Planet Fitness drops member after gender identity complaint: "Not knowing why the man was in the women's locker room, she immediately complained to the front desk. 'They told me that he was allowed in there because that's the sex he wants to be'"

...so we have higher rape rates because we have men that are more "bad" than other countries? How does that even make any sense? There is something in our society that is doing this. People aren't born rapists, or all of these countries would have the same statistics. We in the US are number one in the world for rape, and you're saying that it's because the men are shittier here? How would men think about you assuming this?

I've thrown loads of links and sources at you with actual studies and facts, and you have yet to respond with anything but "I imagine," "I think," "my opinion," and a few news articles with isolated incidents of sexual assault. This more than anything else shows that your opinion is not based on facts and sources, and people of other countries do not share those opinions, so wouldn't it be a reasonable conclusion that your opinion is socially and culturally derived rather than founded on reason and fact? Again, I am an American, and I therefore know that 1. America is ridiculously "religious" compared to other countries, 2. Many people here share your opinion because they were taught by their religion and their parents to think that way (nudity isn't inherently wrong), and that 3. People who do not think of nudity and sex as "taboo" ALL have far lower incidents of rape than we do, as well as a more relaxed, less puritanical "view" of sex and nudity.

I had a conversation with a two year old once who said to me that "Pierre" was going to come to her house and spend the night and she would have a baby in her belly the next day. I asked her how that happened, and she told me that Pierre would stick his wee wee in her and she would then get a baby. "Where does Pierre's wee wee go?" I asked. She kinda looked down at her belly button and said, unsure, "... In my belly button." I asked her if it hurts, and she got even more confused and said "... I am not sure......"

Is she going to grow up as a slut, or traumatized? Fuck no. She is going to be a well-adjusted person with an understanding of the way a human body works. Nudity and sexual taboos are a construction of society. This explains why kids don't automatically feel ashamed when they are nude. They are taught to feel ashamed of their bodies. If it were up to them, they would run around nude all the time, no shame whatsoever.

I've made my points. You have neglected to respond to any of them with solid, evidentiary proof. I have given you all of that, and more. Unless you have some study or research or actual facts to back up your opinions, please do not respond. It not only makes you look weak, it makes you look ignorant.

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