Tessa Schlesinger
2 min readJun 25, 2022

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What does the fact that some (most) women do not like heterosexual men looking at their bodies (when they are not interested) have to do with heterosexual men not wanting gay men in their locker rooms?

Apples with apples, Anthony.

Apart from that, heterosexual men are not permitted in ladies' locker rooms.

There is a vast difference between being in a public place with clothing on and being in a locker room without clothing on. So, again - apples with apples. You cannot compre two things that are unrelated to each other.

Your questions are all biased. The bottom line is that heterosexual men (generally) do not want to be in a locker room with a gay male. You need to accept that. They will never feel comfortable because they are not telepathic, and they cannot read the thoughts of the particular gay man.

Yes, it is unreasonable to expect everyone to agree to those 'bare-bonse' basic ground rules.

You are never going to get everyone to agree with anything. Again, one man's meat is another man's poison.

One of the hard aspects of my life has been that as the daughter of a male Jew and a Christian woman, Christians regarded me a s Jew and Jews regarded me a gentile. Nobody accepted me. This happens. Being 'half caste' is difficult.

Many people are born into that situaiton. One can kick against the bricks, but in the end, I guess I've just learnt one has to go around them.

I'm still not sure what the solutons are. Trans, as well as gay, appears to be biological, so it's not as if people can change what they are. Nevertheless, we are a tribal species, and people stick with what they are familiar with, and they kick out anything that is unfamiliar to them.

I don't make reality, Anthony. I just acknowledge it.

My sister, a professional ballet dancer for years, shared changing rooms wtih gay men. Never bugged her, but nudity never bugged her anyway. It doesn't bug me. But it bugs my daughter. People are different.

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