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izogi

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:40:11 +1300

It’s an odd thing to do because it takes more work. You have to estimate how many women are going to attend, in order to work out how many pink (not even kidding) loos you’re going to need.

I guess it's a diversion, but this clip from Upstart Crow made…

mark taslov

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:02:49 +1300

As funny as the toilet is

It’s a peculiar thing to observe, because the last place I’d expect to get clocked is in a bathroom. Unless there’s an ambusher lurking to try and “grab ‘em by the pussy”. Personally I’m more concerned about this type of grabbin’ occurring in the…

nzlemming

Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:55:34 +1300

But pissing on the seats

urinating is hard

"Nobody knew urinating could be so complicated" – Donald J. Drumpf

Rosemary McDonald

Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:24:49 +1300

Maybe we could talk about toileting in boats some time?

I'm up for that as long as I can count my housebus (complete with macerating marine toilet) as a land yacht.

I highly recommend that folks experience the genderless long drops at DOC Camps.

Very good reasons opt for sitting…

Moz

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:18:29 +1300

urinating is hard

We should have a pissing contest.

Bart Janssen

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:10:35 +1300

But pissing on the seats

urinating is hard

Jackie Spencer

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:02:24 +1300

My reaction precisely. But pissing on the seats still happens in gender segregated toilets ( *and* I am 'pissed off' about it). Sought out the pissing and surely no arguments against can remain.

Moz

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:41:12 +1300

what should a man do when three year old daughter needs to use the toilet

My limited experience with children is that most of them completely understand "pick a toilet, and I'll come in with you if you want me to". Very few children are willing to argue at any…

BenWilson

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:33:21 +1300

Just BTW, there's no law stating men can't piss while sitting down.

No written law. Fortunately, when you're in a cubicle no one can really tell whether you're there for 1&2 or just 1. So Sitzpinklers get away with it. Disclaimer: Manchmal, Ich bin ein Sitzpinkler

The only reason for separating…

Bart Janssen

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:14:21 +1300

I’ve no idea what Family First’s position on it is

It probably involves years of practice and incredible flexibility.

Bart Janssen

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:13:02 +1300

As far as I can tell both men and women make a mess in toilets. At home we clean up after ourselves, unless we want disharmony.

Elsewhere we rely on someone paid to clean up after we have for some unknown reason decided to spray the walls floor and seat…

Carol Stewart

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:23:32 +1300

I'm very proud of my son's high school (Wellington High School) for being the first in NZ to have the option of unisex toilets. They got a fair bit of crap from Family First about it too.
People seem to manage the unisex toilets on planes without too much drama.…

Lilith __

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 23:57:35 +1300

Believe it or not, women bleed.

Some women bleed.

Fair enough. I hate that menstruation is so shameful.

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 22:49:13 +1300

The public toilets in the National Library's Wellington building are not gender-specific. Seems to work fine.

As do the public toilets in the new Bus Exchange here. I have never found them all covered in anything. Nor have I ever been aware of the gender identity of the person who…

Lilith __

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 22:46:10 +1300

Does anyone else remember the Ladies’ at the Academy cinema in Chch? Vase of fresh flowers, picture on the wall. Extremely civilised. Toilet facilities don’t have to be only utilitarian.
Post-quake, some community portaloos got similar treatment. Locals kept them clean and fresh, and some with a jar of flowers…

Hilary Stace

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 21:55:31 +1300

The public toilets in the National Library's Wellington building are not gender-specific. Seems to work fine.

Lilith __

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 21:49:22 +1300

the same amount of shit and piss events as the males but with the occasional added bonus of menstrual blood

Believe it or not, women bleed.

Just BTW, there's no law stating men can't piss while sitting down.

Simon Lyall

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:30:25 +1300

Whenever this topic comes up online you usually get a few people who clean the toilets in bars or schools who start state that women's toilets are often the worst.

eg:

had a friend who worked in a bar, he said the womens washroom was always worse than the mens,…

Gareth Davidson

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:03:58 +1300

I remember once a woman complaining that she had to walk past the male toilets to get to the female toilets in a public building (i.e. turning down the corridor, the male toilets were first, the female a few steps further on). If – and I'm not saying it is…

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:44:00 +1300

They had boys and girls portaloos at a gig I went to recently, and the boys side had urinals – presumably a combination of blokes wanting to wave their willies and an improved extraction rate for recently drunk beer.

The nicest toilets are the ones in the truck they had…

Moz

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:43:47 +1300

I wonder if this is driven by the portaloo company? They have spotted a way to rent out more portaloos by gender segregating them, possibly driven by women like Susan (who should definitely not look at the toilet walls or probably ceilings either). Viz, there's some demand from end users,…

Susan Snowdon

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:26:58 +1300

My experience of the public toilets at work and in other places is that men tend to piss on the seat and floor more than women. That's why women like to use women only toilets – they're cleaner.

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:19:30 +1300

I have to admit my first reaction was that with fewer women than men at the cricket and the same number of toilets for each the queue for the womens might actually be shorter than the mens.

My rough estimate from the side of the ground we were on was…

Moz

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:13:18 +1300

Was the pink toilet thing in response to some kind of problems? Or is it really the apparent problem of imaginary trans* people doing something somehow near cis people.

I have to admit my first reaction was that with fewer women than men at the cricket and the same number…

mark taslov

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:28:51 +1300

Thank you Emma!

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Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:28:51 +1300

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