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In reply to the discussion: Do folks think all bathrooms should be de-gendered? [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)Men would either not bother to put up the seat, getting pee all over where the next woman is going to be sitting, or they won't bother to put them down.
Keep them gendered or make them all their own separate rooms. I have a fairly strong sense of privacy and I would not want to walk into a room with stalls and both men and women milling around. Or have to watch men urinate before I can slip inside a stall myself.
All of you who are perfectly comfortable peeing and pooping regardless of who's there alongside you, that's great for you. But not for everyone.
Plus, I'm old enough that I can just about imagine some elderly woman being bothered by some creep if she has the misfortune to be in a restroom alone with him.
And, women complain all the time about a mom who brings her ten or twelve year old son into the restroom with her, or a man who brings his young daughter into the men's room.
Any restroom that is just the one cubicle can be gender free. Otherwise, no thank you.