A new study documents the increase in sexual violence incidents at Target stores since the company officially announced two years ago that men who identify as female can enter women’s bathrooms and changing rooms.
The study, “Gender-Inclusion Policies and Sexual Violence: A Longitudinal Analysis of Media Reports at Target Stores,” was authored by Paul Dirks of the Canadian Woman Means Something campaign and was released Friday. The analysis surveys the relevant literature on sexual violence, and categorizes and charts 220 media-reported sexual offenses in Target locations from 2003 to August of 2017, aiming to determine if any association exists between their gender-identity access policy and reported incidences in their stores.
“The three-season forced-category measurement found a 2.3x increase in the amount of upskirt incidents after the policy, and a 2.9x increase in peeping tom incidents after the policy,” the study found, highlighting the significant rise of voyeurism-related and peeping Tom offenses.
Of the 220 incidents measured, six were counted as two separate offense types, according to the report. Of these 226 offenses, nearly 30 percent were labeled “upskirt offenses,” where perpetrators attempted or did look up the skirt or clothing of a woman; 27 percent were non-upskirt related voyeuristic offenses; and 18.6 percent were classified as “indecent exposures.” Thirty-four percent of all the incidents involved minors. All the offenses were perpetrated by males and almost all of the…
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