"... have a right to be treated as individuals." is essentially what I was alluding to in "As sentient human beings...". We do not disagree here.

You kind of repeated what I said. I am talking about little kids. I said after 5 years old I wait outside. It is up to parents to protect and teach their kids when they are small.

"what parent in their right mind would ever let little Suzie or little Johnny to use a public restroom by themselves??"
Obviously it's up to the parent, but I encourage my kids to do thing by themselves. I encourage them to talk to strangers in public places (not the bathroom, obviously) and never go off alone with anyone. We live in this wonderful time of low crime by historic standards and lower crime than when I was a kid. My kids is 7, so I'm right outside, but I encourage him to use the bathroom alone and to think ahead to just a few years when I hope he and his friends can ride to the park or store together without parents hovering over them.

"Physically, however, after millions of years of evolution the genders are not the same and, therefore, are not equal."
This sexes, as groups, are different, but humans beings have a right to be treated as individuals.

"Flippantly, how about "Muslim"."
Yes. Everywhere where I wrote bigotted, just replace it with "Islamist-like". It works perfectly.

Fully understood, J. That's why I began my reply with a LOL as I was smiling and awarded you a kewpie doll. The Einstein reference was a hope of mine that nobody would actually call me on it. Hey, hard to believe but the wife and I went out antiqueing today and and in a locked case there was a collection of kewpie dolls from the 1930s. All the tags were turned down so I imagine the darn things cost a small fortune. I thought of my note and hoped johnpe1 doesn't try to collect his prize! Carl and yourself brought a little levity to a serious subject, which is needed from time to time.

I would expect the same result as from the current wave of men being expelled from college over false accusations of rape -- which is that men in position to be accused now routinely record audio and video of all their interactions with the potential accuser. It's the only way to deal with a system that presumes guilt.

I was just meaning to razz you about it -- like carl,
my dreams include lots of females and their included
gorgeousness! . it's only natural, wonderful, delicious......... -- j
.

The operative phrase here is "in their right mind", assuming decent parenting skills are evident. I've seen some people with their children, but using the term "parent" to describe them is a stretch. Additionally, I figure you are thinking of the youngest of children, which is good thinking for sure. However, when my own children (son and daughters) reached their early teens they didn't want dad following them to the restroom. Usually they had friends along and weren't going alone. Depending on where we were there were places, much to their chagrin, dad followed along and stood guard anyway.

;-) Made my day OUC!

LOL, johnpe1! Yes, I understood that technicality when I wrote my 2-cents worth and figured someone would call me on it. You win the kewpie doll here. At the same time I figured one wouldn't have to be an Einstein to get the gist of my post.

I see vagina's in my sleep...

well, if you can see a vagina, you should name your price
and get immensely wealthy as a human x-ray machine! -- j
.

Yes, he was the victim.

If that's true then he would be the victim rather than the hypocrite, right? (Or would be if you consider "The Greek" to be a racial slur.)

The same network that called him "The Greek"
Fired him for a so called racist comment.

Yup!

And what parent in their right mind would ever let little Suzie or little Johnny to use a public restroom by themselves??

Interesting...it is clear that it's a choice.

lol! +1

"...I don't know the right word for people against gender equality." Flippantly, how about "Muslim".

As sentient human beings males and females are certainly due equal treatment under the law. Physically, however, after millions of years of evolution the genders are not the same and, therefore, are not equal. No amount of PC social engineering and propaganda will change that. Male and female are identity groups whether you like it or not and for what should be obvious reasons the male group should be restricted from invading the female restroom space and vice versa. This isn't repugnant, it's common sense.

I'm not a shrink but from many years of observation I'm going to get in trouble by saying I think that so-called trans-gender people are just little kids crying for attention. There are some persons who never can get enough attention. No matter how much they get, it is never enough.. Becoming a tranny gets them endless constant attention for life.

Based on this, when you made the statement "...reducing risk is not in itself sufficient reason for creating criminal penalties." you were obviously thinking differently than what the statement meant to me. What came to my mind after thinking about it is (among other things) dealing with drunk drivers, discharging firearms in populated areas, and opening the door giving sexual predators access to our children or other vulnerable people in our society. Even though public restrooms are referred to as "public" there is still an expectation of privacy and safety for those who need to use them. Protecting little Suzie from bathroom creeps is a whole lot different than protecting little Johnny from getting bashed in the shin while playing street hockey.