Bingowings said:
Properly maintained toilet cubicles are the height of privacy.
I thoroughly disagree. I think you overestimate the extent to which many people are comfortable in public spaces when partially disrobed or using a toilet.
Wishing that gay people didn't exist sounds very dodgy.
When viewed through a lens of homosexuality being an indispensable part of identity, sure. timdiggerm sort of touched on that. Seen through a lens of we're all just people (with various desires and predilections) and that it would be simpler if people only had a desire for the opposite sex is another matter. That's why I liked what Gaffer had to say, as he responded from that less paradigmatic framework.
As you say, Warbler didn't mean what it can sound like to many.
Most people grow out of fearing diversity and complexity, it's the sort of thing children feel.
As for men looking silly in dresses and women looking smart in trousers.
What makes clothes look silly is subjective regardless of gender.
I don't believe that children fear diversity and complexity nor that most adults embrace it.
Expectations play a role in what looks weird. I have this hoody I enjoy that I've been told should be burned. It defies certain expectations of good taste. But I find it quirky and warm. A dress on a man defies a bigger expectation - though I think that is part of the fun for many men who do so. In general "I'm an old fashioned cat."