Thinking about peeing

[beetiger]

I got Rhys a potty, since he's been really interesting in flushing the toilet whn I use it. I took off his diaper and put him on it; he promptly hopped off, stuck his head in it, and peed on the floor. Not sure what to make of that.

I've been thinking a lot about gender-neutral bathrooms these days. I was at a performance of the Vagina Monologues last weekend, and the bathroom situation was just silly -- lines down the hallway for the women's room, and no one in the men's room. I couldn't get any of the women to hop overto the other side, though I suggested it to several. Part of it is the cultural taboo, I think, but part of it is just...the urinals.

Urinals are weird. We don't have them in bathrooms at home. Women's rooms don't have them, and generally they don't have extra stalls to compensate. I would think that standing with your genitals exposed in a public area would be really odd. So, why?

I have to know.

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Comments

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

What on earth do y'all have on that blank space on the wall?

*thinks a moment* Usually either a shelf with a mirror above it for fixing/applying makeup, or one of those disgusting Koala Bear Kare baby-changing stations that never gets cleaned.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

I've had to use those. I wipe them down with disinfectant cloths and then put my own pad down on top of it.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[hbergeronx.livejournal.com]

many mens rooms have these as well.

[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

When was the last time you saw someone use it?

Me, Personally? Disneyland, New Orleans Restroom, back in November. First and last time I saw it used...

[hbergeronx.livejournal.com]

it's not so much that they are used, as much as they are there. The implication was that the changing station supplants the urinal, and that's not generally true. If there is a changing station, both bathrooms have one.

I have seen them used often, particularly in the mall. Give a man a tool to make his life easier, and he will use it, IMO.