Gender Confusion

As a people, humans seem to be more confused than ever before.  There are few absolutes anymore because absolutes are guaranteed to "offend" at least some group of people who will cry loud enough to force political correctness on the general population. Fair is now foul and foul is now fair. A good example of this political correctness gone wild is right here in Oregon, the place where political correctness is lived every second of every day.

At Pacific University new signs outside more than 30 single occupant rest rooms around its campuses no longer identify a rest room as female or mail. Rather than "male" or "female," the bathrooms are now labeled "all-gender."  Mom always said there were two genders, male and female. But here there are more. The so-called transgendered crowd has won the bathroom day at Pacific. A few of those who don't like their birth sex and have decided to rename themselves as something between male and female approached the Student Senate last fall about replacing the single occupant rest room signs, and eventually received support from both the senate and school administrators. Down went male and female and up went signs the n multi gender approach.

It's really not a big deal. But when the norm conforms to what is not normal and elevates it to the norm, more of that confusion about identity results. The school says the signs are "an attempt to make people feel comfortable where it is unnecessary to differentiate gender." They feature a stick person leaning forward in motion while using a wheelchair, which depict an active "alter-abled" person. Isn't that sweet?  Are gender distinctions under attack? Are all gender multi-stall bathrooms next? Is this political correctness making transgenders more comfortable but the 99% of other humans less comfortable? Is this the age of the unidentified sex?

The attention seeking of the transgendered and other "exceptional" groups is ironic. They say that they want to be treated the same as everyone one else, but here is another example of "I'm different and need special treatment".  It seems to me the best way to be accepted for who you want to be is to not ask to be labeled differently.

Wait! Look what just popped up in my local newspaper. In order to be "more inclusive" two school fraternities, male social clubs on campuses, have announced that they are welcoming for membership all transgendered applicants. Gee, I sure hope they provide inoffensive bathroom facilities for them.