i think i finally figured out the real issue with transgender rights.
firstly all the decision makers are men. that’s a problem by itself, but, if trans men are allowed to use male bathrooms… they can’t use the urinal.
well, they probably could, and i think it would he hilarious to watch but that’s not the point.
it fills up our stalls and makes our bathroom line longer. and i don’t know if you’ve noticed but the lack of a line for the mens bathroom is a point of pride for most men.
and yes i know how sad that is
i guess i’m one of the few people i know that gives enough of a shit about transgender rights to even attempt a conversation.
i really just actually want to talk about it. it’s a seriously complicated issue with a lot of very IRL consequences.
and by “consequences” i mean the person sitting beside me while i’m taking a shit might have a vagina.
though i guess the real issue people pretend exists is “men” being in the “womens” bathroom. because that is totally a thing.
i mean, the only reason i don’t rape people is because i lack the opportunity. thats kinda the implication here. and by “kinda” i mean there’s literally an ad on tv stating
that men will start raping people (children specifically, they imply that pedophiles will exploit) because they can now use the womens bathroom. thats fucked up on so many levels.
so obviously the only solution is to make men dressed as women use the mens bathroom, because that’s not fucking awkward and will never result in unnecessary calls to the police. —sinewave
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If you transition into a “man” then you become part of that man problem, no?
the best solution imo is to have just giant bathrooms that everyone uses.
Obviously the Bitcher found the shift key for typing IRL. Try it on the “i” and at the beginning of each sentence. Makes reading more bearable. I guess the days of writing skills are a thing of the past.
All I know is unisex washrooms may be a step in the wrong direction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4TPE-Ku7o…
Well one solution is single bathrooms. When you walk in you lock the door …doesn’t matter if your male female, both …changing your gender or Venutian . You are in there to do your business & it doesn’t matter because you have privacy.
The other choice would be add another bathroom. Male , Female, Transitional.
THE REAL ISSUE
“though I guess the real issue people pretend exists is ‘men’ being in the ‘women’ (sic) bathroom because that is totally a thing. i mean, the only reason i don’t rape people is because i lack the opportunity.” sinewave
I take it the bitcher is spoofing “the real issue” surrounding unisex bathrooms, that they supposedly provided the opportunity for men to rape women, an opportunity they would not normally have. However, the bitcher is correct to spoof this so-called “real issue.”
As it happens, one of the Graduate School requirements for obtaining a Ph.D. at my university was to live in residence for a year and during that time unisex bathrooms were where it was at. However, I can tell you that raping the women in the next cubicle was the last thing on the men’s minds. In spite of the fact that gender-specific bathrooms were considered an anachronism in those liberated times, both sexes felt very odd sitting next to each other, um, cheek to cheek. Sex is one thing but bodily functions are another. In other words, political correctness, at least as it was then conceived, did not trump gender-specific bodily functions.
Thank you very much.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Oh, dear!
I tell you that I am not bothered by any new and diverse expressions of sexuality, nor most of the ordinary bodily functions one bit–
–but the very thought of having to once again live in –gasp! choke! gag!– RESIDENCE if/when I return to school for my long-postponed PhD fills me with a level of existential dread that I cannot describe.
The HORROR! The HORROR!!!!
You refer to “most” of the ordinary bodily functions which do not bother you one bit. The inference is that there are others which do. Could you enumerate them and explain why they do bother you? Be specific.
Do not be the usual garden-variety “Ph.D. candidate.” In spite of your “existential dread” you must return immediately and complete your long-postponed Ph.D. I assume you have completed the required courses. What is your thesis topic? Feel free to request advice on any aspect of the Ph.D. thesis.
However, you might be spoofing my previous reference to my Ph.D. The fact is that I have five degrees, including a Ph.D., from four accredited Canadian universities. I graduated from one twice. Can you imagine? Be humble.
Well, as long as that’s all you’re doing with your mouths hanging open. I mean, there is a limit.
Nope–would never mock the PhD–I know how darn hard it is to get one (especially in Science or Engineering). Lived through the process vicariously through friends several times.
But the thought of having to live in Rez for even one more day would add a level of excruciating torture to the process that would be the deal-breaker for me.
*Shudder*
Why do you claim that a Ph.D. is “especially hard to get” in Science or Engineering? What is it about Science or Engineering compared, for example to Philosophy, that makes to so hard to get? If it is the technical detail involved then, since Philosophy does not deal in not deal in technology at all, is the comparison even valid? It’s like comparing apples and oranges.
In the case of Engineering, being a PRACTICAL as opposed to a THEORETICAL study, one wonders about the legitimacy of talking about a Ph.D. in Engineering at all since, by definition, a Ph.D. consists of breaking new THEORETICAL ground. So what would a Ph.D. in Engineering look like? Do you have examples of a Ph.D. in Engineering? Perhaps one of your friends through whom you vicariously lived might have one and he/she could explain Engineering’s purely theoretical base. It would be very odd to see a Ph.D. in Engineering without a DIRECT PRACTICAL application.
I don’t understand why you have such an aversion to living in residence, particularly when it depends on obtaining a Ph.D. Students going for a Ph.D. are not your usual frat boys. On the contrary, they tend to be solitary if not hermit-like. They march to the beat of their own drummer. So yes, I would be very interested in hearing your reasons that “even for one more day” would be the deal-breaker for you. Your reference to living in residence being “excruciating torture” appears to point to a psychological problem. If your psychological problem has a rational basis I may well be able to be of some help to you.
A pleasure as always,
Cheerio!
Montrealman, Ph.D.
Can you support your assertion that most of the Ph.D.s are certifiable twits who can’t live outside their head? You also asset that it is only “most” but not all Ph.D.s who are certifiable twits who cannot live outside their head. Can you distinguish those who can from those who cannot?
Would you give REASONS for both your assertions or are they just another bit of the usual hot blow? Examples detailing just how most Ph.D.s are twits while others are not would help. Do not confuse your simple assertions with such REASONS. They are quite distinct.
Geez Larch, I’m just partaking in the conversation. It’s called “light chit-chat.” It’s hardly serious stuff that should ruin your day. If you don’t agree with my posts, well then don’t read them or post your own rebuttal.
It offends you that the PhD’s I happen to know personally aren’t twits and are actually pretty bright people who do research in real-world technologies? Well, then, gosh, I just don’t know what will make you happy. Should I seek out more people in my life who are twits? Seems like a waste of time.
Oh, and no, I am not the moderator. I wouldn’t have the patience.
I guess your assertion that a Ph.D. in Science or Engineering is “especially hard to get” in comparison with one in Philosophy must have been a bit of “light chit-chat” in view of the fact that you do not hold a Ph.D. in any of them.