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Though I do think albaby's "danger" is overblown...I can't imagine anyone being attacked in any locker room I've ever been in.It's not just "my" danger. It's LuckyDog's as well. In her description of concerns about having trans women in the female facility, she expressed that she didn't feel safe sharing the space with someone who had that 'male energy':
I don't want that male energy in a female space. There's the predatory aspect that comes from testosterone and those who would act on it. I don't feel safe, plain and simple.However, as a general matter trans people (and trans women in particular) have a much higher frequency of being the victims of violence (and sexual violence in particular) than the population as a whole. I'm glad that your experience in life has been such that you can't imagine it - unfortunately, it's all too real for trans folks:
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news...To the extent that there is a risk of assault present in locker rooms, bathrooms, or other gender-segregated spaces, that risk is going to be higher for the trans woman in the male space. Which has to be considered in weighting the policy impacts
