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A gender neutral policy? No?
I'm not sure what it is you are trying to say, or perhaps prove?
Whatever issues U of T had with a couple of voyeurs, they had the means to deal with the issue. (They were probably engineers...its always engineers with the peeping)
There have been voyeurs and exhibitionists on campuses and in public spaces predating the advent of gender neutral bathrooms. There will probably continue to be people who act out with these behaviors no matter what we do.... It is a compulsion.
You'll note that the two voyeurs were not transsexual. And yet if they were the same rules, laws and regulations would have applied to them
Just as in the States where they are passing the discriminatory laws... There exist laws against voyeurism and exhibitionism. The laws are gender neutral. Everyone regardless of their sex must follow these laws or face prosecution. They serve as preventative measures against these crimes.
There is, therefore, no particular reason to pass laws that specifically target transgender people if the worry is either voyeurism or exhibitionism ...or worse...
The myth being propagated by proponents of the law is that trans-gendered people are particularly disposed to both exhibitionism and/or voyeurism or perhaps sexual assault.
It just isn't true. Trans-gendered are more often victims of criminal violence and assault. They also commit suicide at alarming rates.
These discriminatory laws will only increase the feeling of persecution of trans-gendered, and serve
to help reinforce the attitudes of those who would be predisposed to commit violence against trans-gendered due to their bigotry.