Irrespective of membership of any particular religious belief, I would regard myself as an abusive parent if I told my child they were a sex which they were not. Or, insisted a male or female they encountered was a sex which they were not.
I'd have it weighing on my conscience. However, with all the abuse against women and children which has been occurred in Ireland, I know that many in roles of authority don't give a toss about how children and women are treated or damaged. The shame is when they get away with it and are not held accountable by their supervisors or watchdogs.
i was going to say abuse in the past. However, I do know that the Irish gov't and public services are locking women up with convicted male rapists and paedophiles at the moment. Also, in many other areas in Irish life, the overwhelmingly male government are active in trying to rip away safety and fairness for Irish women.
This is the chappie (of course it's a bro) minister for education who heads the department which are striving for girls' safe single sex spaces to be removed. Spaces where they are in states of undress and will vulnerable to predatory behaviours such as secret cameras filming them increased. Indeed, spaces where they may at the very least be stressed or intimidated or self conscious because they may be groups of teenage boys. At a point where intimate care is taking place. No Minister, we will not pretend it is a progressive move to make access easier for other chappies. However, you try to launch it. It is almost as if this generation of Irish male politicians are the same as the ones of the past. Just as careless (if not complicit) in allowing an abusive environment, and repackaged under the pretence and guise of a fake 'progressive' instead of 'Catholic'.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/o-gorman-unisex-toilets-make-school-life-easier-wq5p0g570
kildare-nationalist.ie/2021/04/17/campaign-group-calls-for-rethink-on-putting-mixed-sex-toilets-into-irish-schools/