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Women’s privacy and dignity

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Mrspenguinsschoolforfreaks · 07/09/2025 13:43

I’ve just been to my local leisure centre swimming pool and while I was in the changing rooms a woman walked in from the showers, fully naked. I averted my eyes, and she walked quite close past me in a way which to me (and I fully accept I may well have imagined it) felt a bit pointed. I felt vaguely uncomfortable and embarrassed in the same way I would have if a man had walked in naked.

My impression is that the vast majority of people on this forum believe that it is a fundamental breach of women’s privacy and dignity if people with male biology (whether cisgender men or trans women) share changing facilities with women. Yet they do not consider that it undermines a woman’s privacy or dignity to have to get changed in front of other women, or to see other women naked.

I understand that many women have had experiences with men’s exhibitionist or voyeuristic behaviour which makes them specifically uncomfortable being undressed around men, or being around men who are undressed. But I’ve often seen the argument on here that it equally undermines men’s privacy and dignity to have to share changing facilities with women.

So my question is, do you think privacy and dignity are not infringed by having to get changed in front of people of the same sex? If not, why not?

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PrettyDamnCosmic · 11/09/2025 08:56

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 08:32

'Given trans people are significantly more at risk in the company of males from violent hate crimes than of women'
Really? In the UK? You still have not provided the evidence for this at all. You have provided lots of deflection data which included hate crime but no actual data on physical violence.

I can keep posting the data as many times as you deny i have you know.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24959160/

  1. Police recorded hate crime
Key results in the year ending March 2023, there were 145,214 hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales (excluding Devon and Cornwall police[footnote 2]), a decrease of 5% from the year ending March 2022 (153,536 offences), the first fall since the comparable time series began in the year ending March 2013 prior to the fall seen this year, police recorded hate crime offences rose between the years ending 2013 and 2022; this prolonged period of increasing offences was thought to have been driven by improvements in crime recording by the police and better identification of what constitutes a hate crime there were 101,906 race hate crimes, a fall of 6% from the previous year when there were 108,476 offences, this was driven by a decrease in racially or religiously aggravated public fear, alarm or distress offences as in previous years, the majority of hate crimes were racially motivated, accounting for 7 in 10 of all such offences (70%; 101,906 offences) religious hate crimes decreased by 4%, from 8,602 to 8,241 offences sexual orientation hate crimes fell by 6%, to 24,102 offences, while transgender hate crimes increased by 11%, to 4,732 offences disability hate crimes fell slightly (by 1%) compared with the previous year, at 13,777 offences over half (51%) of the hate crimes recorded by the police were for public order offences, 41% were for violence against the person offences and 5% were recorded as criminal damage and arson offences

Transgender identity hate crimes rose by 11% (from 4,262 to 4,732) over the same period, the highest number since the time series began in the year ending March 2012. Transgender issues have been heavily discussed by politicians, the media and on social media over the last year, which may have led to an increase in these offences, or more awareness in the police in the identification and recording of these crimes.

Figure 2.8: Percentage of selected offences resulting in charge/summons, by hate crime strand, offences recorded in the year ending March 2023, England and Wales, 30 forces

Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office Data Hub

"'there's no evidence of increased risk from trans people to women'
How can anyone provide violent hate crime data for women in the UK when it is not recorded?"

So you admit there's no evidence of danger to women transwomen? Well done!

It doesn't say much for your arguments or Google skills that you keep banging on about out of date data. These are the most recent data for year ending March 2024 that amongst other things show a fall in reported transgender hate crimes.

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2024

Ereshkigalangcleg · 11/09/2025 08:57

Still waiting…

ThatBlackCat · 11/09/2025 08:57

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 08:55

yeah looks legit…

It is. Go to the source. It's legit.

Unlike the mens rights pro-predatorial rubbish you post.

Taztoy · 11/09/2025 08:57

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 08:55

yeah looks legit…

I say no. As I’m legally allowed to. As per the SC ruling.

Why wont you answer me? Men continuing to come into women’s single sex spaces in defiance of that ruling and my no is a consent violation.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 11/09/2025 08:58

Helleofabore · 11/09/2025 08:54

Readers note:

There is no legislation that supports the segregation of publicly accessed spaces further than by sex (ie single sex spaces), as this further segregation is illegitimate discrimination. The Legitimate discrimination allowed by law (and by Human rights too) is for sex segregation.

