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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Why are women's and men's locker rooms separated? No one is worried about "what would happen", but nakedness is innately uncomfortable, moreso by perception of being judged. There is ample scientific evidence to back that up. A man would feel more uncomfortable being naked if they felt like they were being judged. I'm not going further with this, because both you and I know it doesn't need explanation, but you feel the need to seem "above" these base and very normal feelings.
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There's a long tradition of segregating locker rooms by sex. The societal relationship between women and men is very different than that between gay men and straight men. Women are often treated as sexual objects and are more likely to be the victims of sexual assault at the hands of men. Neither is true for straight men and gay men (if anything, gay men are more likely to be sexually assaulted by straight men than the other way around).
The fact that generally you can't even tell whether a person is gay or straight goes a long way to showing that whatever discomfort or concern some straight men may now feel over sharing a locker room with gay men is just in their heads.
I agree I have come at this incorrectly and have been purposefully obtuse, but as many have said in this thread and what you seem to agree with is that sometimes people don't have a right to always be comfortable. We have to balance their desire to not be uncomfortable against the right that gay people have to not be ostracized.
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
As for your moral superiority, I have openly gay friends, relatives and employees.
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Lol