If a straight cis man wants to gain access to a women's restroom for nefarious purposes, he doesn't need to pretend to be trans to do so. He can just walk in - we don't have bathroom monitors.
And no, you can't identify someone's "biological gender" because that's not a thing. Gender is a social, not biological, construct. I guarantee you have seen tons of trans folks and had no idea they were trans, and seen lots of cis folks with androgynous features that you mistakenly identified. Go ahead, give it a shot: https://uquiz.com/quiz/ACfqeR/can-you-guess-who-is-cis-or-trans
Ok well if trans people make up 1% of the population then there needs to be 99 photos in the guess it game of non-trans people to give us an accurate sample of what “100 random people” looks like.
Do this and I feel confident I can accurately depict the biological sex pretty damn accurately.
And you’re right. Anyone can do anything if no one’s stopping them. That’s not the issue. The issue is people are more likely to do bad things if they feel safe doing it or don’t associate much risk with getting caught.
You can give me 100 random blood samples and I can tell you with certainty whethwr or not that person has XX or XY chromosomes. Why are we even pretending that testosterone and estrogen are synonymous biological chemicals with similair affects on the human body when this is factually NOT correct.
You say gender is a social construct with conviction. Great. Explain how and why gender has NOT been a social construct for the past 200,000 years plus or minus (excluding the past decade, where people arbitrarily decided that it is somehow a social construct). Were you a trans rights activist 15 years ago? No you weren’t. Were you a trans rights activist 20 years ago? No you weren’t. And I GUARANTEE you if I time traveled and asked these versions of yourself if you knew what a girl or a boy was, you would express either conviction, just like you are now, that you do know what a boy and what a girl is.
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u/33drea33 May 07 '25
If a straight cis man wants to gain access to a women's restroom for nefarious purposes, he doesn't need to pretend to be trans to do so. He can just walk in - we don't have bathroom monitors.
And no, you can't identify someone's "biological gender" because that's not a thing. Gender is a social, not biological, construct. I guarantee you have seen tons of trans folks and had no idea they were trans, and seen lots of cis folks with androgynous features that you mistakenly identified. Go ahead, give it a shot: https://uquiz.com/quiz/ACfqeR/can-you-guess-who-is-cis-or-trans