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26 Aug 2022, 2:25 pm

Thankfully bathrooms have stalls. I like my privacy. It doesn't matter if there is a man in the restroom, he can't see me go unless he peeks through the crack.

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26 Aug 2022, 2:33 pm

I guess it's sort of a "generational" thing.

I would be very embarrassed if I came out of a stall, and a woman saw me getting out of the stall. Especially if what occurred in the stall caused something malodorous.

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26 Aug 2022, 2:45 pm

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Especially if what occurred in the stall caused something malodorous.

Doesn't it always? :lol:

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26 Aug 2022, 2:49 pm

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On a double-date, a woman used to say to another woman, "let's go powder our nose." That meant they would consult each other on the date in the bathroom.

I've actually experienced this.

I've always assumed 'powdering one's nose' meant coming back with a numb nose and sniffles, maybe some bitter tasting drips.

Cant tell if you're joking or serious. But no. It predates the Seventies cocaine craze. What Krafty said. Respectable ladies in old movies, and in even in childrens' cartoons, would leave the room with the excuse to 'powder their noses'- either because they really needed to apply cosmetic powder to their noses, or that was an excuse for something like defecating. Using coke would be LESS respectable even than defecating, and not more so. So you can tell from the context that it means something 'respectable'.

But as with Krafty I had no idea (when I heard the expression IRL or on TV) as a kid, nor now, why a shiny nose is bad. Lol!

I understood it as both a very archaic tradition and somewhat less archaic euphemism, but I tend to assume if it's being used now it's more likely distorted from the earlier euphemism (even if they're using it to mean going to the bathroom, they're probably aware of it having multiple euphemistic meanings so they'll use it in situations where the ambiguity is multiplied for lulz, vs. the euphemism they'd pick in another situation).

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26 Aug 2022, 2:51 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

kraftiekortie wrote:

Especially if what occurred in the stall caused something malodorous.

Doesn't it always? :lol:

The degree with which it would be malodorous varies greatly.

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26 Aug 2022, 4:03 pm

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Why?

What women do in there sometimes doesn’t smell good either. We are all human. Humans poop, and it doesn’t smell good. Poop is a part of life.

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26 Aug 2022, 4:05 pm

Yeah...I know....but it's still embarrassing.

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26 Aug 2022, 4:06 pm

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Yeah...I know....but it's still embarrassing.

Why would it be more embarrassing if the situation involved being found out by a woman than a fellow man?

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26 Aug 2022, 4:15 pm

I guess it's a "societal" thing-----but I like to try to put my "best foot forward" in front of a woman.

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26 Aug 2022, 4:17 pm

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I guess it's a "societal" thing-----but I like to try to put my "best foot forward" in front of a woman.

Why?

We’re all human. In comparison to men, how would you feel if a woman stunk up a bathroom/bathroom stall?

My feelings of disgust would be the same.

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26 Aug 2022, 4:18 pm

I think there's an unspoken rule that all people are supposed to be desirable to the opposite sex.
No one will want to shag someone whose nether regions create stench.

Not to say all people are straight, or that it's logical to think this way.

I assume that's where the social conditioning comes from.

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26 Aug 2022, 4:20 pm

I would just get a spray to get rid of the odor.

I would think "everybody poops."

Nevertheless, the embarrassment is what I would feel. It wouldn't run my life---but the feeling is still there.

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26 Aug 2022, 4:27 pm

Those sprays make me sick for days because of the chemical fragrance.

I'd rather deal with a doozie than a spray.

Sorry babybird, we are way off topic here. Hope that's OK.

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26 Aug 2022, 4:33 pm

All this started because we were talking about unisex bathrooms, which some people find overly "woke."

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26 Aug 2022, 5:26 pm

In the US we are taught that gender needs to be separated. Boys and girls must poo and pee separately. Bodily functions are something to be ashamed about even though everyone does it. We must not see each other naked unless the same gender. But in other cultures, its not this way at all and unisex restrooms are a thing, family members go nude in front of each other. This is just a culture thing in the US.

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26 Aug 2022, 5:49 pm

Actually.....probably in most of the world.

Northern Europe is probably more "permissive" in this sense. But Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe aren't so "permissive."

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