The whole issue is wildly misunderstood. The NC law didn't force bathroom policy. It actually did the opposite; it allowed businesses to make their own decisions regarding the issue. The law was passed because the city of Charlotte passed an ordinance requiring all businesses and city buildings to let everyone use whatever they wanted. That made a lot of business owners pissed, because it opens them to liability.

That said, it's not about "all men will rape." It's more that it allows rapists to have easier access to victims, and prevents business owners from taking measures to prevent them from getting that access. Under our current system, if a bearded 6' 8" burly lumberjack-looking homeless guy goes into the women's room, a business owner can intervene and ask him to leave the premises, calling the police if necessary for trespassing. Under the new system, that business owner would not be allowed to do so.

9/10, the result is that some women will be weirded out, some guys with a fetish will fulfill their desires, and maybe the men's room starts getting a line as women just use our bathroom. Inconveniences that would definitely piss me off, but not really hurt anyone. But on that tenth time, a bad person will be able to exploit this. We already have minor problems with people putting cameras in bathrooms and showers in offices and dorm rooms. If creeps have full access on demand to these facilities, it is 100% reasonable to assume that there will be an increase in "peeping." Easier access to commit the crime. But the same easier access applies to full on rapists. It gives them an excuse to lie in wait for a victim, and nobody can stop them due to the law protecting them. I find it absolutely absurd to believe that not a single rapist will exploit this new system if it gains traction. And IMO, even 1 rape victim is too high of a cost for such a petty "benefit" this policy would bring.

Imagine if loitering laws were taken off the books. How many times do you see people arrested for loitering? I've done my fair share of standing around a store with my friends. Technically, it's illegal. But nobody is ever arrested for it. Instead, loitering is used as a means for police to get "probable cause." That suspicious car full of people decked out in gang colors idling in front of the bank for 2 hours? That van parked by the school playground for an hour or two with a pair of sketchy people in it? Because loitering is on the books, the cops can come to check things out and make sure nothing is about to go down. The bathroom thing is the same. Nobody wants a TSA screening at the bathroom door. They want a legal means of being able to justify calling the cops when something sketchy is going on. They want the legal right to tell people to leave their property if they get that "something isn't right" feeling about someone.