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

[beetlebomb.livejournal.com]

I've had to use a mens' room in cases where the womens' room is so disgustingly filthy it makes me ashamed of my own gender! The one at the Dufferin Mall was the worst! Shit sprayed on the toilet seats ans walls behind them, dirty diapers and used feminiene hygiene products on the floor! It was downright appalling! And the park across the street was little better. The ladies room there had a choice of A. A toilet that was clogged and overflowing, B. A door that didn't lock or even close properly, in fact I don't remember if there even WAS a door, and C. a stall that was too mnarrow to be what I call "tampon-user-friendly"! I don't care where I go as long as it's clean and my knees aren't squished against the wall!