Charlotte Observer: Girls Must Overcome ‘Discomfort’ of Seeing ‘Male Genitalia’ in Locker Rooms
Thanks to the “progress” made by “progressives” in government, the media and the SJW movement we, as a nation, are quickly approaching the point of losing our collective minds and turning the country into the living embodiment of a Far Side cartoon. There is currently no better example of this than the ongoing debate taking place in North Carolina over the question of whether or not men (and I am tired of using the redundant, needless phrase biological men) should be allowed in public bathrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms and showers with women and young girls. [5]
A leading North Carolina newspaper issued an editorial last week telling girls to attempt “overcoming discomfort” at the sight of “male genitalia,” should transgender bathroom laws be enacted. In a defense of President Obama’s order compelling schools to allow access to restrooms on the basis of gender identity, the Charlotte Observer editorial board compared the discomfort of school-aged girls seeing male genitalia in locker rooms to the discomfort of white people being around black people in post-segregation America. [1] The newspaper assumes the law will eventually be repealed or declared illegal. While that may or may not happen any time soon, it is the justification for this position used by the Observer that reveals the true nature of this battle of the bathroom. [2]
A leading North Carolina newspaper issued an editorial last week telling girls to attempt “overcoming discomfort” at the sight of “male genitalia,” should transgender bathroom laws be enacted. In a defense of President Obama’s order compelling schools to allow access to restrooms on the basis of gender identity, the Charlotte Observer editorial board compared the discomfort of school-aged girls seeing male genitalia in locker rooms to the discomfort of white people being around black people in post-segregation America. [1] The newspaper assumes the law will eventually be repealed or declared illegal. While that may or may not happen any time soon, it is the justification for this position used by the Observer that reveals the true nature of this battle of the bathroom. [2]
“This is what the Obama administration nudged the rest of the country toward Friday,” the editorial said. “Yes, the thought of male genitalia in girls’ locker rooms — and vice versa — might be distressing to some. But the battle for equality has always been in part about overcoming discomfort — with blacks sharing facilities, with gays sharing marriage — then realizing it was not nearly so awful as some people imagined.” [1]
Writing at The American Thinker, Rick Moran throws some much needed cold water on the idea that this is anything in the same zip code as “normal” or that it’s some sort of parallel to racial inequity.
The notion that the Obama administration is “nudging” anything is laughable. The Obama Justice Department is shoving this rule down the throats of Americans, most of whom oppose the policy. How is this issue remotely connected to race relations? It isn’t, but gullible Americans will believe it, despite the disconnect from reality. Black and white people did not choose their race. By its very definition, transgendered people choose their gender identity. That’s a monumental difference hidden in this politically correct message. [2]
Rick is absolutely correct and little more on that specific aspect of the discussion needs to be said. The era of segregation saw people of different races being herded into separate facilities, with those provided for minorities frequently being of lesser quality if they were available at all. And, as he notes, no one ever gave a black person the “choice” to be white instead. In this farcical debate, even in facilities which only provide the two, traditional, gender specific accommodations, everyone is offered the same services and they are only separated for reasons of privacy, comfort and safety. Comparing this debate to race relations is a dishonest attempt to deliberately cloud the issue. [5]
While admitting that exposure to male genitalia is a possible outcome of transgender bathroom laws, the editorial said the notion that such laws constitute a threat to the privacy and safety of women and children is a “political fiction” pushed by Republicans. “Those safety issues are political fiction — non-transgender men wouldn’t have been allowed in women’s bathrooms under the Charlotte ordinance that HB 2 killed, and the 200 or so cities with similar ordinances have had no incidents involving bathroom predators,” the editorial said. [1] Liberals believe that attacks by men in women’s rooms will be rare, so it’s ok – except of course, for the parents of a young girl who is molested on one of those “rare” occassions. But “progress” demands we make those kinds of sacrifices, you ignorant hillbillies. When a man exposes himself on the street in front of a teenage girl, the police always offer the services of a psychologist to the young woman to help her deal with the trauma of seeing a male penis. Liberals will claim the context is different in a locker room or bathroom. That’s nonsense. To a teenage girl, a penis is a penis and context is meaningless. But to the Charlotte Observer and the Obama administration, teenage girls being exposed to the sight of male genitals is something to be “overcome.”[2]
President Obama issued a legally nonbinding order on Friday compelling schools to allow bathroom access on the basis of gender identity, or risk losing federal education funding. Several states have promised to oppose the decree. The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the state of North Carolina over a law regulating public restroom access on the basis of biological sex. [1]
Ironically, the Charlotte Observer’s piece acknowledged that there are, in fact, inherent biological differences between men and women and people have a natural sense of privacy that prevents them from wanting to change in front of members of the opposite sex.
