Mixed-sex changing rooms were meant to represent progress—a tidy, PR-friendly nod to modern values. But new police figures show that, behind those unisex doors, another reality is unfolding: dozens of rapes and sexual assaults, mostly targeting girls, in sports centres across the UK.
🛑 When Safety Gets Cancelled by Optics
Let’s get this straight. We’re not talking about hypothetical concerns or moral panic. We’re talking about actual victims, many of them children, assaulted in facilities that were supposed to be safe spaces for health, sport, and community.
But instead of responding with accountability or policy change, what do we get? A nervous shuffle, a statement about inclusivity, and a shiny brochure about “balancing rights.” Translation? “Sorry your daughter got assaulted—we’re very focused on not offending anyone (except the people who were physically attacked).”
This isn’t a war on gender identity. It’s a reckoning with reckless facility design and the kind of ideological rigidity that throws real-world safety under the bus of “progress.” You want inclusivity? Great. Do it right. Build facilities that actually protect everyone, rather than creating loopholes that predators can stroll through with impunity.
Because here’s the brutal truth: Sex offenders don’t care about your policy memo. They care about access. And you just handed them a blueprint.
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Where’s the line between protection and politics? Who gets to be safe, and who gets sacrificed for a headline? Tell us what you think—have your say in the blog comments, where the real debate happens, not the PR version. 🗣️🔥
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