Therefore no publicly accessed single sex spaces can then be segregated by race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion for instance. These would be acts of illegitimate discrimination.

There is no commonality within the group of people with transgender identities except for their personal philosophical belief about their identity which is an identity that does not reflect material reality. This philosophical belief is not one that is acceptable to allow exclusion from sex segregation for publicly accessible single sex spaces. There are no other philosophical beliefs that have this additional privilege either.

There is also no logic in allowing a group of male people to access female single sex spaces because of their philosophical belief that is one that doesn't reflect material reality. If that group require additional protection, then a separate space for them should be provided.

Quite.

Keeptoiletssafe · 11/09/2025 09:00

Mrspenguinsschoolforfreaks · 10/09/2025 19:59

I’m sorry, I did read your posts and appreciated that they were factual and made in good faith. I meant to reply to thank you, but delayed because I was considering whether I had anything further to say in response, and then before I got around to it I got distracted by all the unpleasantness from others. You are clearly very committed and passionate about safety in toilets and have put a lot of time and effort into this research, which is admirable. I’m afraid I don’t have time to follow all the links and read the supporting information underpinning your comments, but I have taken on board all of the issues you highlighted and found them very thought provoking

@Mrspenguinsschoolforfreaks Thank you for reading my posts. If you followed the links and research you would come to the same conclusion, however uncomfortable that can be at times. The safest toilet design is a single sex design with door gaps. It saves lives and prevents assaults.

You say in another post you don’t know how it could work practically if toilets were by gender. That’s what I have been researching. This graphic shows the practical reality of the difference in design.

I have tried to engage with lots of people on how to practically work out a solution. I want a debate. You started this thread about privacy. The cubicles on the right of the picture show complete privacy because that’s the toilet design when the area in front of the toilet cubicle or room is mixed sex.

The two children in this diagram could be of any gender.

@Howseitgoin has never replied to me on this image, despite me asking repeatedly. Perhaps you could give me your thoughts?

Women’s privacy and dignity
Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:01

Me: What's the difference in lesbian violence to trans woman violence?

You: The law in the UK (who cares elsewhere) says blah blah blah

And the logical fallacies keep coming…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

Argument from authority - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

Taztoy · 11/09/2025 09:01

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:01

Me: What's the difference in lesbian violence to trans woman violence?

You: The law in the UK (who cares elsewhere) says blah blah blah

And the logical fallacies keep coming…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

I say no. I say no to men in a single sex women's space.

To enter in defiance of that is a consent violation.

why don’t you accept my no?

Helleofabore · 11/09/2025 09:02

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 07:53

No it doesn't & never can because like any data regarding trans people there isn't enough of them to make a statistical conclusion. Same with lesbians that sexually assault women.

And no less than a high court judge ruled on this very matter of data when it came to trans prisoners.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/02/trans-women-with-sex-offence-convictions-in-female-jails-lawful-rules-judge

"Between 2016 and 2019, a total of 97 sexual assaults were recorded in women’s prisons, of which seven appeared to be committed by transgender prisoners without a GRC. It is not known whether any were committed by transgender women with a GRC but the number of transgender prisoners with a GRC across all jails is thought to be in single figures.

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Holroyde said the statistics were too low and had insufficient detail to provide a safe basis for conclusions, adding: “I can accept, at any rate for present purposes, that the unconditional introduction of a transgender woman into the general population of a women’s prison carries a statistically greater risk of sexual assault upon non-transgender prisoners than would be the case if a non-transgender woman were introduced. But that statistical conclusion takes no account of the risk assessment which the policies require.”

And yet, you keep posting the Williams Institute press release!

One that used data from a survey where only 0.08% of the respondents reported that they were transgender and yet you confidently keep posting this statement from the Williams Institute:

”Transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple assault”

Notice the 'including'. This figure also included property victimisation.

So, the word 'violent' has also been misused by the Williams Institute.

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:02

Taztoy · 11/09/2025 08:57

I say no. As I’m legally allowed to. As per the SC ruling.

Why wont you answer me? Men continuing to come into women’s single sex spaces in defiance of that ruling and my no is a consent violation.

