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conulyTransphobia An Unacceptable Part Of A VA Middle School's Mass Shooting Drill
So, I can sort of see the "omg trans" argument for locker rooms because people are changing their clothes. I don't agree with it (except inasmuch as I think we should provide a reasonable number of private changing cubicles for those people who prefer a curtain), but I can sort of see the point about nudity/privacy, especially as locker rooms are gender segregated in the US. (I don't even get that far with the same freakout over bathrooms. People, this is why we have stalls!)
But unless this school has an extremely novel approach to gun safety, these students weren't naked, or even in their undies. They were simply sheltering in locker rooms and bathrooms until the end of the drill*. What possible harm could anybody imagine could come from clothed students being fully clothed together in the locker room!?
* Active shooter drills are a whole 'nother issue I don't intend to tackle here.
So, I can sort of see the "omg trans" argument for locker rooms because people are changing their clothes. I don't agree with it (except inasmuch as I think we should provide a reasonable number of private changing cubicles for those people who prefer a curtain), but I can sort of see the point about nudity/privacy, especially as locker rooms are gender segregated in the US. (I don't even get that far with the same freakout over bathrooms. People, this is why we have stalls!)
But unless this school has an extremely novel approach to gun safety, these students weren't naked, or even in their undies. They were simply sheltering in locker rooms and bathrooms until the end of the drill*. What possible harm could anybody imagine could come from clothed students being fully clothed together in the locker room!?
* Active shooter drills are a whole 'nother issue I don't intend to tackle here.
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Date: 2018-10-11 05:12 am (UTC)