Date: 2/19/2001 9:36:00 PM
From Authorid: 19435
I have come across them before, they show a unisex sign, but both do not enter at the same time..it is customary to knock and then enter if vacant.  |
Date: 2/19/2001 9:52:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
Yes, I know about that kind. But I mean the "Ally McBeal" style restroom. Personally, It would take me a while to get used to.  |
Date: 2/19/2001 10:06:00 PM
From Authorid: 17248
It wouldnt really bother me.. But I think im too used to the old style of bathroom to change!  |
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Date: 2/19/2001 10:50:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
I think most people would have a hard time taking care of business, knowing someone of the opposite gender was in a stall next to them. Also there would be alot more voyeurism and sexual assaults. |
Date: 2/19/2001 11:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 12773
We actually have a unisex bathroom at work and it works fine. I don't have a problem with it and neither does anyone else!  |
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Date: 2/19/2001 11:38:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
Traky Daks...you mean males and females use it at the same time? A man in a stall and a woman in one next to it?! Your not kidding?! I would think this would be a terrific breeding ground for sexual harassment situations. |
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Date: 2/19/2001 11:40:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
...oh well, call me slightly conservative. |
Date: 2/19/2001 11:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 277
In California, I have heard of "family bathrooms" in public places so parents won't have to send kids in alone or have other siblings wait outside. As for a unisex bathroom, if I'm in a stall and there's no toilet paper, I know I would be uncomfortable to ask a man in the stall next to me to hand me some! LOL! I just don't see a purpose to have unisex bathrooms. Plus, I can't stand the Ally McBeal show.  |
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Date: 2/19/2001 11:46:00 PM
From Authorid: 277
On the serious side, rape would also be a big concern. |
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Date: 2/19/2001 11:54:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
Hi, Hawk. The "family bathroom" sounds perfectly reasonable. Personally I like Ally McBeal, but their restroom arraingements gives me the willies, which is part of the enjoyment of the show for me. It's just silly. |
Date: 2/20/2001 2:15:00 AM
From Authorid: 17156
In our local mall we have these restrooms and I like them do to the fact that my hubby, son, and I can go in at the same time and save time. Wow Hawk made a good point about the rape thing I have not thought of that b4. Love,  |
Date: 2/20/2001 6:04:00 AM
From Authorid: 21249
Not for me thankyou, I guess I am a tad conservative, and boy, did I think about that comment on rape, that would be the ideal place for it, I get nervous walking down the long corridor's just to get to the women's and gent's washroom's, another aphobia to add to the rest LOL good post love jollee  |
Date: 2/20/2001 10:41:00 AM
From Authorid: 3538
NO thank you.I think restrooms should be female and male oriented.I do not want to go into a restroom and find a man standing there exposing his genitals going to the restrooms.NO thanks.That is not for me!  |
Date: 2/20/2001 6:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 21839
I think they should be kept seperate... Due to rape, sexual harassment, kids & teenagers have to use them...You also have the people who expose themselves to others (I can't think of what they are called right now) I would not feel comfortable going in alone or sending my kids in there to use it...Now an office environment I can kind of see ...your all adults & if it was in a well populated area but as for malls & other public places...no.... Sugar Bear  |
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Date: 2/20/2001 7:24:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
I don't think it's a good idea anywhere. Intruders can get into office restrooms too. Mainly just too many people feeling uncomfortable & embarassed. I agree with almost everyone who has replied: It is simply not a good idea. I'm beginning to think this is more of an "Ally McBeal" fantasy than a growing reality. |
Date: 2/20/2001 9:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 20873
i agree t.c. Many more victims of rape would happen it is the perfect place it would be a breeding ground for countless number of assults. I AM IN no way favor of this at all I have 3 daughters. An I a m just paranoid getting in my car alone in the parking lots, this world has gotten some crazy people like the people who thought of Unisex bathrooms. DINA  |
Date: 2/20/2001 9:39:00 PM
From Authorid: 13354
We have a mall around here that has had this for awhile.
