What happens when people express anxiety about being forced to undress in front of their cis-gendered peers?
In my day, they were told to suck it up and get over it, and they did. Damned if I can figure out why these younger generations are so fussy about taking off their clothes around other guys. Conforming to their ridiculous modern customs makes my gym experience less pleasant. And as TomB noted, by the '80s, people simply didn't take showers in gym class and, in order to avoid it, they also stopped sweating in gym class.
I can't speak for women, though. I think they've always been more reluctant to take off their clothes around other women.
However, if I left that as a complete answer, that would be a dodge, so I don't want to do that.
Greater privacy for all is something that is of course a worthy goal. As I said, though, I think you underestimate the difficulty in providing it. High schools are experimenting with it, like the one we were discussing in Long Beach. I think the experiment will fail.
Consider this: There are many, many, private gym facilities in the United States. I have never been in one that has the kind of enhanced privacy features you are advocating. Some have slightly more privacy than others, but when I go to the gym, I see guys in their underwear a lot. I see naked guys sometimes. I assume the same is true on the other side of the wall in the women's locker room. So, these companies cater to consumer preference, and they don't do what you think would be a good idea. What does that tell you about consumer preference?
What I'm pretty sure it says is that people would prefer enhanced privacy, but if they have to use their own money to pay for it, the cost is not worth the benefit.
So, my ultimate response to your question would be to continue using the kinds of facilities that exist in private facilities where people use their own money. I might consider allowing kids who are too anxiety prone about same sex nudity to skip gym class. That seems like a bad solution, but maybe it's a compromise.
Meanwhile, the primary dodge that you continue to engage in is that even if enhanced privacy is the direction we are going in, that is still a future scenario. Right here, right now, we have a dilemma. We can work toward improving the situation so that we don't have that dilemma, but we have a dilemma right now. The situation from that lawsuit is being played out in lots of places in America and, I assume, elsewhere in the world. Two teenagers in their underwear, one male, one female, both identifying as girls. Somebody is going to not get what they want. I vote for maintaining the cis girl's modesty, and will do so unless I'm convinced that the majority of girls don't object to the presence of the transgirl.
Haven't watched any of his stuff in years... but he is always good at capturing the essence of the absurdity.
