might not be specifically multigenderphobia, but as a kid i once saw news where it said in japan they divide trains wagons into "men" and "women" to keep women safe from harassment, basically gender seperatism in a train
i didnt mind it back then as a kid and even thought it was useful, but coming back to it now that might the dumbest thing ive ever heard. we already have to deal with gendered restrooms in public and even trains arent safe? where do they put enbyspec or multigenderspec people then? i dont think they even know we exist tbh
also istg "keeping women safe from harassment" is the stupidest excuse for that shit ever. if they actually cared about people then they would acknowledge women are capable of harassing other women and men can get harassed too. seperatism and exclusionism will help no one
This is bioessentialism, that also feeds into multigenderphobia.
I agree, I dont think they're aware of our existence. It's also my issue with stuff like "you want this manly guy in the woman's bathrooms lol" because like,,, a non binary person could look like that. Hell, a cis woman could be out w muscles and a full beard and still be nothing but cis. And then heaven forbid you tell them a guy is also a girl. The idea that women (but only the ones they like) have to be kept from harassment and harm, because people do see the issue of how sexism affects women in society, but then turn around and go "so we'll create places that are woman-exclusive because the danger lies in the inherent nature of the men" and absolutely refuse to address any of the actual causes and ways sexism is structured in society. It's like, such a performative thing, because you're not solving anything, just using gender essentialism and bioessentialism to provide a temporary and half baked solution and then pat yourself on the back and keep upholding sexism. No thought into it.
EDIT: this is the addition of another anon, not the same as above, who wanted to add context to the original ask.
Not the anon from here, but I think this is both multigenderphobia and context for WHY that is a thing needs to be added to the original post.
Japan is a pretty conservative country, it's just not the same conservatism than the US so people often don't recognize it as such. The reason why they have segregated train cars is due to how common sexual harassment and assault is on subways and trains. The trains are extremely crowded and predators of any gender take advantage of the crowding in order to sexually assault people. Most of the time, the cases tend to be cis perisex men sexually assaulting people they see as cis perisex women and girls (Typically, minors and young adults). The words for this are commonly chikan or chijo depending on the binary gender of the assaulter.
It's a solution to a problem that is not perfect, but I do not like people who don't understand why this was tried just talking about it as if it was for no reason with the anon in the linked post.
