There is a new free app for phones called Whatsgoodly where anyone can make an anonymous account to take polls, answer questions and leave comments on other users content. I am new to this app and decided to ask one simple question: "Do you agree with gender-neutral bathrooms?" The poll consisted of two choices, "yes" or "no," and had the option to leave comments. The poll ended up with these answers.
- Malevotes – (Yes -1,824 votes) (No – 2,931 votes)
- Femalevotes - Yes – (1,983 votes) (No – 1,704 votes)
- Total Votes – 8,442
Gender-neutral bathrooms are a controversial topic right now so the findings were not surprising, but the comments on the other hand were.
There were more comments filled with hatred than supportive ones. Here are some examples of comments that were posted (they were not edited).
They were very against it...
"Penises in one bathroom, vaginas is the other. Not that f*cking hard stop crying about everything"
"Who gives a sh*t"
They made a joke of it...
"Why the f*ck do we have people who don't sexually classify as anything but we don't have bathrooms for people who sexually identify as a potato? I'm offended by that. I'm a potato"
They supported it...
"I agree with gender neutral bathrooms as an option but not the norm"
"When I need to pee I wanna use the first bathroom I see. Not search for some my gender"
"The bathroom is literally a place to drop your waste, it has no gender!!!! there's stalls for a reason!!!!!!!!"
Everyone has the right to their own opinion, wants and needs. But where is the line drawn on being rude to one another. One of the users went on for over five comments to state that transgenders have mental illnesses not civil rights problems.
"And I say that as someone who supports gay rights because people can be born naturally gay and it occurs in other species but transgender? That's just a mental illness"
So, where does it stop? We can all sit around and debate our opinions and our beliefs, we can all state how we feel, but we cannot bash on one another because someone believes in something they don't or be close-minded to prevalent issues that we have today.