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This is going to shock some people, but EVERYONE can use EVERY restroom and toilet right now. The only thing holding us back is outmoded social expectations.
Not at the same time they can't!
You haven't seen shitfaced wine moms pile into single occupancy bathrooms before.
Not yet.
I'm AFAB and no one has ever said anything when I went to the men's room. Got a lot of weird looks. The men's room is so quiet, save for the unabashed shitting going on in there. The ladies tend to wait until they're alone before they drop a deuce.
They what? (What country is this?)
That sounds like you'll never be able to go 😅
To be fair, I've not been in the ladies toilets (Australia), so can't really comment on the state of things there.
I will say one thing, the number of times I have to wipe down a seat with piss on it on the men's toilets is ridiculous. Fucking a lot dirty bastards out there, who honestly, I think have a screw loose.
I get the line is long for the ladies sometimes, but you're brave to venture to the men's based solely on how dirty it often is.
I'm AMAB, non-binary but decidedly male presenting, and I've received some comments but no direct confrontation for using individual restrooms labeled as "women's" at public parks. If there's a single occupancy men's room and an equally private, single occupancy room with an arbitrary "women's" designation, I'm going to use either.
It's worse in Japan. They had to install white noise generators because the women were wasting water by leaving faucets running while they did their business.
I think there's some people that will continue to have problems with using urinals. Maybe not, but probably...
Yeah… like me. And they were built with my anatomy in mind.
Urinals will never be real toilets to me because they don’t accommodate all forms of relieving one’s self.
I’m also not crazy about squat toilets, but that’s more of a personal preference.
(PS, I’ve seen people with vaginas use a urinal. It’s a neat trick, but it highlights how needlessly exclusive they are.)
I remember watching some kind of healthy sex show on HBO probably 20 - 25 years ago, and there was a segment about how the Germans had created this folding cardboard urinal tool for vaginas to easily pee at the urinal. I thought it was pretty rad back then, but I haven't kept up with if that thing still exists - due to a lack of personal need. I hope it does still exist. It needs more marketing. I've never seen a used cardboard personal piss-trough abandoned at any music festivals though so I think I'd likely be disappointed to hear the truth of the reality surrounding this.
There's a product called the shewee, same thing but it's plastic or silicone and reusable. My ex wanted one since she always had to pee and it made lots of road trips uncomfortable for her, she also had knee issues so squatting was difficult. She was so excited to try it out she peed with the toilet seat up that night.
~~FUD~~ FUD. Also can I point out how baller the photo in that article is.
Agreed, and also LOL @ Elmer Fudd now.
Single person washrooms in Canada, are gender neutral. Even if you have a sign for a specified gender. And I don't think anyone cares which one you use, as long as your not entering it for a sexual/perverted reason.
Also, this is an onion post.