In an article done by Nicole Russel, she seeks to analyze two main things, one, that allowing every person who claims they are transgender into the bathroom of their choice is potentially a hazardous and dangerous situation and two that while people think they are fighting for equality of all, but are actually fighting for equality of transgender people, which is pushing rights of everyone else to the side. The following is her arguments. She stresses that most transgender people are basing these arguments off of feelings rather than facts. Russel will end her arguments by asking her readers to question whether its right exchange one group of peoples comfort for another's. are we treating both trangender and nontransgender people equally. And …show more content…
And for the predators that go as far as pretending to be transgender to have access and availiability to use the restrooms giving them ample opportunity to prey on the innocent women and children. Triller uses three different men as examples to back her claims up. she list Jason pomare, a 33 year old man from California who dressed up in a wig, bra,womens clothing and “appeared” to look as those he had breast. Pomare stored a video device in his purse and had several hours of recorded video from the womens bathroom. Norwood Burnes, a 51 year old male fro Calhoun was arrested after being caught ordering women our of the bathrooms. Burnes was dressed in a womens suit,high heels,nail polish and womens jewlary and would attempt to take his clothes off infront of women and children. taylor buehler 18 who was found in a womens college bathroom dressed in a bra and wig. Beuhler had followed two women into the bathroom unknowningly. When caught beuhler said he was just there to use the bathroom facilites but later told officers he had used the womens bathroom for sexual gratification. Triller uses these examples of men disploiting women to show arrogance of not having bathroom laws everywher you go. Triller ask her readers, just as russel did. Are we to put hundreds of thousands of women and childrens safetly at risk for a small amount of transgender people. haver specificly admits that she knows that not all true transgender people are predators. but that predators will do anything and everything to have this access to take advantage of people. haver expresses that giving them their own bathroom is more then fair and no one has to get hurt just because of a decision was made so that people could use a restroom for the sex they want
So I 'm washing my hands and a woman comes out of the stall. She looked at me for a second and told me I was in the wrong bathroom and I didn 't belong in there (Masculine Presentation).” The woman is correct, he does not belong in the women’s bathroom, but people don’t consider situations like that when they endorse these bills. By supporting a bill that forces people into the bathroom of their assigned gender at birth, they are putting transgender men in the women’s bathroom. If that were to happen women would become accustomed to having people who are and who look like men in their bathroom. This opens the door to the very thing they are trying to prevent which is, cisgender men going into the woman’s bathroom and claiming they are
Obligations, an act of binding oneself to another, through social, political, or economic means. The arguments of this week’s reading center on obligations and reveal the unintended ties to one another. Kristen Mann's argument discusses the effect of the slave trade in the Nigerian city of Lagos. Her argument forms around the political effects of the slave trade and the centralization of power in the city. The slave trade created an obligation to those in power. Through, the lower-class work with the wealthy slave traders created an obligation to protect, and lend economic support. This idea of obligation to power is important to understand the way in which aid shifts obligation of power. Importantly, The Trouble with Aid, argument’s shows
Controversy has spread and gone around the world for so many years and especially recently. The question bears, should transgendered people use the bathrooms based on their gender that is on their birth certificate or the gender they identify with? Based on many opinions and a lot of stories people debate online or in person whether this should or should not be a thing. Many stories lie with people talking of harassment and other negative situations, yet people still do not agree with some statements. A story from a student follows the lines of the issues dealing with bathroom rights states, “Greenlee is a transgender student, who was born a female, but has taken on a male identity since the beginning of freshman year. ‘I had no bathroom that I could go to,’ Greenlee said. ‘The bathroom that I'm going to now is a storage unit" (koamtv.com). Transgendered people should be allowed to use the bathrooms in which gender they
Some people who have had little exposure to people different than themselves, may only have film portrayals to expose them to what these individuals are like. This generalization is tragic, but it’s hard to fault people who judge based on all they know. The media’s creation of LGBTQ roles in which the community are either feared, pitied or created to be laughed at has contributed to a general misperception and has led to the creation of HB2. The thought of allowing people to use the bathroom of the gender in which they identify has sparked a fear that this simple act of human rights will lead to criminal acts against cisgender people. Transgender individuals are misunderstood and are therefore downgraded to not having the same rights.
Over the course of this paper, we will take a comprehensive look at information regarding the transgender community issue in reference to four key sociology concepts. First, we will review information highlighting how transgender people come to the forefront of the public eye as well as the bathroom uproar continuously sweeping the nation. Next, we will examine the facts showcasing how transgender people go against the social norm of associating gender with a person’s given birth sex. Thirdly, we will review information showcasing the cultural inconsistencies throughout the nation when it comes to the acceptance of transgender people. Fourthly, the material will showcase the actions transgender people must face in several states throughout
Transgender is an umbrella term, meaning an individual’s gender-identity does not align with their assigned sex at birth. Although transgender is a protected class in eighteen states, these individuals still face discrimination within the country and around the world (“Non-Discrimination Laws”). Transgender is not a lifestyle, no one chooses to live their life constantly being discriminated against. Transgender issues should be more educated on and their lives should be more protected.
