I think you may be over-analyzing this. Urinals are a practical design that speeds up traffic in the men’s room, which is why the women’s lineup is always longer. They avoid the problem of those gentlemen (in the BB sense of the word) who can’t seem to figure out how to raise the toilet seat, and they are more hygienic in general than using a stall with an unknown history. They also use less water per flush.
That said, I do welcome the trend to put partitions between the urinals.
Oh, and vulnerable?
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There have been attempts. I can’t vouch for their practicality.
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Interesting. The drawback, I suppose, it that in most of these designs a person has to pretty much make physical contact with the device, which is a potential sanitation issue. Maybe that’s all there is to it.
Edit: Though, that happens in every stall anyway. So…
Edit 2: I’ll be there’s somebody, right now, working on a doctoral thesis that analyzes this whole situation.
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Wait. I believe they were all going to the same venue. They just wanted more security for the heads of state. So, I don’t think that safety was a worry for the spouses.
It was a male bus driver without a hint of imagination, who was driving for a bus service that had less imagination and came up with “the Wives’ Bus” instead of “Spouses’ Bus.” It took an aide of hers to verify who she was, and I wonder why an aide would have more gravitas about this matter?
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That sign is extremely ambiguous–what are you not supposed to touch!?
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Anyone want to bet it wasn’t the first and won’t be the last time that happened to her?
At least she didn’t get an unwanted neck-and-shoulder massage by Bush.
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Oh, you dear sweet naive fool!
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Do anecdotes from my personal experiences count? or those from other trans women? The chances are he was policing, not making a mistake.
This is the big reason I hate using public toilets. I don’t get harassment anymore, but there is still a feeling of dread whenever I need to use one.
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You forgot the dreaded US resto- stall they have a door and walls that are only a few feet long. If you stand, you can see right over them. Any self respecting toddler can walk right under them. They are like that to prevent junkies from junkie-like activities, and make prostitutes from gaming it up.
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“I’ve been using this device for years, but now I feel the urge to pee every time I see a dolphin begging for fish.”
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There have been trans women charge with soliciting for literally walking and minding their own business.
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Right, because this sort of thing isn’t at all topical at the moment.
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Which is another example of why their “solution” doesn’t work. There are transgender people of both (or multiple?) original biological sexes, so instead of having a transfemale in a female restroom and a transmale in a male restroom, you’re still technically going to have transmales in female restrooms and transfemales in the male restroom. They still have to see them and ::gasp:: possibly interact with them.
Though I could see this law as basically encouraging them not to use the restroom in public or move out of the state entirely, which they might already be inclined to do anyway. It’s modern Jim Crow, just like the “religious freedom” laws that have been getting floor time in state legislatures.
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It works both ways. When my children were little (all girls), at least 10% of the time when we were someplace public and going into the restroom, an anxious dad would come up to me and ask if I would take his daughter in too.
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Don’t forget clothing. Women can’t just unzip to pee. You end up being naked from waist to knees (at least).
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That had occurred to me. Skirts would be a little more practical than trousers. I think a major problem would be variations in height. Men’s urinals can accommodate a variety of heights. Women using these designs might end up crouching or on tiptoe.
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Yup. When I’m traveling somewhere that is likely to not have Western toilets, I’m almost always in skirts/dresses for that reason.
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It’s not Texas, it’s some of the residents (though that might change, since Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to pass a bathroom bill in the next legislative season.) The potty patroller has an accent & color that suggests he is from Africa or the Caribbean. He doesn’t seem to be familiar with women wearing shorts. Most Texans see women in shorts all the time. They wouldn’t give her a second glance (except in the case of lust.)
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Plus, you know, biology.
Pre-toilets, and currently if you are out in the woods, women squat to pee. We all used to squat to poo as well. (Which turns out to be the best way to poo.)
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