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Whilst this is most likely true, I still think it'll provide many anxious women some peace of mind and that might be enough.
I'm sure a lot of anxious Nazi's got a lot of peace of mind in the early 1940's too.
I sure a lot of anxipis transphobes got a lot of peace of mind when Trump banned trans people from military service.
Giving anxious people peace of mind it's the point of segregation. That doesn't make it right or good.
Are you comparing being a woman, which means you're comparatively less physically imposing and highly likely to be targeted by any immoral men, to Nazis?
I'm comparing gender identity to other forms of protected identity: race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.
I'm not making any judgements about any group being superior or inferior to another. You're the one doing that. Being "physically imposing" is subjective and variable. There is significant overlap between the largest women and smallest men, and that's just staying withing the confines of binary cis people. Not to mention... Guns exist. Cars themselves are weapons far more dangerous than any human regardless of gender.
Building a just society means we need to leave behind our biases and fears. To judge individuals not on the circumstances of their birth but the content of their character. That means discarding the luxury of pre-judging people, not just when it is easy, but also when it is hard.
Are you autistic? Honest question.