Single-sex toilets to be required in non-residential buildings in England
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Ministers say move will combat growing concerns about ‘privacy and dignity’ in gender-neutral facilities

Ministers say move will combat growing concerns about ‘privacy and dignity’ in gender-neutral facilities

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  • Worx@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    531·
    6 months ago

    I’m confused. In what way to universal toilets (toilet and sink in one self-contained room) not allow for the biological needs of women? Why are girls in schools getting UTIs because they’re so scared of peeing in universal toilets? Why don’t these work for trans people and NBs?

    Is this anything other than just conservatives being transphobic and wanting to keep traditional toilets alive? I feel like I must be missing something here

    As an aside...

    My dad’s church has just been refurbished with this style of toilet and he is very against them, but he’s also against trans people so…

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
      18·
      6 months ago

      I honestly believe there is no real problem out in the real world with this. It’s just the media who is making this shit up to make people fight amongst themselves.

      • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        6 months ago

        There should be no gendered bathrooms at all and everyone needs to grow the fuck up about performing natural bodily functions in the presence of anyone.

    • reversedposterior@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 months ago

      Most toilet facilities in England have a shared washing up area so in most cases it would be prohibitively expensive to convert older ones to having a basin etc in each stall. Newer buildings tend to build in single person toilets which are then universal. I think the fear for some comes from having shared washing areas.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
        8·
        6 months ago

        I think the fear for some comes from having shared washing areas

        Fear which is of course based on ridiculous fearmongering from transphobes and completely divorced from reality.

            • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              6 months ago

              Yep! I see zero problems with a woman sharing a small space with strange men.

              So yeah, you’re a man or you might have seen a woman’s point of view. Do I get to call you a misogynist?

      • Worx@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        You’re not necessarily wrong, but also that wasn’t an argument made in the article so I don’t think it’s relevant here

    • Throwaway@lemm.ee
      33·
      6 months ago

      You know the whole “bear or man” thing going around? It applies to bathrooms too.