The Bathroom Bill

State legislatures are proposing laws that would require human beings to use the bathroom (and locker rooms, etc.) based on the gender defined for them physically at birth.  For the vast majority of folks, self-included, this is not a personal issue.  I am both a male biologically and have a male sexual identity.  This is a huge problem for humans who have a gender identity that is in conflict with their biological gender.  These people are referred to as “Trans.”  I am absolutely flabbergasted that some humans propose legislative action to punish Trans for their condition.

The entire notion of civil liberties, individual rights and freedom is centered on protecting the minority from the will of the majority.  The folks who propose legislation that legalizes majority discrimination against the minority are making a public announcement that they do not support civil liberties, individual rights and freedom.  In other words, to propose such legislation promoting discrimination based on sexual identity is un-American and un-Constitutional by definition.  Such proponents, as is so typical of this low-level mental function, use fear to arose the majority to believe that they are somehow threatened by this minority and that the majority must clamp down on them.  It is this kind of thinking that promoted the laws requiring separate education based on race, separate bathrooms based on race, separate water fountains based on race, assigned seating in public places based on race, etc., etc.  It is also the kind of thinking that would deny women the right to vote, deny them the right to own property, etc.  This kind of thinking is tyranny of the majority and is by definition un-American.

And I cannot fathom the problem here.  What is the fear?  I guess if you are the kind of male who would look at another male’s sexual organs while you are in the bathroom this may scare you.  I guess if you are the kind of male who would be totally unhinged if a person who looks like a woman has a penis and you saw her penis.  Or, if you are a male and saw the vagina of someone who identifies as a male you would be equally harmed.  So, it seems to me those folks are sick and should not be writing laws.  I for one consciously avoid invading the privacy of my fellow urinal users, keeping my eyes down or up.  Evidently people like Dan Patrick do not do that.

I assume the opposite is true.  Women who enter a stall and shut the door are even less likely to see the genitals of another woman next door.  Why would they care if the ejection of waste comes from a penis or a vagina when both types of organs remain covered?  A female who does not have gender identity issues would not enter a men’s restroom anyway.  A female who has a male gender identity would not approach a urinal, but wait for the next available stall.  A male who has a female gender identity and is dressed as such would scare the likes of Dan Patrick if she walked into a men’s room dressed based on her identity not her genitals.  The opposite would be true if a female who identifies as a male and dresses like a male enters a woman’s restroom.  What is the deal?  Why not write a law making looking at another person’s genitals without mutual consent a misdemeanor, or a mrdemeanor.

Or, the fear that somehow children will be harmed.  So let’s protect little boys in the men’s room from other people, dressed like men, who enter the stall to do their business via female organs.  Let’s protect little girls from using a stall while the person in the stall next to them is using male organs to do their business.  I cannot fathom a biological male with a female sexual identity harming little boys or little girls.  I cannot imagine a biological female with a male sexual identity harming little boys or little girls.  I can readily imagine biological males harming little boys in the men’s room because that is the most frequent from of assault. 

I happen to think that anyone who supports such legislation based on fear of the genitals of another person and banning males who identify as females from the ladies room, and banning females who identify as males from the men’s room is so stupid as to be deemed unsafe.  We need a bedroom bill, no a bathroom bill:

Anyone who supports such blatant discrimination in our nation should be required to receive therapy regarding their sexual phobias and their apparent desire to see the genitals of others in inappropriate settings.  They should be required to pass a psychological exam prior to being issued a marriage license to discourage the reproduction of such fears.  It should become illegal for them to share a bedroom or the back seat of a car with anyone who is equipped with the genitals of the opposite sex.  Perhaps such a bedroom bill will end this nonsense about bathroom bills, or at least end it after one generation.  I believe the sexual dysfunction of such a person is akin to the sexual predators who may use bathrooms as a stalking ground.  We surely would not want sexual predators writing legislation.

It is the sickest of people who seek to persecute others they deem as sick using fear and ignorance as a tactic.  If they are not mentally ill, I suggest they grow up.  Last I heard, though I have not surveyed, every human is equipped with genitalia as well as hearts, minds, livers, lungs, etc.  I am not afraid of the organs of another person, though in most cases I choose not to view those organs.  If another person becomes sexually aggressive or exposes him/herself in appropriate ways we already have legislation to address those behaviors.  We cannot allow the sick to dictate (pun intended as most of the fear mongers and organ lookers are males) their own fears and insecurities into law that would punish minorities; or starts witch hunts, penis hunts or vagina hunts.  That is truly sick.  And though I believe the folks who think this way merit professional help, I do not believe they should be allowed to write laws revealing their phobias.  Let’s replace all the bathroom bills with bedroom bills and we can end this nonsense.  I believe Darwin would agree.

And I am humming one of my favorite Mamma and Pappas tunes, “Go Where You Wanna Go.”