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02 Aug 2008, 3:03 pm

I thought for a bit that orientation did play some part - your objection seems to be that straight men would be aroused by the prospect of using the same facilities as a woman. I don't like the sexualization of the toilet that seems to be driving the stigma. I'm going under the assumption that in time men and women sharing a single facility would become less of a novelty and more of a practicality.



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02 Aug 2008, 3:22 pm

I doubt it. You have any idea how many problems that will cause? What a convenient way to rape women, a guy just lurking in the "unisex" bathroom until one comes in. :thumbdown:



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02 Aug 2008, 3:50 pm

Yeah, it'd have to be after those crimes were drastically reduced, if ever.


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02 Aug 2008, 3:57 pm

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Yeah, it'd have to be after those crimes were drastically reduced, if ever.


Don't count on it. Rape has been part of human behaviour since the dawn of civilization and I don't think it's going anywhere.



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02 Aug 2008, 3:59 pm

That's why you have camera's planted in all waterclosets.



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02 Aug 2008, 4:08 pm

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That's why you have camera's planted in all waterclosets.


Security cameras do not prevent violent crime. And btw what's a watercloset?



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02 Aug 2008, 4:25 pm

What's to stop a guy from lurking in a women's room now? There's no forcefield, a guy could get in there if he wanted to. I don't think the bathroom being unisex is going to change that. There are unisex bathrooms all over the place, although they were born of pragmatism. I don't know about where you guys live, but in a lot of smaller places, locally owned stores, or gas stations for example, the bathroom is unisex. We've got one or two unisex bathrooms on campus, and no one has ever been raped in them, or the other restrooms for that matter.

So I'm not understanding something here. Why should I want to go to the bathroom with other females? I prefer to defecate alone. If in a public restroom, I really don't care if the other people there are male, female, intersexed, transsexual, or Martian. As long as they leave me alone, I don't care. Could someone explain to me why the sex of others using the facilities matters? I just don't understand.

And water closet is bathroom, or toilet. There are so many names for the crapper.



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02 Aug 2008, 4:26 pm

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Why have any gender toilets?
Why not just have toilets?
I mean each toilet has it's own little locked cubicle anyway so It's not about privacy.

L.


At my workplace , there's only 1 bathroom for both genders.....what's funny that cubicle 1 is for females and cubicle 2 is for males, as if the germs of one gender would kill the other.



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02 Aug 2008, 6:00 pm

slowmutant wrote:
Averick wrote:
That's why you have camera's planted in all waterclosets.


Security cameras do not prevent violent crime. And btw what's a watercloset?


No, but it enforces the conscience of the perpetrator to imagine possible retalliation.



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02 Aug 2008, 6:49 pm

SpiceWolf wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
SpiceWolf wrote:
Why have any gender toilets?
Why not just have toilets?
I mean each toilet has it's own little locked cubicle anyway so It's not about privacy.

L.


because the women's is much nicer and they don't want to have to share with such pigs.


...at least, i've yet to see a men's restroom that isn't repulsive. i'm a fairly clean guy but god damn a lot of men are just nasty pigs. i wish i could get special permission to use the women's instead.


Be careful what you wish for:
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http://bridgetsgotnothingonme.blogspot.com/2007/03/ladies-locker-room-demystified.html
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It’s a common misconception that the girls’ room is cleaner than the men’s. That’s just a lie, a filthy, dirty lie. Those of you that have ever gone into the ladies’ room at a bar know that the sights and smells can be extremely nauseating.


L.



at least in my experience, the women's bathrooms are cleaner.



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02 Aug 2008, 6:55 pm

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To share a public bathroom with women is degenerate.



afraid people are gonna be f*****g in the bathrooms?

afraid you won't be able to participate?



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02 Aug 2008, 9:29 pm

Screw this whole thing. I'm a firm believer that restrooms which accommodate more than one person are nasty anyway. Dump the gender thing and get me separate rooms!


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02 Aug 2008, 10:20 pm

twoshots wrote:
Screw this whole thing. I'm a firm believer that restrooms which accommodate more than one person are nasty anyway. Dump the gender thing and get me separate rooms!



agreed.


pissing like pigs at a trough is uncivilized.



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02 Aug 2008, 10:57 pm

I'm glad I don't have a penis. I like to urinate privately.



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02 Aug 2008, 11:33 pm

skafather84 wrote:
oscuria wrote:
To share a public bathroom with women is degenerate.



afraid people are gonna be f***ing in the bathrooms?

afraid you won't be able to participate?


I'm afraid you only come up with stupid remarks to make me react.


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02 Aug 2008, 11:37 pm

oscuria wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
oscuria wrote:
To share a public bathroom with women is degenerate.



afraid people are gonna be f***ing in the bathrooms?

afraid you won't be able to participate?


I'm afraid you only come up with stupid remarks to make me react.


Hey, if your opponent laughs at you, laugh with him - you don't even necessarily have to dispute his points right away, but it shows strength in character if you can poke fun at yourself.


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