I'm not dismissing what you are saying, but as a single father of a 12 year daughter, I'm not going to be comfortable with her going to the restroom with these whatever they are creatures in the same restroom. I WILL stand outside the door until she is safely outside. I don't shop at Target anyway because IMO they are overpriced and anything I want that they sell I can get at Academy, plus a whole lot more.LosAlce wrote:As a woman (and I really hate that I have to preface that but my guess is the overwhelming majority of the members on the forum are men), nothing makes me stop listening faster than "we have to protect our daughters and wives!"
If you want to protect them, teach them to protect themselves. Pepper spray, taser, something, just PLEASE stop using us as an excuse. It really does just drive me bonkers. No one is in no more danger than they were before. PLUS, what about your sons? I seem to remember that much more inappropriate activities go on in there.
I refuse to be used as plot point, just like I refuse to be a victim (hence why I carry).
And for those who have proclaimed that they will stand guard by women's restrooms, that is incredibly problematic. How am I to know you are a "good guy" if you are hanging out in a place normal people don't hang out around. It's super creepy and may actually cause MORE problems.
The irony of these issues is just so thick and almost overwhelming.
Part of my rant can be blamed on painkillers from my recent back injury. I've already warned my husband that if I see a man "standing guard" by the restroom I intend to use, it is not going to be pretty. If you insist on doing it, please do it from a reasonable distance.