Anton Marino says, “…fueled the unequal treatment of a not just transgender person, but also female, lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. As a result, the use of public workplace restrooms, one of the last spaces segregated on the basis of a sexual binary, has created glaring psychological and physical harms for members of the transgender community. Moreover, because the discrimination faced by members of the transgender community is indelibly connected to the issues of gender and sex, workplace bathroom use and sex-specific workplace attire emphasize how innate identity and the way others perceive the trans-identity are in direct conflict. …Use of a restroom is an inherent part of one’s identity. Thus, transgender individuals’ workplaces have developed into battlegrounds on which the fight for transgender equality has, in large part, been disastrous” (Marino
When an individual identifies themselves as transgender, it means that they feel that their biological gender does not match with their psychological gender. To put that into a simple man’s term, the individual feels they “were born in the wrong body”. For example, a man feels that he was meant to be born a woman and vise-versa. It does sound rather unusual, but why should that matter? An individual should be able to make his or her own decisions about how they live their life. Unfortunately though, not everyone feels the same way about this. That is how the controversy is created. This is why transgender rights should be strengthened in America not only because it is morally correct, but also because it would ease the lives of the people within this group, reduce the discrimination and harassment rates of transgender individuals, and help establish awareness.
Recently, in a poorly written article for The Federalist, Mrs. Nicole Russell let her feelings about allowing transgender people in the bathroom that best matches their gender identities known. In her uneducated opinion expressed in “The Sexes: Don’t Put My Five-Year-Old Girl In A Bathroom With A Transgender Boy” Mrs. Russell claims that transgender people should stick to the gender, and by default, the bathroom that was assigned to them at birth.
Instead, we should try to walk in the shoes of a transgender person and see all of the things they fear on a daily basis. Nearly “63.4% of transgender students reported avoiding bathrooms” at their school (Transgender Students). These students should not have the be afraid to use the restroom at school. As people, they should have the right to do what makes them happy. I personally believe that myself nor does anyone else have the right to tell someone they can not do what makes them happy. As long as someone is not putting themselves or others in danger, then they should be able to do as they please.
Furthermore, as there are only male and female identities on the ID cards, and there are only male and female’s washrooms, many transgender people have faced serious insults and discriminations in the public. These serious insults happen almost every day in their life and it has caused severe mental stress on them, which would lead them to have emotional disorders and depressions. They are facing unequally in the public utilities and services. The transgender community should have the right to use the restroom of the gender they identify with or have an alternate choice. Transgender people deserve the right to have access to a comfortable, safe place to go to the restroom just as any other human being. Yes, it could potentially be a dangerous liability, but remember the feelings of the people who live in the wrong body. A safe way for the trans community to use the restroom would be to give the option of a gender neutral facility. The problems that the transgender people are facing are not just some emotional harmfulness; it is some problems and inequalities that would seriously endanger their lives, like health cares and life-threatening behaviors which are caused by the ongoing
This however, only aggravates the difficulties that already exist within the changes occurring, because it causes some to feel uncomfortable at the thought of two different sexes sharing one bathroom at the same time. Although this is often not the case, because the transgender person will often if not always use the bathroom they feel best matches their gender. (Transequality, 2016). It is common misinterpretations such as these that are averting people from supporting and understanding how simple the issue is. Like everyone else the trans population would like equal access to public restrooms. No one should have to fit into a gender binary in order to feel comfortable completing everyday activities, such as using the
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) notes, “Discrimination against an individual because that person is transgender is discrimination because of sex in violation of Title VII. This is also known as gender identity discrimination” ("EEOC - Sex," n.d., para. 3). According to Canas and Sondak (2014), many states have adopted legislation that supports transgender people as a protected class. Colorado passed legislation extending protection to transgender people in 2008 (Brinker & Maza, 2014). However, one of the biggest controversies surrounding transgender individuals is which bathroom should they use? Zanin (2009) notes, “bathrooms remain one of the most acceptable gender-segregated spaces in cities which can present problems to those who do not conform to gender norms…” (para. 1). The question, then, is should transgender people use the bathroom that most closely mirrors their biological gender or the gender they identify with? While individual beliefs may vary greatly, legally, there is less of a gray area. This paper will address the recently decided Colorado case involving a transgender six year old child, Coy Mathis, and her fight to use the girls’ bathroom at school. In addition to this, legal issues and implications employers should be aware of will also be discussed.
Transgender Rights and Gender Neutral Bathrooms Cassidy Howell No one wants to feel like they do not belong or like they are not cared for. Transgender people are just like everyone else and deserve to be treated equally as cisgendered people. According to Sam Killerman, being transgendered means living "as a member of a gender other than that expected based on sex assigned at birth. " This definition is extremely important because a transgender person is still a person.
Recently, there has been an uproar of debates on the topic of gender neutral bathrooms. Most of the debates have had to deal with the LGBTQ+ community trying to use the bathroom they identify with. However, these debates have mainly focused on transgenders, “transgender is a term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from the sex the doctor marked on their birth certificate” (GLADD). There has been several bills that “have been filed in three states to prevent transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identity” (Tannehill). Kentucky has tried to pass bills that target transgender students, but the bill in Texas and Florida would apply to everywhere (Tannehill). There are many different sides to this