American journalist Emily Bazelon constructed an article in “The New York Times Magazine” that dwells on the conversation of separation in today’s bathrooms. Bazelon says “Many people viscerally resist the idea of mixing made and female anatomy in multistall bathrooms and locker rooms” (paragraph 2).

Within this article Bazelon supports her argument by shedding light on the fact that the word “accommodate”, a term that oftnely pops up in the bathroom conversation, has more than one meaning. “It can be a word of welcome and hospitality…. but its also a word that involves moving over to make room for other people, whether you want to or not” (paragraph 5). She also states that bathroom separation is a sticky subject because “transgender women believe that they are women, however some women may think otherwise” (paragraph 9). Her main arguemnt at the end of the article focuses on the fact that that todays accommodations only stretch out so far. For example, there have been many changes to accommodate disabled individuals in restrooms like adding buttons that open doors, however there haven’t been many changes for the transgender.

Her purpose in composing this article article is to prove that today’s accommodation is just a “starting place” and these issues need to be addressed. The audience of this article may be to the transgender population as well as to the policy makers who are in charge of bathroom regulations.