Law or no law the things you suggest can and do happen. ALL females of any ages should be taught safety in numbers. And believe me no 9 year old of mine would be unaccompanied in any public restroom. Lesbians can be just as aggressive to children as can a male.
As you said common sense is not bigotry. Common sense would dictate that parents protect their children and not leave them unaccompanied. My 14 year old granddaughter has no idea why I have to “wash my hands” at least if she goes into a public restroom, but common sense tells me she will not be in there alone.
The reason for me even posting is so many seem to think this new law is just fine. Now Trump lifted his kimono and showed he is really a liberal fooling the Republican masses. He has NY values, which consists of NONE!
A pervert can attack someone today, just as you say, but why are we passing a law to protect pervert rights that would get them arrested last year? What does it help?
I would tell you what happened to me as a 10 yo boy delivering papers, but it would take far too long to write. Suffice it to say, I know how these perverts work. They don't need any more time to be alone with normal people. Everyone is always talking about what they would do or they carry a .357 to take care of these things, but in truth, they almost never see it coming till it's there. Instead of putting these people in jail, we are now treating them like "regular" people. They are sick and fantasize terrible things about you and me. Their break with reality is as close as a cheap stall door with a $2 lock. I'm against teachers that are "gay" or the new term LGBTQ, for years now. I'm against gay scout leaders. I'm against gay youth leaders in churches today. I'm against gays adopting kids cause they ALWAYS adopt their own gender. And of course, I oppose them marrying for obvious reasons that have more to do with insurance, inheritance, and pages of legal entanglements that come with such arrangements. Does anyone even think about why they desire to get jobs working with youth? When someone even comes into my church and asks for a job working with the youth, they go through such a background check a pervert can't get passed. Just asking to work with youth triggers such an alarm, they are guilty before proving themselves innocent. The bathroom law is just one more stupid thing we have allowed to happen. You won't hear about the rapes and murders in bathroom encounters anymore than the rate of illegal aliens murdering and raping today. Just as they cover up the name of honor killings if they are able to suppress "Mohamed" from the story.
I live in a small town of about 3500 people. If you look back 10-15 years, almost all of our news worthy crime stories not involving drugs come from the "school" choir directors,Band directors,the Soccer, basketball and softball coaches, Church choir directors, and youth ministers. Not all of it was homosexual, but a surprising number of them were. Almost all of them were covered up as long as possible until criminal prosecution was inevitable. Improper touching, and trying to get them to meet off campus, watching them dress and undress and shower, were treated as nothing until it was proven with witnesses and was kept as quiet as possible so as not to look "judgmental" and intolerant.
Just as you wouldn't want a man watching your daughter shower in gym class, why is it so tolerated for a bull dyke to watcher her in the shower because she is a woman? How about an ex semi pro football player with a wife and children getting caught molesting several young boys? It happened in the small town I grew up in. Turned out, everyone knew he was gay, they just thought he was harmless.
It's a parents job to protect their children, but even more so to protect others children. That includes passing laws and blocking others.