They were discussing this on the radio this morning... awkwardly misgendering and saying that while it's a good thing, it will "definitely cause distractions". Am I the only one that went to an elementary school that had stalls dividing the toilets...? You know, like... bathrooms tend to have?
Yeah, I ended up leaving a comment on the article to this effect. No one will be distracted because no one else using the bathroom will know. She's going to go in, sit down (I'm assuming), do her thing, wash her hands, and leave, just like any other girl. It's not like she's going to be naked in there. Considering she's been presenting (if this is the wrong term, please let me know) as a girl for pretty much literally her entire life, it's highly unlikely that any of her classmates even know she was born male or is any different from the other girls in the class.
The only way this will be a 'distraction' is if the adults around her make it one.
No, I think they're overreacting. There's no situation I can think of where normal bathroom use could cause confusion over genitalia. All toilets are divided by stalls. Unless someone is peeking under the divider, no one's going to see anything, and no one should peek under dividers because it's really weird and creepy.
have any of these people ever worked with elementary aged kids?? if you've ever had the joy of trying to take an entire class for a bathroom break, the real fun is when they are done using the toilet (oh, the messes kids can make with paper towels and water)
My radio station was discussing this too this morning. Except when a caller asked "What happens when he (dumbass kept calling the little girl a he for asshole reasons) gets to PE and has to shower?"
The show actually hung up on him because "That guy probably is against women in combat because of bathroom issues. And why bring up issues that aren't even issues?"
I never had gyms with showers at any of my schools, so I'm not entirely sure of the way it works... I don't think there are generally 'stalls' for each individual person showering, but I also don't think it's tradition to, like, wash each other, soooo... I don't think the genitals of other students is going to be a problem for other students.
Sorry if I was unclear, I just meant that a kid using the opposite bathroom from the gender they identify is would be far more of a distraction. If she identifies as a girl, and everyone knows her as a girl, then sending her to the boy's bathroom is going to call a lot of attention to it.
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The only way this will be a 'distraction' is if the adults around her make it one.
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The show actually hung up on him because "That guy probably is against women in combat because of bathroom issues. And why bring up issues that aren't even issues?"
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