Coraspia wrote:USS Monitor wrote:
I think women's safe spaces are useful in a few limited contexts, such as rape crisis centers where a woman who was recently raped might be more comfortable seeking help from other women, as opposed to men. If men need their own space for similar reasons, it is totally fine to have a men's safe space.
But that's not what a public bathroom or a commuter train is for.
No I disagree, like we won't allow a white-only safe space or a black-only safe space. Considering that I've been treated as vulnerable and in need of protection before (because of blindness), it gets very, very tiring to see it around the world so much. If you want to stop violence, maybe stop emphasising difference so much.
If someone is traumatized because they just got raped, that's not the time to pressure them to open their mind and be less standoffish with the opposite gender.
If you don't need a safe space, then just don't use it. It's not a reason it shouldn't exist for the people who do need it.