• PhoenixDog@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Just have a bunch of single stalls and sinks. Why do we need gendered bathrooms?

    I’m there to take a shit. I don’t care if a woman is washing her hands.

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      5 days ago

      Not necessarily in the defense of single sex toilets, but I imagine not all men are gentle, and women (maybe even anyone else) would choose not to get peeked at from above by a nasty weirdo. I know, I know, not like only one gender could do it, but if I had to find a reason why one would want to have single sex toilets, this would be the reason that makes the most sense to me.

      Or, you know, people being religious fanatics stuck in the 18th century, but who would be like that in 2026? /s

      • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 days ago

        That’s just a consequence of shitty bathroom design. In civilized places, bathroom stalls have actual walls and doors that go to the floor and ceiling.

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          5 days ago

          That’s totally true. I just thought of the possibility because I grew up where not every toilet was civilised.

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        5 days ago

        Eeeh, first one may not be that removed from actual risk. If we assume 1/10 of population is perverted, then cutting out hetero folks from perving on opposite sex is cutting that 1/10 to 1/100. So the chance some perv will actually go for it is lower. And this is a bigger issue for women than men, so makes sense to be watching out for that.

        In USA that is, in EU we have full size stall doors and walls :|

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      6 days ago

      People don’t just wash hands in a bathroom sink. They wash their face, groom themselves, admire themselves, apply makeup, etc.

      Also, why waste space with stalls, when you can use urinals instead? I don’t want to wait outside a stall to take a piss.

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        6 days ago

        The first thing you named everyone does so it doesnt need to be private.

        The second thing is a urinal takes up a stall space so just have more stalls.

        After being to places that do this, I can tell you it works fine.

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          5 days ago

          I don’t want to mog myself in the mirror in front of women.

          Also, urinals absolutely don’t take up as much space as stalls.

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            You can’t check how you look in the mirror in front of other people? Why, what difference would it make what gender they are, that’s kind of weird.

            Nobody is watching you, you can grow up and deal with it.

            Yes the space savings is based on only requiring one room vs two. And even in a one room scenerio the loss isn’t that much, about 1 urinal space for ever 14 stalls. Not to mention that there never is one room empty the other waiting scenerio.

            Again, I was just in a facility that does this. These rooms are easy, convenient, and safe because the sink areaks open to the hall. It works great.

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                4 days ago

                Do you in front of men?

                What difference would it make? That’s weird.

                Also, who is admiring themselves in a public restroom?

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                    4 days ago

                    Ok you are very weird.

                    But are you too insecure to be able to look in the mirror just because women are present? Who by the way don’t give a fuck what you are doing because they are doing their own thing too and then leaving.

                    I think you might need some help learning how to be in public.

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          5 days ago

          Stalls are not as efficient space, material, or queue wise compared to urinals. For those with penises and the need to pee, urinals are just better. It would be stupid to remove these.

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            5 days ago

            Not really no. Because you are now requiring two seperate bathrooms. Urinals dont really save any space, you cannot share it. So one row of lets say 12 stalls floor to ceiling are just as efficient. Only one common area open to the hall way, only one plumbing row (same a a urinal) and only one bathroom.

            This system is more effective and just works.

            Also, you add as many areas like this as the building requires.

            Do you have a urinal at home?

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              5 days ago

              Urinals can be packed far more tightly than stalls, so no they are not just as efficient. Urinals are also optimal for high traffic/volume scenarios, so having one at home is not necessary. They’re also easier to clean and maintain.

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                Except they really aren’t that much tighter, nor do I want them to be. Again, you now have two bathrooms so any space savings is lost, if not worse.

                Funny to read this as I am at a facility right now with open unisex bathrooms and this is as efficient, because if more women or more men show up it doesn’t matter. The everyone in the sink space is working well too.