The Charlotte Observer’s editorial admitted that the current cultural battle over bathrooms is, in fact, about whether people with male genitalia—men—should be allowed in women’s bathrooms. This is a much more honest argument than the one leftists typically use, which is that men who want to access the women’s restroom are “trans women” and therefore every bit as female as biological women.
“The answer to what happens in bathrooms is a lot less fearsome than the question,” the editorial board wrote, arguing that there is no threat from bathroom predators.
“In this lunatic world, we place the burden of transgender progress on young girls, telling them to just get over it.”
The conservative blogosphere was quick to point out the absurdity of the Charlotte Observer’s arguments.
A civil rights activist who joined the famous Greensboro lunch counter sit-in called it “offensive” to compare the transgender fight to the civil rights movement.
“During the Jim Crow Era, we stared down the nozzle of firehoses, felt the piercing bite of police dogs, dangled from trees after being strung up by an angry mob, all because of the color of our skin,” civil rights activist Clarence Henderson wrote in response to the editorial. “Our businesses were burned, churches bombed, communities destroyed, all because of the color of our skin. We had to drink at separate water fountains, shop at different stores and even had to sit at the back of the bus, all because of the color of our skin. All this and more took place after enduring 400 years of arguably the most heinous crime in history – slavery.”
“In comparison, transgender individuals do not have to fight dogs, can shop anywhere and can use any water fountain,” he continued. “They are free to work, shop and ride the bus. And to my knowledge, they have not experienced 400 years of slavery and the ongoing fight for parity 151 years after emancipation. [9]
Taken on the second day of February 1960, this photo shows the young Joe McNeil, Frank McCain, Billy Smith, and Clarence Henderson, sitting in at the lunch counter of the Greensboro Woolworth’s Store.
We are also encouraged by the scores of state leaders who are standing up to the Obama administration's unilateral redefinition of federal law. “It is now time for Republicans in Congress, who have the constitutional authority as a co-equal branch of government, to support these state leaders and bring the imperial White House under control.
States Move Quickly in Suing Over Obama Transgender Policy
Mississippi plans to back 11 other states that filed a lawsuit Wednesday to block the Obama administration's transgender bathroom policy at public schools, Gov. Phil Bryant said.
"Our office has talked to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office and I intend, as soon as possible, to join the lawsuit against this latest example of federal overreach," Bryant, a Republican, said Thursday in a Facebook post.
Texas is leading the lawsuit, and governors from Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Utah are also on board.
The Department of Education two weeks ago ordered all of the nation's public schools to honor transgender students' bathroom of choice. But in their suit, the states say the Obama administration is turning schools and workplaces "into laboratories for a massive social experiment."
They are also challenging a memo from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that tells employers that denying workers from using a bathroom based on their gender identity amounts to sex discrimination.
The American Civil Liberties Union has labeled the suit a "political stunt."
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[1] Bradford Richardson, Charlotte Observer: Girls must overcome ‘discomfort’ of seeing ‘male genitalia’ in locker rooms, The Washington Times, Wednesday, May 18, 2016
[2] Rick Moran, Charlotte Observer: Girls must overcome ‘discomfort’ at seeing male genitals in locker room, American Thinker, May 19, 2016
[3] Claire Chretien, Girls must get over their ‘discomfort’ at seeing male genitals in locker room: Charlotte Observer, Life Site News, Fri May 20, 2016 – 3:48 pm EST
[4] Jim Hoft, Charlotte Observer: Young Girls Must Overcome the “Discomfort” of Seeing Naked Male Genitalia in Locker Room, The Gateway Pundit, May 19th, 2016 3:09 pm
[5] Jazz Shaw, Charlotte Observer: Young girls should “overcome discomfort” about male genitals, Hot Air, 8:01 am on May 20, 2016
[6] Amanda Prestigiacomo, Charlotte Observer: Girls Must Work On ‘Overcoming Discomfort’ of ‘Male Genitalia’ In Their Bathrooms, Daily Wire, May 20, 2016
[7] Rick Moran, Charlotte Observer: Girls Must Overcome ‘Discomfort’ at Seeing Male Genitals in Locker Room, Before It’s News, Friday, May 20, 2016 9:00
[8] Charlotte Observer: Women Must Overcome ‘Discomfort’ Of Seeing Male Genitalia In Locker Rooms…, Weasel Zippers, May 19, 2016 12:16 pm
[9] Girls must get over their ‘discomfort’ at seeing male genitals in locker room: Charlotte Observer ...lifesitenews
[9] Girls must get over their ‘discomfort’ at seeing male genitals in locker room: Charlotte Observer ...lifesitenews
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