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https://ragdollx.substack.com/p/trans-people-and-bathrooms


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Despite the hysteria surrounding trans people and bathrooms, several studies have found that nondiscrimination laws that protect trans people's right to use public facilities in accordance with their gender identity don't lead to an increase in sexual assaults. School officials, experts on sexual assault prevention and police departments all agree that protecting trans people poses no threat to cis women and girls.

By contrast, a large number of trans people, including kids, report experiencing harassment, humiliation or even violence when using a public restroom, along with other problems due to fear of harassment.

Trans youth who had restricted access to restroom/locker rooms were at higher risk of sexual assault, and they were no more likely to commit sexual violence. States that ban trans kids from using facilities consistent with their gender identity reported the same rate of sexual violence as states that didn't have such bans.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To play devil's advocate a tiny bit (I know, I know, debatebro, but it's in good faith, trust me), I wonder how much of the increased victimization is due to lower incidence of sexual assault against specifically cisgender boys, and how the data looks when broken down along gender lines (or compared to just cisgender girls).

Straight, cisgender males commit the vast majority of sexual assaults, and I don't imagine the average sex predator would respect the gender identity of an afab enby or transmasc when deciding whether to assault them. Unlike with cisgender teens, of whom only around half are likely to be victimized by a straight male predator, both many trans girls and boys are at risk.

Obviously the point of the infographic still stands because perpetration rates are still lower, it's just the first thing that popped into my head.