Toilet gender politics

[samvara]

The poor planning often associated with toilets at public events sometimes leaves me speculating about some sort of decrease in female bladder size over the last 50 years. Alternatively maybe women didn’t go to many public events. Or perhaps voluntary dehydration similar to self imposed malnutrition to appear dainty and able to subsist on the occasional deep breath of air.

At the Duxton our merry group ignored gender and ended up using the facilities according to the symbols on the signs. People wearing skirts used the ladies and people wearing trousers used the gents (this was incidental but amusing). Other than water everywhere (apparent inability to turn taps on gently) it’s not unpleasant in the gents but I wonder how the men feel.

Does it bother men if the women use the gents?

Comments

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Smell is mostly a maintenance issue - if urinals don't have effective germ killing blocks in place or adequate ventilation they can get manky. This is apparently far more of an issue than flushing, as demonstrated by the growing numbers of waterless urinals that are starting to show up around Perth that don't smell at all, as opposed to the flushing but out-of-antibacterial one at the pub I was at tonight that was dire.

Interestingly, I've spoken to a office cleaner who claimed that in her experience girls loos are usually messier than boys, at least for gender balanced offices. (It's a bit different when you've got a floor of 70 men and four women..)

[ascetic-hedony.livejournal.com]

I just assume that guys are more likely to pee on the floor, particularly when drinking.

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Well, there is that. I try to forget that my sex puts me in the same bucket as those idiots :(

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Eh, smell wasn't an issue - then again except for the weird splash basin effect at the hand sinks the Duxton has nice facilities.

[scotsnow.livejournal.com]

Solution: sit down to whizz. If it's the middle of the night and you're staggering around half asleep - sit down. If you've had too much to drink - sit down. If you can hit everywhere except in the toilet, for godsake - SIT DOWN!

Or stand real close to the urinal. These people need to realise the floor is not a toilet for crying outloud. :P