OK, sure -- in the USA women and anyone else who is not a heterosexual male who projects his rapist urges onto everyone else is a second-class citizen or maybe not even human according to present-day Constitutional law.
However, considering that old-fashioned binary het males are so timewise efficient with their organic ejections: as a logistical matter perhaps some fraction of "male" restrooms in public spaces could be converted into unisex restrooms.
@Arkturos saidA ratio of 3 female to 2 male to 1 "anybody goes" seems fair.
OK, sure -- in the USA women and anyone else who is not a heterosexual male who projects his rapist urges onto everyone else is a second-class citizen or maybe not even human according to present-day Constitutional law.
However, considering that old-fashioned binary het males are so timewise efficient with their organic ejections: as a logistical matter perhaps some fraction of "male" restrooms in public spaces could be converted into unisex restrooms.
@Suzianne saidYou're right. 4:2:1 is more fair.
4:2:1 seems more reasonable.
Have you seen the lines outside Ladies' Rooms?
I remember many years ago when I took the bar exam at the Javitz Center. Everyone in the place was trying to use the rest room before the exam started. I was in and out of the men's room while one woman I noticed on line (that stretched into the lobby area) had moved up maybe 3 places from the time I went in to the time I went out.
My wife tells me that aside from the physiology, part of this is also because women tend to fuss around more and kill more time at the sinks and whatnot. Maybe you could start a meme movement about getting in, doing your business, and getting out like the meme movement on urinal choice etiquette several years ago raged for months.
But still, for whatever the reason, I agree that 2 to 1 would be fair.
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@sh76 saidCatheters. That's the obvious solution. Let them all have catheters installed. Fixed. End of discussion about who is using which restrooms.
You're right. 4:2:1 is more fair.
I remember many years ago when I took the bar exam at the Javitz Center. Everyone in the place was trying to use the rest room before the exam started. I was in and out of the men's room while one woman I noticed on line (that stretched into the lobby area) had moved up maybe 3 places from the time I went in to the time I went out.
My wife ...[text shortened]... ears ago raged for months.
But still, for whatever the reason, I agree that 2 to 1 would be fair.
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@sh76 saidOh, no.
You're right. 4:2:1 is more fair.
I remember many years ago when I took the bar exam at the Javitz Center. Everyone in the place was trying to use the rest room before the exam started. I was in and out of the men's room while one woman I noticed on line (that stretched into the lobby area) had moved up maybe 3 places from the time I went in to the time I went out.
My wife ...[text shortened]... ears ago raged for months.
But still, for whatever the reason, I agree that 2 to 1 would be fair.
Men (well, most men) don't have makeup to always check and reapply.
They don't call it the Powder Room for nothing.
Another solution would be to make the Women's Rooms larger than the Men's Rooms. More stalls (urinals take almost no room, or so I hear) and more sinks. Throughput could be better. I studied Architecture in Junior High, and public restrooms are always the same size as each other. Bad design there, with no forethought. But then again, most architects are men.
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@Suzianne saidPretty sure Dame Maggie could always go right in, if she even ever wanted to.
4:2:1 seems more reasonable.
Have you seen the lines outside Ladies' Rooms?
And now you have introduced a fourth category, haven't you?
Not all females are ladies, in case my meaning wasn't clear.
Also: could it be that some women are inconsiderate lollards who have no problem taking their time when other people are waiting -- but heaven help anyone else who is "in their way" when they are on a mission? 😉
Seriously, although I don't go to American football games (for instance), as a daily newsreader I am aware of the gender-bathroom disparity, and would agree that a different ratio would be more considerate and polite.
@Suzianne saidI agree, but I think if we are talking about retrofitting existing structures it would be easier to reassign the restrooms. As for new structures, I would suggest making more women's bathrooms instead of larger ones, to keep things on a human scale.
Another solution would be to make the Women's Rooms larger than the Men's Rooms. More stalls (urinals take almost no room, or so I hear) and more sinks. Throughput could be better. I studied Architecture in Junior High, and public restrooms are always the same size as each other. Bad design there, with no forethought. But then again, most architects are men.
@Suzianne saidIt does seem like a sensible solution.
4:2:1 seems more reasonable.
Have you seen the lines outside Ladies' Rooms?
The problem probably only should be in historic buildings where the ratio is generally 1-0 or 1-1.
Many of these old buildings don’t have any facilities for blind or handicapped people either.
@Great-Big-Stees saidAbsolutely wonderful… now explain how your statement pertains to my question
I, once a year, don my gay apparel.