You get this is a global forum right? Oh wait…

Taztoy · 11/09/2025 09:03

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:02

You get this is a global forum right? Oh wait…

As a rape and SA victim who had a man burst through a door to strangle and rape me I say no.

and that’s your reply?

Tells me something about you.

AnSolas · 11/09/2025 09:03

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 07:10

Trans people have access to women's bathrooms in Ireland, Canada, Australia France, Norway Portugal, Spain, Japan, Hong Kong, & many states in the US just to name a few.

Ireland only allows men who have a GRC to access women single sex spaces

5 Star review of the GRC system is that women give up all sex based rights and the State must pretend they are males.

3 of the 500 (est.) males with a GRC have already been to prison
1 CSA offender who only produced his GRC in conviction
1 violent bar brawler
1 legal sane per court ruling as sane people can want to stab ones mother to death and rape her as she is bleeding to death

Any trans IDing male without a GRC must use male toilets and gets sent to the Mens Prison system

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 11/09/2025 09:03

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 08:40

What part of LESBIANS HAVE LITERALLY BEEN CAUGHT SEXUALLY ASSAULTING WOMEN is not good enough…

See where this illogical point goes?

Can you link us to an example of a lesbian being caught sexually assaulting someone in a women's toilet?

ThatBlackCat · 11/09/2025 09:04

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:01

Me: What's the difference in lesbian violence to trans woman violence?

You: The law in the UK (who cares elsewhere) says blah blah blah

And the logical fallacies keep coming…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

Lesbians are female and a member of the oppressed sex class.

Transwomen are MALE and are a member of the predator and oppressor sex class.

HTH

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 11/09/2025 09:04

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:02

You get this is a global forum right? Oh wait…

If you're not UK based then why do you care about the fact that women in the UK have rights that women in your country don't have?

Why don't you just leave us the fuck alone and carry on oppressing women in your country?

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 11/09/2025 09:06

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:01

Me: What's the difference in lesbian violence to trans woman violence?

You: The law in the UK (who cares elsewhere) says blah blah blah

And the logical fallacies keep coming…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

Lesbians can't commit rape, unlike trans women.

Lesbians actually are women and so do not have any other spaces specifically designated for members of their own sex, unlike trans women.

There are two major differences for you.

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:08

Helleofabore · 11/09/2025 09:02

And yet, you keep posting the Williams Institute press release!

One that used data from a survey where only 0.08% of the respondents reported that they were transgender and yet you confidently keep posting this statement from the Williams Institute:

”Transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple assault”

Notice the 'including'. This figure also included property victimisation.

So, the word 'violent' has also been misused by the Williams Institute.

I also posted UK Police data. Are you disputing that or avoiding it still?

And it doesn't do your credibility any good muddying the waters between numbers of convictions (very small) to numbers of hate crimes VERY LARGE.

TheKeatingFive · 11/09/2025 09:09

Lesbians are women, so of course it is five for them to be in women's spaces.

This is not difficult @Howseitgoin

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:11

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 11/09/2025 09:04

If you're not UK based then why do you care about the fact that women in the UK have rights that women in your country don't have?

Why don't you just leave us the fuck alone and carry on oppressing women in your country?

You get this is a discussion/debate forum & not a propagandist support site right? Oh wait…

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 11/09/2025 09:11

Rape is the most serious form of sexual assault, and men (a category which includes trans women) commit 100% of them.

Not sure what you are referring to when you mention 2%. What is 2%?

AnSolas · 11/09/2025 09:12

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 07:33

The data correlated with other findings so irrelevant.

"The ONS is standing by its overall estimate, released in January, that one in 200 people aged over 16 are trans. Its director of population statistics, Jen Woolford, declared “confidence in our gender identity estimates at a national level”. Woolford said the estimates broadly tallied with surveys by GPs.

Robbie de Santos, Stonewall’s director of external affairs, said: “The current figures for the trans population are in step with comparable estimates in other nations, such as Canada who included a similar question in their 2021 census.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/08/census-records-trans-population-in-england-and-wales-but-accuracy-is-doubted

Including the Super straight gender

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 11/09/2025 09:14

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:11

You get this is a discussion/debate forum & not a propagandist support site right? Oh wait…

What is there to discuss?

Women in the UK have rights, granted to us in law by our democratically elected parliament, and upheld by our Supreme Court.

