Male, Female, or Miscellaneous?

The push towards political correctness has hit another low. The central question about this latest issue hitting university campuses across country is: Which bathroom should I use? According to the March 23, 2007 issue of the National Post, “Washrooms on university campuses across Canada may be the latest frontier in the campaign to accommodate all sexualities.”

Basically transgendered people feel unsafe using regular public washrooms with the traditional separation of male/female.

The University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, is undergoing plans to convert a first-floor single-stall washroom into a gender-neutral washroom. This washroom is currently designated as a handicap bathroom.

Now I am as open-minded as the next person when it comes to sexuality, “to each his own,” I always say. But seriously, this isn’t all that complicated. It’s understandable that some people are confused as to their own sexuality; some men feel like women, some women like men. I get it, and nobody is forcing you to decide. But no matter what your mind may be telling you, there is one simple fact that cannot be denied: that biologically, people have specific genders, and there really isn’t a whole lot of gray area.

Here is a simple formula that you can use to determine your sex, no matter how you feel:

Penis=male; vagina=female.

Now, unzip your pants. Which appendage do you see between your legs? Now look at the formula, and figure out which sex you belong to. Simple, huh?

Now if you are a transvestite, a man who looks and dresses like a woman, then go ahead and use the women’s washroom. If you sit on the toilet and tuck, nobody will be able to tell the difference just from hearing you. And if you are a woman who looks and dresses like a man, welcome to the men’s room. Now believe it or not there is an abundance of men who do sit when they pee. I’m not one of them, but I do know some that do. So problem solved. Rather than wasting our tuition money on building a bathroom designated to what I can only assume is a huge minority of students, that money could be better spent elsewhere. For example, hiring full-time professors rather than sessionals. Or upgrading facilities like science labs, and auditoriums, etc.

I am sorry that you feel confused. I really am, but DEAL WITH IT. If we start building bathrooms for transgendered people, what comes next? Footbaths for Muslims? Oh wait, according to the National Post article, Vivian Belik VP of the University of Manitoba Student’s Association, would like to see those in place too. Seriously, we are supposed to be living in a secular society. Leave your goddamned religion at home. Hell, let’s start putting prayer rugs everywhere. Let’s hang a giant Jesus from the rooftops for Catholic students. A Buddha statue in every corner for Buddhists. And let’s have yarmulke dispensers in every hallway for Jews. How about a Pagan ritual room? And a room for Satanists to conjugate. Where do we draw the line?

Part of living in a society is overcoming discomfort. It is important in order for all of us to live together peacefully. A person’s lifestyle choice is nobody’s business but his/her own. So stop shoving it in everybody’s face. I have no problem with a transgendered man or woman using the men’s washroom while I am there, and I am sure that for the most part, nobody really cares.

What we need to change is our attitudes, not our bathrooms.

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