Thread by @amy_adhd

Just started listening to this episode & in the beginning J & K talk about Port Townsend/#LetJulieSwim, and I have comments.

https://twitter.com/TheBARPod/status/1561012524014878723

.@kittypurrzog gave an intro: “An 80-yr-old women was banned from a YMCA bc she saw a TW, she didn’t realize that this person was a TW, she thought it was a guy, in a locker room, it was an employee of the Y, & this person was watching little girls change."

also @kittypurrzog describing what Julie Jaman heard while she was in the shower at the @ymca (emphasis mine): “She heard WHAT SHE PERCEIVED as a male voice, & saw these little girls in the changing room.”

It's kind of grating to hear someone who sees this issue w/far more nuance than most—describe an incident involving an older woman w/language that makes that woman's perception of reality (that we all shared before 5 min ago) sound a bit off—objective reality's outdated, amirite?

.@jessesingal says “I did not want to read more about this story.” Dude, you host a podcast about what ppl talk about on Twitter. Men get the freedom to ignore stories like this bc it doesn't affect them.

This is far from the end of issues involving the need to respect the privacy/dignity of older women, & #safeguarding concerns re: males interacting w/children, least of all LITTLE GIRLS UNDRESSING TO USE THE BATHROOM.

Women have come to expect that we will have a female attendant in a room if a male doctor needs to exam us, that a female will be doing our mammogram (boobs out in a small room w/one other person & an X-ray machine).

Older women, & non-verbal younger women in facilities requiring assistance w/ intimate personal care deserve to have that care provided in a way that best serves their safety & dignity. @TheDemocrats #sexDenial makes it impossible for women & girls to advocate for ourselves.

I already cancelled my subscription to Andrew Sullivan bc I'm tired of his waffling around when talking about using preferred pronouns, bc it implies agreement that ppl can change sexes, which they cannot. It doesn't affect him as a man in the ways it does women/girls.

Listened to the rest on my way to get groceries. I will say I agree w/ @kittypurrzog that when @jessesingal mentioned something about Beavis & Butthead trying to have sex, I also thought he meant w/each other. 😂