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Eddy Izzard says women should be forced to share bathrooms with men

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Hithere12 · 05/05/2019 11:58

m.youtube.com/watch?v=eFs7RfJZEIM

I can’t believe what I’ve just watched. Eddie Izzard is on Joe Rogan saying ALL bathrooms should be gender neutral and completely dismissed the concerns women have that Joe brought up. He dismissed it as “people always complain when there’s change”

The whole thing is so selfish and entitled.

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lookatallthepeaches · 05/05/2019 22:03

Seems there are a few plants in unisex toilets

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 05/05/2019 22:02

Not from any prurient reasons you understand 😳

Links!!! People linked to them!!!!

Ineedacupofteadesperately · 05/05/2019 22:02

There's a particular type of man who is determined that women and girls must share toilets and changing rooms with him. He's precisely the sort of man who should not be allowed anywhere near girls or women when they are vulnerable / undressing.

This.

lookatallthepeaches · 05/05/2019 22:01

I'm guessing you weren't able to back up your initial assertion with a link. I told you I looked but I couldn't find it. If you can't find it either it leads me to believe it doesn't actually exist.

birdsdestiny · 05/05/2019 21:59

A few years ago a male who worked for my local authority was sacked for doing that in the council's toilets. Details all over the local press. Google is your friend.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 05/05/2019 21:59

I think you'll probably find it if you google lookat

I dont generally save links but i have read articles about it

JessicaWakefieldSV · 05/05/2019 21:55

Has anyone got any links to an instance where cameras have been planted in public toilets?

There’s quite a few, there’s also a thread on it. You should go and do your own research.

lookatallthepeaches · 05/05/2019 21:53

Has anyone got any links to an instance where cameras have been planted in public toilets?

HumberElla · 05/05/2019 21:49

White, middle aged, middle class man just trying to find a new way to be relevant. Tragic really.

JessicaWakefieldSV · 05/05/2019 21:40

And I don't love the idea of a man being able to quickly push and lock women/girls in an entirely enclosed space...

Me neither.

ALittleBitofVitriol · 05/05/2019 21:39

70sWitch
cameras

Thank you!!! I was waiting for 8 pages for someone to mention it! Floor to ceiling unisex cubicles just give blokes plenty of time and privacy to plant their hidden cameras.

And I don't love the idea of a man being able to quickly push and lock women/girls in an entirely enclosed space...

As for Eddie, the shamelessly obvious desperation to stay relevant is laughably counterproductive. He couldn't be more textbook. So boring.

KarenTheCashRegister · 05/05/2019 21:39

But why do we even have to lower ourselves by explaining in intimate detail why we don’t want to share toilets with men?

We just don’t want to and we make up 51% of the population. We don’t need to explain ourselves or ask permission. We just need to constantly say no.

nicenewdusters · 05/05/2019 21:36

I'm very claustrophobic and hate using totally enclosed toilet cubicles. I really need that gap above/below or I can feel quite panicky.

When my dc were young they used to like me to stand outside the toilet door with my foot underneath. This gave them the confidence to go in alone, but with the reassurance that I was still there.

GeordieGenes · 05/05/2019 21:32

I don't know much about this person, but I'm going to presume that they don't have a daughter?

RedDogsBeg · 05/05/2019 21:26

Someone mentioned earlier that Eddie Izzard does appeals for UNICEF (?) on behalf of Yemen, is he one of those celebrity UNICEF Ambassadors? Are they aware that Eddie is against their proposals for single sex toilet facilities? How can he defend UNICEF aims in this regard and disagree with the same proposals under the same criteria elsewhere? If he says single sex is only needed in certain countries, why? I can't see how he can defend that without invoking hideous stereotypes against people of those countries.

ZuttZeVootEeeVro · 05/05/2019 21:25

Eddie isn't campaigning for purpose built self contained toilets. He's campaigning for men to be in the women's toilets.

Any changes that need to be made as a result of men like Eddie being in the women's toilets will be have to be campaign for by women.

Datun · 05/05/2019 21:10

Maybe I misunderstood what he said - but I think he meant that all toilets should be enclosed cubicles, single room, floor to ceiling door/walls, toilet, mirror, sink, like most disabled toilets.

Why? So Izzard gets validated by using the women's but they all have to change to keep women safe? From what I wonder?

Up until now, women haven't had to be in a fortress, with floor-to-ceiling walls and their own sink and sanitary bin. However luxurious that might be, it's been entirely unnecessary.

The reason toilets are not generally like this is that if someone passes out in them, (during a miscarriage, for instance), they can easily be reached. Or if they are being held inside them, it's harder to keep that quiet with gaps above and below.

I'm not saying women wouldn't like their own enclosed space, but they are generally held to be not as safe, and why should everything have to change, just because some men need validation?

needmorespace · 05/05/2019 20:59

Even my dogs prefer to shit in the most secluded part of the backyard
My dogs have better manners than Eddie Izzard.

GrinGrinGrin
I wish there was a like button!! This literally made me snort.

BogglesGoggles · 05/05/2019 20:56

I used gender nuetral Lois regularly. They are always filthy. Envy

JessicaWakefieldSV · 05/05/2019 20:54

but I think he meant that all toilets should be enclosed cubicles, single room, floor to ceiling door/walls, toilet, mirror, sink, like most disabled toilets.

He didn’t say that that anyway. He said he wants to chat and poo with friends and strangers Confused those lovely enclosed rooms would really ruin his vision.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 05/05/2019 20:50

'Maybe I misunderstood what he said - but I think he meant that all toilets should be enclosed cubicles, single room, floor to ceiling door/walls, toilet, mirror, sink, like most disabled toilets.'

But everyone knows that's not realistic.

PencilsInSpace · 05/05/2019 20:46

What a prick.

70sWitch · 05/05/2019 20:46

lookatallthepeaches

Maybe I misunderstood what he said - but I think he meant that all toilets should be enclosed cubicles, single room, floor to ceiling door/walls, toilet, mirror, sink, like most disabled toilets.

I can't object to these being unisex, just like disabled or train/plane toilets. I also think this is much safer all round than flimsy stalls in an isolated room.

If that's what he means, what's the basis for objecting?

Cameras.

FloralBunting · 05/05/2019 20:46

Maybe that's why he doesn't feel safe in the blokes' - he keeps trying to make conversation with the chap using the urinal next to him

😂🤣😂🤣😂

lookatallthepeaches · 05/05/2019 20:44

Thank you oldcrone