I have come across some of the scariest, bizarre and unhinged people whilst at my most vulnerable; in hospital. I'm not talking about the patients either. Plenty were women. Yet, the point is true that places where you have vulnerable people can be ideal for abusive people. I've seen them!
During one admission, incredibly vulnerable and afraid and stuck in my bed, a man in a dress was placed next to me talking about the poo all over himself as they cleaned him. I have no qualms about that element as we all had horrible situations. But the fact it was a man doing this, next to me, very entitled lying there wasn't right. At this moment I was still bekind brigade.
No one could say anything because we felt the authoritarian militancy behind this. Still a problem in many quarters I believe; being silenced that is.
We had a male HCA involved in doing really difficult personal things. I was in so much pain I didn't care too much. But he made me feel a bit uncomfortable with the demeanor he had. I did not like this.
Then a trainee male doctor who was bordering on insane and scared us so much we demanded the wrong un go to another ward.
Unhinged and abusive people are very much drawn to places where there are vulnerable people. Because we know this, the presence of any potential threat is problematic. Even if they intend no harm. The dignity part is essential - as pointed out by another poster.
If I truly believed the said male in dress was biologically in the wrong body, I wouldn't feel that way, but I know this is not the case btw.