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==Advocating for gender-neutral restrooms== | ==Advocating for gender-neutral restrooms== | ||
There has long been a common misconception that having separate restrooms for men and women helps prevent assault. However, facts don't support this assumption. For preventing assault, a single-occupancy restroom is more effective. There is no reason for a single-occupancy restroom to be only for a certain gender. A gender-neutral, single-occupancy restroom makes public places safer for everyone.<ref name="trans bodies 576" /> | There has long been a common misconception that having separate restrooms for men and women helps prevent assault. However, facts don't support this assumption.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Bathroom Bouncers: Sex-Segregated Restrooms|title=Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?|year=2017|first=Heath|last=Fogg Davis|publisher=New York University Press}}</ref> For preventing assault, a single-occupancy restroom is more effective. There is no reason for a single-occupancy restroom to be only for a certain gender. A gender-neutral, single-occupancy restroom makes public places safer for everyone.<ref name="trans bodies 576" /> | ||
Most public places only offer baby changing tables in the women's room, which can be a problem for fathers, and for any other caretaker who feels out of place in a women's room. Caretakers of babies, children, or other dependents want gender-neutral, single-occupancy restrooms. People who have disabilities want accessible, single-occupancy restrooms. Transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming people can unite with these groups to organize and advocate for these improved public restrooms more effectively.<ref name="trans bodies 473">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 473.</ref> | Most public places only offer baby changing tables in the women's room, which can be a problem for fathers, and for any other caretaker who feels out of place in a women's room. Caretakers of babies, children, or other dependents want gender-neutral, single-occupancy restrooms. People who have disabilities want accessible, single-occupancy restrooms. Transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming people can unite with these groups to organize and advocate for these improved public restrooms more effectively.<ref name="trans bodies 473">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 473.</ref> | ||
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File:Beings sign - Cory Doctorow.jpg|A restroom sign labeled "Beings", which appears to depict a 3-headed person. Can be considered dehumanizing to transgender/nonbinary people. | File:Beings sign - Cory Doctorow.jpg|A restroom sign labeled "Beings", which appears to depict a 3-headed person. Can be considered dehumanizing to transgender/nonbinary people. | ||
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==Further reading== | |||
*{{cite journal|first=Heath|last=Fogg Davis|year=2017|title=Why the "transgender" bathroom controversy should make us rethink sex-segregated public bathrooms|journal=Politics, Groups, and Identities|doi=10.1080/21565503.2017.1338971|url=https://heathfoggdavis.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/politics-groups-and-identities-article.pdf}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||