Used an 'all genders' bathroom today

https://sex-matters.org/posts/stand-up-for-single-sex-services/the-vexed-issue-of-toilets/

Did anyone go to uni in Leeds about 10-13 years ago? Some of the clubs there had mixed toilets and it was never even talked about it was just accepted.

I was at an outdoor event recently and used the all gender portaloos several times. They were disgusting, which I put down to them being portaloos until I discovered the single sex ones as I was leaving, which were so much cleaner!

No, we can refuse to accept it and complain Every Single Time. Make a big fuss, be active in their social media etc. I'm local to Bristol and will not spend my money in places with mixed sex loos.

Who thought mixed toilets were a good idea? It's a given that they're more likely to be piss sodden floors than if solely female as lots of males miss. Not one person I know, including my male partner likes them.

I said this on another thread but I was in a pub during the day which had gender neutral toilets, I was in and two males were pissing with the cubicle doors wide open. A woman came in with a young girl and ushered her past. She looked terrified. I just thought yeah this is inclusivity 🙄.

Well, you probably voted for it. So get used to it.

My old office had unisex loos, but somehow the unspoken rule became the first two were for women and the last two for men. They were fully contained — ie, had loo and washbasin within one cubicle, so you never came face-to-face with anyone else— but I thought it was interesting that even so we gravitated towards certain cubicles according to gender. I do think self-contained cubicles are the way to go, to be honest.

Please complain. Our school introduced all gender toilets. One parent doggedly complained for over a year but the head kept insisting no one else had complained. Fast forward this year the head moans to me toilets are her number one topic with parents, above all else. A frank answer would be she's reaping what she sowed.

Anyway, always complain. Make your opposition heard. If it joins a chorus of voices perhaps some fucker will jump to attention eventually

Were they fully enclosed and private? Because they soon will have to be under the new designs. Which in itself brings up massive safety problems (as well as hygiene problems). No one will know if someone is in there incapacitated or being assaulted.
If you feel ill and head to the toilet you will need to tell someone so that they know you are in there. Enclosed toilets are dangerous for people who are at risk of collapse such as those who are elderly and people with diabetes, epilepsy, heart conditions and strokes. These enclosed cubicles in mix sex public areas are not safe.

Health and Safety has been replaced with ‘Privacy and Dignity’ . Because they are private and enclosed, they will open from the outside quickly, so it’s all in the assaulter’s favour.

Also emergency evacuations are much more risky as you can’t see who is in the toilets quickly. And studies show the reduced ventilation means you are more likely to catch the diseases of the people who went in before you.

OP if you want the stats pm me.

I used all gender toilets in Vancouver recently. They were separate cubicles with shared basins in a tourist spot - big, new and clean. But the weird thing was the massive window along the wall to the street. I assume this is for safety? It wasn't an entirely comfortable experience going into a cubicle with a man just the other side of a flimsy wall, and then washing hands next to him, with the whole world looking in wondering why they can see into the public toilets.
At the airport they had 5 different toilet blocks next to each other - men's, women's, any gender, baby change and disabled.

I always try to avoid mixed sex toilets. I do not want to be vulnerable and self conscious in them or for my kids to be vulnerable around men in them. I very much value the man-free space, that a women’s toilets is.

This thread should be pinned up for every planner who thinks going mixed sex is something progressive. They’re totally regressive, with a disproportional risk and impact burdened only on women.

Everone should see the links to the excellent Dr Clara Greed talking about why women need women’s toilets, on the thread. I hope women start suing public bodies for sexism because it feels like our women’s toilets are being pulled out at a dangerous rate. Women need women-only toilets. We always have done and always will do. Men who don’t like that are free to campaign for a third space for them to use.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/3203454-What-do-you-use-the-womens-toilets-for

As a female engineer back in the day often the only toilets were men's (disgusting Portaloos often), fortunately my male colleagues would guard the door for me.

I used the ladies lavatories in Morrisons today. There was poo on the seat 🤷‍♀️

Horrible. I can't cope with that smell.

Theres a mixed toilet when you go and see Cabaret in London.

I have no problem with bumping into a man in there but oh my god the SMELL!!

wasnt somrething I had given any thought to before but it stank of urine in there in a way that women’s loos really don’t.

They should clearly mark them because they certainly claim it on their website!

i genuinely don’t care about mixed toilets. Loads of cafes only have one that everybody has to use, or two cubicles that are for everybody. I have a massive issue with dirty loos though 😡 and I don’t see why designating them as mixed means they are not kept clean and tidy.

I’m hoping if we complain enough about the piss covered seats, make it clear it’s leading to us giving lower ratings on TripAdvisor etc, they will work out they either need to spend significantly more money on cleaning or go back to separate men’s and women’s bogs.
I have had a couple of experiences with men not shutting doors, zipping up flies etc, but the piss covered seats is the main problem because it’s depressingly common in places where they have introduced all gender loos for political rather than practical reasons. Works fine in Costa because they clean them frequently. If they are not going to do that I don’t see why we should put up with it.

On their website, it says that the all genders toilet offers cubicles and that there are designated female, male and accessible toilets on other floors. If this wasn't your experience then they are misrepresenting the situation.
People will go there, believing there are designated sex segregated toilets, as claimed.

I wouldn't want my youngest going to the toilet on her own if it was mixed, it just wouldn't feel safe. Obviously not all men are perverts or child molesters but I just wouldn't feel comfortable.

Men's toilets are notorious for being disgusting so I'm not looking forward to using them.

We went to Stockholm recently who seen miles ahead of UK and almost every public bathroom was mixed sex. It was fine other than DH moaning about having the queue when he never normally does! However they were incredibly clean and had sanitary bins available so no issue.

I go to a cinema and arts centre that has lovely, well designed, new all gender toilets in the main area and still has some of the old sex divided facilities in a back area that I think a lot of the customers are not aware of.
I used the new ones a few times and encountered exactly the same as you, OP, levels of cleanliness poor and splatters of urine and smell. I don't use them any more I use the old ones.
My feeling is they've spent a lot of money and effort to be all up to date and shot themselves in the foot in the process.