Female college president says new law that protects women’s bathroom privacy ‘harms all women’

No one was surprised when higher education institutions in North Carolina objected to a new state law that requires “public agencies” (like the University of North Carolina system) to designate multi-person bathrooms for use only by “persons based on their biological sex.”

Those institutions that aren’t affected by the law – private colleges – seem to be the most vociferous against it, however, and Davidson College President Carol Quillen takes the cake for most publicly contemptuous.

The Chronicle of Higher Education notes that Quillen, self-described human rights advocate, tweeted (and retweeted) up a storm against the law starting Friday.

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(Clarification: “trans women” are biologically male.)

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That seems to be true only under a definition of “women” as ephemeral and artificial. Which is it, Dr. Quillen? Women have a core identity or women can put on and remove their womanhood at the drop of a (gender nonconforming) hat?

Here are a few recent headlines that suggest whom the law is intended to protect:

“Man accused of recording women in restroom faces new charges”

“Avon man accused of recording women in restroom”

“California Man Dressed as Woman Busted for Videoing in Ladies Bathroom”

The issue isn’t that allowing people to enter a restroom based on their gender identity, as Charlotte did before this state law was rushed through, will suddenly lead to widespread attacks on women with their pants down.

It will simply normalize men being in women’s private spaces, so that when a pervert or attacker does go in, his presence will be unremarkable – and his violation will catch women off-guard.

Read the Chronicle story and keep up with Quillen on Twitter.

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