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

[dasnarrenschiff.livejournal.com]

Venerably awful goth club Slimelight in London has unisex toilets. Or, at least, they usually end up that way after around 10pm. It seems to work out okay, often acting as a preternatural hang-out spot for casualties.

[lapis-lazuli.livejournal.com]

I've been to Slimelight many times, but I've never been brave enough to go to the toilets there.