As Kellie-Jay Keen points out, the main reason that there hasn’t been an almighty backlash (so far) against the Transchluss is because the media and activists have conspired to frame it so effectively.
The media, politicians and activists talk in fairy-floss terms about “inclusion”. Aww, that sounds nice. Who wouldn’t want that? Re-frame it, truthfully, as “adult men are going to share a change room with your daughter”, and suddenly peoples’ minds are sharpened. But, as Keen says, “Nobody really talks in those terms. And I think politicians don’t talk in those terms. And academics don’t talk in those terms. Fair enough, but it means this. It means having a penis in a changing room with your daughter. That’s what it means.”
I discovered the truth of this when, prior to Tasmania’s “Self ID” tranny laws, I canvassed the views of ordinary people. At first, they were generally supportive, but when confronted with specifics, such as that men would be able to become legally women simply by filling out an ordinary form, their views quickly did an about-face.
When confronted with the reality of “trans inclusion”, British women are putting their feet down, too.
Fewer than one in 20 women support the replacement of men’s and women’s loos with gender-neutral ones, a poll reveals.
Just four per cent would be happy if restaurants, hotels, bars, theatres, cinemas, concert venues and stadiums abolished separate toilets for two sexes.
British men — at least, the ones who aren’t predators in dresses — are standing with their womenfolk.
Men are almost as unenthusiastic. Fewer than one in ten support the loss of their own loos in public spaces.
The findings from the poll carried out by YouGov and released yesterday suggest the rise in gender-neutral public loos is against the grain of public sentiment.
Schools in the UK that’ve introduced gender-neutral toilets have sparked massive protests by girls, who are unhappy with everything from having to share toilets with boys, to being forced to carry a “Red Card” to identify when they’re on their period.
The issue has become one of the battlegrounds between transgender rights lobbyists and feminists.
Attempts to introduce gender-neutral loos in public spaces or in offices have routinely provoked protests from women who refuse to use them.
The findings, made available by YouGov online, were highlighted by plumbing retail website Boiler Central.
The firm said ‘a third of the population are in support of adding gender-neutral bathrooms alongside separate bathrooms for men and women to public spaces’.
The Daily Mail
Tellingly, though, the trannies don’t want that. If, as they claim, they are “unsafe” in men’s toilets, then surely they’d be happy to be gifted their very own, third option? Hell, no. When a Hobart councillor proposed such a compromise, tranny activists were apoplectic.
In other words, it’s not about “feeling safe”, it’s about accessing women’s private spaces.
I think we can all guess why.