There are great social and cultural issues not to mention psychological and safety issues as to why the push for personal sex selection apart from genetic qualification is absurdly dangerous.
When Did It Become Controversial To Keep Men Out Of The Women’s Bathroom?
This is a measured, insightful, and sensible column regarding the issue of “transsexualism”. It needs to be widely distributed and be the basis for honest and civilized debate. From John Hawkins writing at Townhall.(excerpt)
How would you feel if you watched your 8-year-old daughter walk into a locker room and that man in Seattle walked in right after her? For that matter, what would you think about your college-aged daughter having to get dressed next to Bruce Jenner, who still has his male genitalia and is attracted to women? In a society where you can’t go five minutes without hearing someone scream “rape culture” or “it’s a war on women,” how is it that a threat to the safety, comfort and privacy of women in the bathroom is being treated like it is irrelevant?
It stems from the uniquely unhealthy way we treat this mental disorder and, yes, if you feel like you are the wrong gender, you have a mental disorder. The good news, especially if you’re young, is that it’s probably not a permanent condition. As the former psychiatrist in chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital Dr. Paul McHugh has said, “80% of those kids will” grow out of it as they get older.
If one gets to pick their sex identity, as a matter of civil rights, won’t candidates for public safety and military postings get to pick their performance standard? Why not?
DLH with R Mall
