I went to a board game convention a month ago, it was the first time I've girlmoded for something major. They put their own signs over the bathroom signs explaining that both were gender neutral and the only difference was urinals vs stalls. That made it soooo much easier on me and I was very glad
I'm a dude and i want stalls every time. I HATE pissing in a urinal next to a bunch of other people and get piss splashed on everything. So so so many bacteria.
There are well-designed urinals now that don't splash back. Add to that, If there's a divider, then the urinal is convenient, quicker and imo cleaner because you don't have to touch the stall door or lock to close it and you're not pissing on the seat or sitting down. It's literally no-contact
If I can, and it's clean, I always prefer to sit down to piss. I just want a break, man. Leave me alone for 5.
Indeed, I'm a furry and a few conventions I go to, even in red states, have temporary rebranding of the bathrooms to gender neutral for the duration of the convention as a requirement that the Hotel must maintain in order to keep the convention's business.
And since furries are either suspiciously wealthy or poor, but dedicated, it's a wise economic decision for said Hotel.
Here's a little known fact, gender neutral bathrooms are just bathrooms.
The gender neutral bathroom's already in your house!
My son goes to a gender neutral school, my daughter goes to a gender neutral daycare, I work in a gender neutral office, and shop at gender neutral shops.
It drives me crazy to see a single occupancy bathroom in a public space labeled as gender neutral... Just say bathroom... Or even worse they went out of the way to change it from bathroom to gender neutral... Looking at you taco bell...
Gendered bathrooms should not need to exist because bathrooms should have some dammed privacy.
In the US, there’s a door for boys and one for girls. Behind each is a giant room with some sinks and some toilets that may as well be using cardboard and tinfoil for privacy.
Go somewhere more pleasant like Sweden? You have a short hallway with 3 or 4 doors on each side, and behind each is a small restroom including a sink and a mirror.
Every real and maga-hallucinated bathroom problem largely solved.
I love the idea behind gender neutral bathrooms, but I really wish they weren't just a band-aid on the problem that is disgusting American bathrooms.
I didn't realize how much better it could be until I went to Japan. Floor to ceiling walls, doors with curvature where the door and wall meet completely eliminating door gap, buttons to play music or water sounds...wtf America. Might as well be pissing in a prison in some bathrooms here.
If I was near here, I’d go to this place just because of this
It's pretty great. It took over the spot of a gay bar in town which had evolved to be more of a general bar while being explicitly LGBTQ+ friendly. They had to shut down for various reasons. I/O took it over and has largely continued being LGBTQ+ friendly, but now with more pinball tables and old arcade games.
The fact that stalls exist kinda makes me question why, outside of poorly aged "values" we even have gendered restrooms.
I don't know if it's the reason, or just a side effect, but I'm pretty sure it prevents a bunch of sexual assault, or at least makes some people feel safer.
I feel like that's the only justification I've ever really heard, but I find it to be rather flimsy. It assumes that someone willing to assault someone else would be deterred by a sign. It also assumes that assaults only happen across genders and not within, which is either very narrow-minded or willfully obstinate.
Personally, I would think individual unisex bathrooms that each contain their own sink would be the safest option. You enter fully aware and lock the door behind yourself, only leaving once you are fully aware and alert again. Given that the common area between stalls is essentially public, you could have cameras observing the entrance without invading privacy and capturing anyone attempting to force their way in or tailgate someone entering a stall. Better, safer, gender neutral.
My former college has gender neutral bathroom in the gym. I have never heard any issues in the many decades that it has been there. Besides, the wall of the toilet stalls are really high and there are no gaps underneath the stalls to dissuade peeping. Just do how my college did with gender neutral bathrooms.
This is the justification.
My only comment to that is: the "women's washroom" sign isn't going to stop an attacker.
Right? A No Guns sign isn't going to stop a shooting, but a Women Only sign will stop all rape forever!
Republican "logic"
But imagine how awkward that attacker must feel walking in there
because men's restrooms are covered in piss
I identify as a man and accidentally went into the women's bathroom at the supermarket.
It smelled like blood, tampons on the floor, and there was a woman crying in the stall.
I'll take the piss floors.
So are the women's, men aren't special.
From what I've heard from janitors, the women's rooms can be outright disturbing. Like period blood murals on the wall.
Haha, I can tell you never cleaned retail bathrooms... *cries*
I had to clean the women's bathroom at a Burger King. This will pretty quickly correct any misconceptions you have about differences between the sexes re: bathroom etiquette, we're all god damn animals.
I cleaned bathrooms at an upscale retail store for five years. The women's room was consistently worse. You could tell they just didn't care because they didn't have to clean it, toilet paper and feminine hygiene products left wherever, piss all over the seats from hovering, and the sinks were just covered in garbage. But when the men's room was worse, it was way worse. Holy shit is that literal shit everywhere? God why are there fingerprints in it, did you do that barehanded? Why the fuck is it inside the toilet paper dispenser?
"What kind of bathroom does your home have?"
Well, I guess since there are no urinals, it's for women. Men will just have to find a tree or corner outside.
no urinals
That's what the bathtub/shower is for!
Overhyped. i don't like the comment above. they make it seem like a big thing. i don like these kinds of posts..
when a post has "absolute legend" as the title, that reads to me like a youtube title like "We DESTROYED FOREVER!" or "This EASY trick is a GAME CHANGER". gooooddddd (im in complain mode now sorrii)
Smorty HATES this one simple comment
196 poster SLAMMED by Smorty
~nununununu!!!~ please understand that I'm angry at the reddit post with the annoying youtube title, not the repost here on Lemmy. On thus post, "No" is a pretty good title I think. it's not overselling it, it makes sense within the context of the funi and it's not an overused buzzword.
the REDDIT POST on the other hand! it goes out of it's way to be annoying. it repeats the the same meaning using different words. it pretends like this is a big thing: some employee replying with no to some comment about thir game. It's boring, overblown and who cares. It would have been funier if the reddit person just reposted the post and didnot add a dum and long subtitle to it. WHAT IS THIS? prepare for my next game, named Calm Compass: A side adventure in a parallel dimebsion. (very out of context, yes, srryy)
have I now become the one to overblow and overreact? am I now saying the same thing with many words? YES! ON PURPOSE!
im sori next time I will ramble shorter.
Also
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Imagine the amount of small businesses that would be put under if they had to pay for vastly more bathrooms because someone can't be creepy.
Imagine thinking that most businesses don't just have one gender neutral *toilet
It's not a bathroom, or a restroom
You're not taking a bath or having a kip, it's a fucking toilet you prudes 😂
This is in my hometown!! Absolutely one of my favorite spots. And I cheered out loud when I saw this response a couple days ago. I/O is legendary.
Posted "Just Now" 🤔
Beyond gender, as a father of two girls, i fucking love gender neutral bathrooms. Your establishment has gn bathrooms you've doubled the odds of me returning.
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