Yes, as I said in my reply, I'd have no problem digging up examples of men assaulting women. I'm not trying to claim that this is typical behaviour for trans people at all. But that's the entire point. It's not typical behaviour for men either. And men are treated with suspicion.

I'd be far more outspoken if people were pushing legislation that allowed men to enter female-only spaces even though, as a man myself, I'm well aware that the majority of men pose no threat to women.

And yes, of course prisons matter. Because while of course you're right, sexual assault happens in prison regardless, we know very well that males are dramatically more likely to commit sexual assault than females. And as one might expect, that is especially true amongst the prison population. And given that self ID laws allow male prisoners to declare themselves female, with "no hormones, surgery or time spent living as the opposite sex required" (taken from this article - https://www.wsj.com/articles/male-inmates-in-womens-prisons-11622474215) I honestly don't understand how we're having this conversation.

At a societal level, there's simply no way to treat every situation on a case-by-case basis. We need general rules. And one rule which I believe has worked pretty well for women is the there are occasions where females get spaces that are separate from males.

Trans people throw that simple classification into the air, and I'm not arguing that shouldn't be the case. I'm arguing that a more stringent standard than "I say so" is necessary to differentiate trans women from men. I'm arguing that women should be listened to in this debate rather than slandered and abused and labelled transphobic because they don't want to forfeit rights that keep them safe, without so much as a conversation.

Which brings me to the last, most frustrating part of this whole conversation. The fact that you feel the need to leave me a quote about bigotry and racism as your final thought regarding an article where I haven't written anything remotely bigoted or anti-trans, is symptomatic of how utterly insane this conversation has become. If simply acknowledging that there is such a thing as male and a female and that they're different, becomes synonymous with bigotry, I honestly don't know what we're doing anymore.

So I'd ask you to just allow for the possibility that maybe there are elements to this whole situation that you might be unaware of unless you've been paying close attention. Issues that go deeper that trying to keep trans women out of bathrooms (I've actually written a whole article arguing that trans people should be able to use the bathroom of their gender identity). I've never written a single word attacking trans people and have defended them numerous times. I'm just also interested in defending women's rights for those who might not feel as brave as you if they encountered a male body in their changing room.