Men stand. Men piss on the seat. Do women want to sit in that? Most women do not hover.
If anybody still thinks unisex toilets are a good idea, try using one at a crowded public place. Time the women. wait time can be 15 minutes . You better not have an emergency. I've had to run outside and piss in the gutter.
You ever worked in a place with unisex toilets?
I have - in more than one job - and they're cleaner than men's toilets. Much nicer.
It seems to force lazy asshole guys into showing a little respect for other users by either aiming better or at least cleaning up after themselves.
Public places? I can see that could very well be a different story. Especially bars.
Unlike at work, there is no accountability for making a mess, so some assholes are inconsiderate.
But unisex toilets are fine in professional environments, in my experience.
Woman's bathrooms are way worse from what I've heard.
You hold women is way too high a regard. They are not angels that are waiting for captain save-a-hoe to ride in on his white steed. They'd prefer a coke dealer for now and a doctor when they're too old for thugs.
If you need to accommodate transexuals use a single toilet family bathroom style. Transexuals are a tiny minority no need to jump through hoops because dude feels like a lady.
What are you talking about?
You've never been into a ladies' toilet? They're generally much cleaner. Much higher standard of witty graffiti too!
As for the OP, why would you want to shower with a bathing suit on? Defeats the purpose!
Personally i have no problem whatsoever being nude (to swim, shower, whatever) in the presence of men or women.
Under our clothes, we are all more or less the same. Naked human bodies are just what we all look like underneath the clothes.
I understand people's bodily insecurities, but think a lot of the prudishness around nudity is ridiculous.
I think it would be unreasonable to
force men and women to share changerooms, but i'd be just as happy taking a shower next to my girlfriend (or any other woman or man) in a mixed gender environment, as a room full of naked men.
Would i use a row of mixed-gender showers? Why, yes - i have, and would do so again without hesitation. They're just bodies.
As for the trans thing - is that the main issue here?
I've never been hung up on people's sex or gender - clothed or unclothed. Makes no difference to me.
If people want privacy, they should be entitled to expect it.
But if people are comfortable changing and undressing in unisex changing rooms, what's wrong with that? There is this perception some people have that nudity is a specifically sexual thing - which is not the case at all. That's just a hangup that has probably been helped along by pornography and erotica that depicts undressed humans as strictly sexual beings.
I've had plenty of experiences interacting with people (female and male) in situations wherr nobody is wearing a damn thing - and there is really nothing sexual or weird about it.
Guys have penises, women have breasts - we all have slight differences in shape, colour and size - but are essentially the same.
Body taboo is a construct that is used in all kinds of ways - to sell clothes, to sell erotica or pornography - but honestly, i can quite comfortably have a discussion with a beautiful, naked female stranger without it being sexually-arousing, or even really thinking about sex.
The same goes for communal showers.
You wanna get clean? Strip off and have a wash. Its just the human body and there are no great mysteries about them.
Whether people are male/female/trans or whatever shouldnt matter, so long as people are safe and comfortable.
. I agree with bd, optional unisex rooms would be ideal. enforcing it not so much.
