I’m a Governor at a primary school.
There’s some discussion going on in a FB group I’m on about switching to mixed sex toilets. All the other governors seem to be happy with it, saying they are more efficient, will stop bullying. How do the manage at home sharing etc etc. Toilet cubicles are floor to ceiling but handbasins are separate.
I am very against mixed sex facilities if that is all there is. Most, of not all, girls in their schools will have to deal with periods. They need separate facilities to be able to do so, and not be embarrassed by it.
Not one person shares my view. I need to post on the thread with firm arguements (I am trying to avoid the self-Id issue as I want to explain this from the point of view of the rights of women and girls). I want to tell them that girls matter.
If we take away single sex spaces now, girls and women won’t feel entitled to them. They are necessary for a reason.
I thought that, by law, schools had to provide single sex facilities? Can anyone help me with this? If toilets are sealed units but washing facilities shared?
Am I going mad here? Or have I spent too long on these feminism boards? It’s not me is it?