If UK based male supremacists trans activists have a problem with that, they need to campaign to remove our rights, following the correct democratic process. This means they need to write to their MPs and convince them that erasing female people in law should be high on the legislative agenda.

But it has got absolutely fuck all to do with you because you don't have an MP, you don't vote in our elections, and you need to mind your own business and keep your nose out of our democracy.

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 09:14

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 11/09/2025 09:11

Rape is the most serious form of sexual assault, and men (a category which includes trans women) commit 100% of them.

Not sure what you are referring to when you mention 2%. What is 2%?

From the link:

"In the last three years of recorded data, 98% of rape victims said the perpetrator was male."

Helleofabore · 11/09/2025 09:15

Howseitgoin · 11/09/2025 08:32

'Given trans people are significantly more at risk in the company of males from violent hate crimes than of women'
Really? In the UK? You still have not provided the evidence for this at all. You have provided lots of deflection data which included hate crime but no actual data on physical violence.

I can keep posting the data as many times as you deny i have you know.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24959160/

  1. Police recorded hate crime
Key results in the year ending March 2023, there were 145,214 hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales (excluding Devon and Cornwall police[footnote 2]), a decrease of 5% from the year ending March 2022 (153,536 offences), the first fall since the comparable time series began in the year ending March 2013 prior to the fall seen this year, police recorded hate crime offences rose between the years ending 2013 and 2022; this prolonged period of increasing offences was thought to have been driven by improvements in crime recording by the police and better identification of what constitutes a hate crime there were 101,906 race hate crimes, a fall of 6% from the previous year when there were 108,476 offences, this was driven by a decrease in racially or religiously aggravated public fear, alarm or distress offences as in previous years, the majority of hate crimes were racially motivated, accounting for 7 in 10 of all such offences (70%; 101,906 offences) religious hate crimes decreased by 4%, from 8,602 to 8,241 offences sexual orientation hate crimes fell by 6%, to 24,102 offences, while transgender hate crimes increased by 11%, to 4,732 offences disability hate crimes fell slightly (by 1%) compared with the previous year, at 13,777 offences over half (51%) of the hate crimes recorded by the police were for public order offences, 41% were for violence against the person offences and 5% were recorded as criminal damage and arson offences

Transgender identity hate crimes rose by 11% (from 4,262 to 4,732) over the same period, the highest number since the time series began in the year ending March 2012. Transgender issues have been heavily discussed by politicians, the media and on social media over the last year, which may have led to an increase in these offences, or more awareness in the police in the identification and recording of these crimes.

Figure 2.8: Percentage of selected offences resulting in charge/summons, by hate crime strand, offences recorded in the year ending March 2023, England and Wales, 30 forces

Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office Data Hub

"'there's no evidence of increased risk from trans people to women'
How can anyone provide violent hate crime data for women in the UK when it is not recorded?"

So you admit there's no evidence of danger to women transwomen? Well done!

So... what is it that you are trying to say here? That because a group of people has hate crimes targeting them, they should be able to access female single sex spaces?

While fucking ignoring that if misogyny was a hate crime, it would overwhelm these statistics. What then? Do we have to wait for misogyny to be a hate crime so that female people can finally be able to have provisions that exclude male people? Really?

In any case, just showing that a group of male people experience hate crimes which may include physical violence is actually irrelevant to their accessing female single sex spaces.

It is an argument that they might require action to reduce these crimes against them.

It is not an argument that they should be accessing female single sex spaces when they are male people.

So you admit there's no evidence of danger to women transwomen? Well done!

FALSE! or is this a COMPREHENSION FAIL. Isn't that what you post, followed by emojis? Or have you now realised that this ends up being harassment and abusive after we have repeatedly pointed it out?

Either way, this is not what I said at all.

I was pointing out that you are using largely irrelevant data that has no symmetrical data being collected for female people. I am not saying at all that there is no evidence of danger to female people from male people who claim to have a transgender identity.

There is numerous reported instances of rapes and other sexual abuses of female people who should have been safe in female single sex spaces in the UK and were not. This makes your claim of So you admit there's no evidence of danger to women transwomen? Well done! ridiculous.

Two girls attacked by Dolatowski is an obvious one. Or.... are those girls 'statistically insignificant'?

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