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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How exactly do these work for a 'normal' girl- she is straight, not confused about her gender identity at all and conventionally modest. She isn't interested in sharing a dressing room, shower stall, or row of toilets a la Marine barracks style with random guys or lesbians.[/quote]

It’s tricky!! If she is on college, I assume she will probably figure it out pretty quickly.

If you still have concerns about her ability to figure it out or of feel she needs some scaffolding to learn this skill, you have a few options to begin to prepare her for this. You can remind her she already has some experience to draw from and treasure her she knows the “rules” for using an all-gender bathroom at your house). *

Talking it through could help too. You can guide her with a comparison of how bathrooms work at your house! If the door is closed, she should knock and wait to hear a reply. If a person is in there she should NOT go in. Of no one answers and she tries the handle and it is open, she can go ahead and use the bathroom.

The two of you could practice role playing what this might look like in the safety of your home bathroom.

Do prepare her for the possibility that there could be instances when she is using the bathroom, and someone knocks! Encourage her NOT TO PANIC! She can simply reply aloud  “occupied” or “I’m in here” or whatever conveys the fact that the bathroom is occupied.

Good luck!!

* You may have to take a different approach entirely if your home has identity-based restrictions at your house.

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