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 Good idea.  Often, though, people don’t know that men are allowed in the women’s restrooms or changing rooms of a chain store because, in their particular area, men are not taking advantage of this option.  For example, I have stopped at Target to use the restroom (not purchasing anything) and not seen men because I was not in an uber-woke area and men did not opt to go in.  Their policy is to allow it, though.  So, people can think that Target restrooms are safe, and let their daughters go in alone and then all of a sudden, that’s the day when there’s a man in there.  That’s why I think we need laws.

I’m all in on the major boycotts.  Certainly, I’m avoiding Target and the YMCA.  I’m just not going to know what to do when it becomes all of them.  Because of investment firms and their DEI and ESG requirements, anything involving corporations can very quickly become all of them.