Five U.K. teenage girls have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, urging him to keep single-sex toilets in schools for girls’ safety and dignity. The Mail has the story.
In an open letter, the students – who are aged between 13 and 15 – called on Rishi Sunak to tackle the issue head on when the Government issues its long-awaited transgender guidance to schools.
The girls – who used only their first names to sign their letter for fear of a backlash from trans activists – said single-sex facilities were an “essential safeguarding feature” of schools.
But they warned that many schools had started introducing mixed toilets without consultation to appease transgender and Left-wing activists.
The five pupils, who identified themselves as Cynthia, Marilyn, Sonja, Olivia and Ellie, said many female pupils found mixed-sex toilets “intimidating, humiliating and downright dangerous”.
They called on Mr. Sunak, who is a father of two daughters, to uphold their rights.
“There is no justifiable reason to introduce dangerous and uncomfortable spaces into schools, and the Government has a duty to ensure that toilets in schools are safe and dignified,” they wrote.
The letter warns that in “many schools, girls are so uncomfortable with having to use the toilets there that they simply don’t go at school, risking a urinary tract infection”. They decided to write to Mr. Sunak after almost 12,000 people signed an online petition launched by one of the girls calling for single-sex spaces to be protected in schools.
The letter cites a school in Southampton where there were recent protests against the introduction of ‘gender-neutral’ toilets amid claims that boys were photographing girls in the gaps above or below toilet cubicles.
A teenage boy was arrested after police investigated reports that a number of girls were being sexually assaulted in mixed-sex toilets at another school in Essex.
The girls said being forced to share toilets with boys was unpleasant for female students who were menstruating, adding: “Girls must have private spaces where we can sort this out with dignity, away from potential shaming from boys and the humiliation of having everyone know you’re on your period.”
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