It did not go over well at all. They changed it into a baby
changing room and parents restroom. I don't like the idea of unisex
restrooms but I can see how the parents restrooms would be a good
idea. I've gone into the men's restrooms accidently a couple of times
while out somewhere. Dingy me!!! I think it embarrassed the men more than me.  |
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Date: 2/20/2001 9:56:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
Don't feel too bad, Pam. I once walked into a ladies restroom at a pizza parlor. This may have been due to the pitcher of beer that I had just finished. A lady gave me a funny look, and I felt quite embarassed. Hey, maybe that's a good Embarassing Experiences story idea. |
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Date: 2/21/2001 11:43:00 AM
From Authorid: 13354
Well TC, I could fill that link up. I don't want everyone
to now how dingy I can be. I didn't have any beer, just natural
dinginess... |
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Date: 2/21/2001 12:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 28137
Here's the truth about unisex bathrooms. They have and are being installed in some business complexes. There are no plans to have them in strictly public places. There is no logic behind this concept. It's another attempt to blur and ignore the differences between the sexes. Someone mentioned the possibility of rape. That's not likely in the work place, and if someone wanted to rape you, I don't think they'd be too shy to hide in the girls room to do it. Now, what IS a concern to men is further opportunities for women to falsely cry 'sexual harrassment' in the workplace, something that is being abused virtually without match. All in all, unisex bathrooms are a most terrible idea. |
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Date: 2/21/2001 2:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 20873
well, you are wrong about the rape thing ok......um rape happens every day every where any place any time.DINA |
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Date: 2/21/2001 6:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 23956
Hey TC when I was in Germany, in the army, I had my first encounter with a unisex restroom, I was 17 yrs. old at the time. I was using the trough, thats what they have instead of urinals a female walked by headed for a stall, I almost went into shock, I thought I was in the womens restroom. But as I spent more time in europe I learned that they do not have the hang-ups about our bodies that we have here in the usa. they have lots of nude beaches in europe also, its not a big deal to have unisex rest rooms being used at the same time in certain countries. Logan51... |
Date: 2/22/2001 10:54:00 AM
From Authorid: 12103
i dont think these "unisex" bathrooms will work.....think about it..too many problems can occur....alot of people are against it..i dont think our society is mature enough (think about it) to handle this  |
Date: 2/22/2001 4:57:00 PM
From Authorid: 10722
Unisex restrooms would be a bad move, will never eeeeeeevvvveeeerrr work!  |
Date: 2/23/2001 7:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 11263
i have heard it to be true. i kinda like it, i kinda don't. i really don't....personally, i like my privacy w/those who have the same that i have. can't say it's wrong but don't like it. it's like it's the one thing we women have just for ourselves. no man can have it. it's our domain. the idea of it being run over with men now just makes it less appealing to us women now. you know whatta mean women????? =op we can talk about certain things we don't want men to hear, and i guess the men would feel the same.....would you men? you can gossip bout women and such......  |
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Date: 2/23/2001 7:03:00 PM
From Authorid: 11263
very good point tc! more sexual assaults prob. think. it would make too much room for perverts to have their fun watching women...who would know who's watching you while you are doing your business? i don't like it at all. and perverted women too men........it goes both ways. |
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Date: 2/23/2001 7:06:00 PM
From Authorid: 11263
maybe a unisex bathroom at work but never publically. but then again, if i had to use the same bathroom w/the men i work with..uggghhhh! no thanx! pam made a good point....parent bathrooms would be o.k. |
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Date: 2/23/2001 7:46:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
Women kind of use their restrooms as sort of a social center. Men are more inclined to take care of business and get out. Maybe it's a homophobic thing. |
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Date: 2/23/2001 10:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 28137
To the girl that told me I was 'wrong' and then went on to state that rapes can occur anywhere, may I suggest reading a statement well before condemning it as wrong. What I was stating was just what you said, rape can and does occur anywhere, although not very often in the office bathroom during work hours. My point was simply that a unisex bathroom would not increase a woman's chance of rape. A rapist could just as easily now be waiting inside a woman's restroom waiting for her. On another point...You know how when you need to use the stall and all the doors are closed you kind of have to peak in the crack to see if anyone's there? I can see this happening now...Some guy is doing that in a unisex bathroom, and the girl on the other side of the door decides to say he was 'looking' in at her and gets him fired. I don't think it has anything to do with maturity. If you want a unisex bathroom, move to Germany. If they were more 'mature' of a nation, I imagine they'd have a little more power than they currently do. |
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Date: 2/24/2001 12:02:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
Good points about the peeping ^^. I think alot of folks would develop constipation because they couldn't relax. |
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Date: 3/1/2001 2:56:00 PM
From Authorid: 12773
LMAO @ TC ... you're too funny! |
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Date: 3/14/2001 10:40:00 AM
From Authorid: 11263
got a point there tc, cause from what i hear, it's a hangout for gay men.....some men mind it and some don't...=op maybe the ones that linger are the ones you watch out for straight men! =op |
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Date: 3/14/2001 10:41:00 AM
From Authorid: 11263
i don't like using public toilets at all personally, i certainly would'nt like unisex ones, i'd just wait to get home. =op |
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Date: 3/14/2001 3:44:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 177
I know what you mean, DL, about public restrooms. I'd rather wait 'til I get home. Yeah, about the gay thing...that is true with some men's restrooms, that become hangouts for them. Nothing against gays here, but most of us straight guys definately get the willies when we think another guy is looking you over. I'd rather share a bathroom with a woman. |
