Yes! I completely agree! It's fascinating how people seem to believe that highlighting one problem means I can't also be concerned about others. Let me put it very plainly; I'm against all situations that can easily be taken advantage of by males who want to assault or harass females. But talking about male prison guards doesn't leave women fearing for their jobs or being sent death threats and hate. So I’m writing about this.

And bear in mind, I am a male! This isn't a "panic." This isn't about demonisation. I'm not saying that all males are rapists. I'm saying that sex-segregation exists for very good reason. And I welcome the fact that I'm included in that segregation, even though I pose no threat to women, because I understand that including all males makes women safer and more comfortable (aka, I care about women's boundaries).

I said this explicitly in the article, but it seems it's almost impossible to get some people to hear this (it's telling that even though I repeatedly say "men", all some people seem to hear is "trans women"), so let me try again; I'm talking about men, not trans women, men. The issue is the growing embrace of a legal definition of "woman" that makes "old-fashioned" women indistinguishable from men. By the definition of "woman" written into law in some countries, there is no way to argue that I, right now, am not a woman. It's not simply about rape (though obviously this is a concern), it's about privacy and comfort.

It's about male bodies in changing rooms with women and girls. It's about fairness in sport. Just yesterday, I watched an interview with a woman who pointed out that male police officers in the UK are allowed to carry out intimate body searches on women because a trans officer went to court to fight for the right to do so.

Now, as a male, the idea that I would place my feelings over the feelings and privacy of women in this way is unthinkable. Even if I really believed I was a woman, I would never dream of fighting for this tiny piece of validation, knowing that it would make women uncomfortable.

And again this is the real point. You can say that this police officer is one individual trans woman who doesn't care about woman's boundaries. And sure, you'd be right. But now, thanks to that one person, there is a legal precedent that potentially affects every single woman in the UK. So no, I'm not being obtuse at all. It just feels like you're being short-sighted.