Mariah McCarthy found this sign in the San Diego Airport. To her, it’s “Bathroom Progress” and a sign of things to come.
Comments thus far have included people lauding progressive CA: “California leading the way again… Your welcome!!!”, comments on the imagery itself: “So good. Also floating, pliéing babies.” Not to mention where things are headed: “Hopefully someday the sign will just say: Restroom.”
What do you think?
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Image from Instagram, posted by Mariah McCarthy.
The laws ought to be changed so that each and every person in each and every gender has to right to decide whether or not to have privacy, including in the bathroom, therefore, the laws on bathrooms ought to be changed so that each and every place, including public place, is allowed (not required, but allowed) to have both bathrooms with privacy and bathrooms without privacy therefore, I request that all of the following laws be created and passed; I think it would be a good idea if the laws of the City of Greater New York, the laws of… Read more »
Does this designate the entire restroom area, or the standalone room typically intended for a parent to have privacy while using the infant / changing apparatus? Because those are two very different things, and very different accomplishments. (If the latter, the only accomplishment is hanging a new sign.) Also, as John noted, without accommodations for the disabled or handicapped, it kinda undermines the whole point. Hate to rain on anyone’s parade, but as someone who pays the rent by planning out restrooms, among other things, universal restrooms are an unlikely future, regardless of societal views, because urinals (of reasonable quality)… Read more »
The thing is, this problem was solved ages ago, but archaic building codes and ordinances make it really difficult to actually implement. The answer is a shared hand-washing area (with cameras) and individual fully-enclosed stalls (similar to a line of porta-potties next to porta-faucets at a lot of fairs/outdoor events.) Everyone interacts around the shared space, but has individual privacy within their stall. You can even add cameras in the shared hand-washing space for extra peace of mind. The main downside is that a lot of places are uncomfortable with the idea of having a fully enclosed space where people… Read more »
They don’t have the wheel chair so does that mean it’s not accessible to the disabled? I don’t have a problem with unisex restrooms as long as they do away with the urinals or provide significantly more cover.
I think that women will never go for it.
There was a woman I knew who once complained that other women would change in the restrooms after work into their “clubbing” clothes. This included changing or removing their undergarments. I suppose having men walking about might change that behavior.