra Trans women are women. I didn’t feel comfortable discussing my concerns. I will not use any Rape Crisis service due to this.

#scotland #rapecrisisscotland #sexnotgender #survivors

campground showers

Both my sister and I have used women's showers at public campgrounds where males entered. For her, she was exiting one of the shower stalls and a naked male was standing in the aisle. For me, a male was sitting on a bench amongst all the women in line for the stalls/drying off. Everyone seems to have just assumed it is right for males to be in the females showers, and that to keep them to the male showerhouses is unjust for some reason. NO ONE has considered the impact on females. These showerhouses and bathrooms are open 24/7 as they are for campsites. I have had men try to follow me in to bathrooms, I have had men break into bathrooms in other places to get at me. Allowing some males into female bathrooms means that potentially ANY male could get in. Both my sister and I know that if we report these males in the showers, we would be banned from the campsite and the organization we were attending with.

#unitedstates #campgrounds #campsites #bathrooms #showers

public restroom

In New York City, a major arts venue changed the signs on its restrooms from 'men' and 'women' to 'All Genders'. However, in smaller print underneath, one sign says 'stalls with urinals' and the other says 'stalls only'. So everyone has to spend a few seconds to do the translation in their mind to figure out which restroom is men vs women. There were several women in the women's room. The door opened and a man peered in. Upon seeing all of us women, he broke into a devilish grin and entered. The opposite would not have been true: If a woman had peered into the 'stalls with urinals' room and seen nothing but men with their pants unzipped, she would not have cheerfully entered. It is not the same thing. The two situations do not mirror each other.

#unitedstates #publicbathroom #artsvenue #allgendertoilets