-—But they didn’t suggest that the straight dad could go in as well.
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When I take my grandkids out with me, the littler ones, if they have to use a public restroom ether my wife takes them to the womens room with her, or I take them to the men’s room.
Don’t matter if they are boys or girls, we never let them into the restroom alone.
Never had a man give me a cross look when I bring my granddaughter into the mens room, she goes into a stall, and I stand outside the stall door. They even wash their hands at the sink, usually the men (almost always) wait until she’s done before they do their business.
My wife is the same, she brings the grandsons into the girls room, and she waits with them.
All this hyperbole about young kids are going to get raped in bathrooms is nonsense. The risk of them getting raped by your average looking Joe is greater than some guy in a dress with high heels (how would that guy get away?).
Further, anyone who lets a little kid go into a public bathroom un-escorted is just a bad parent.
Also, if some creeper looking person was in the bathroom, in a dress OR in normal clothing, I would immediately alert someone. And I have when there were transients or “bums” in the bathrooms. In that case, I just leave and move on to find another bathroom.
Street smarts is worth more than any law.
Well said. The issues here are getting convoluted away from the real dangers ... which have always existed in public restrooms.