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In 1987, a man, a woman, and their daughter attended a Tchaikovsky concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The most notable thing about their outing, all these years later, is something that actually wasn't the least bit unusual: The two women waited in an interminably long line for the bathroom, while the man did not.
What separates their uncomfortable experience from those of innumerable others is that the man in their party was a California state senator. After witnessing just how long his family members had to wait, he introduced legislation to guarantee the state's women more toilets.
In the three decades since, dozens of cities and states have joined the cause of "potty parity," the somewhat trivializing nickname for the goal of giving men and women equal access to public toilets. These legislative efforts, along with changes to plumbing codes that altered the ratio of men's to women's toilets, have certainly helped imbalances in wait times, but they haven't come close to resolving them.
"It still remains a huge problem today, overall," says Kathryn Anthony, an architecture professor at the University of Illinois who has studied the issue for more than a decade. The issue persists for many reasons: the exigencies of real estate, the building codes that govern construction, and, of course, sexism.
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/01/women-men-bathroom-lines-wait/580993/
(Score: 2, Insightful) by NateMich on Monday February 04 2019, @02:56AM (2 children)
They will make things worse for men instead of better for women.
That would just make me want to avoid public restrooms even more than I do now. I already don't really care much for attending concerts or other crowded venues because of issues like this, but making it worse for me to have to take a piss isn't going to solve anything.
I take that back... It might solve it entirely, because I'll stay home and save my money.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 04 2019, @06:40AM
You can get psychological help for your tiny dick and shy bladder you know? It's OK little guy....Try some positive self talk, "wee wee go pee pee" say that out loud 5 times...I'm sure the dude in the stand-up urinal won't punch you in the face when you're done.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday February 04 2019, @08:21PM
That's alright. I hazard to say most men are comfortable peeing in the broom closet at a venue that chooses to not supply adequate facilities. Peeing in sinks, bottles, and in potted plants are additional options. I've been at Japanese enkais where the big shacho sauntered over to the fake tree in the corner to pass the bottle of XO he had. My Japanese co-workers chose those moments to take extraordinary interest in the ice sculpture center pieces.
Washington DC delenda est.