A lesbian cisgender women is escorted out of the women’s bathroom by police because a Karen called the cops on her think she was a man.

Bicyclejohn, 1 year ago

I don’t get the point of gendered bathrooms. A bathroom is there to piss and shit, why are people so scared of genders mixing?

Lmaydev, 11 months ago

Sexual assult is the usual argument.

It’s a private space that can’t be monitored with surveillance.

Whether or not that is a good argument is debatable.

Personally I do know a number of people who have been sexually assaulted / raped in club bathrooms.

LightningHaqeem, 11 months ago

Were those bathrooms gendered though? I think the argument that shared bathrooms lead to more sexual assault needs some scientific backing.

I get that you’re just paraphrasing the arguments of others btw.

lilydjwg, 11 months ago

I think gendered bathrooms may make sexual assaults easier, because a man invading a women's bathroom knows there won't be a strong man to knock him down.

LightningHaqeem, 11 months ago

That’s what I was thinking

Max_P, 11 months ago

The Eaton Center in Montréal has been building gender-neutral bathrooms and it seems to be working quite well. Bonus is there’s actually proper stalls that go from floor to ceiling with no gaps in them. IMO this is where the privacy matters, and then the sinks area is a lot more visible and less likely to be assaulted there.

Meanwhile in high-school in the boys restroom I’ve had someone jump up the stall on me multiple times because they thought it was funny.