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student university toilets

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cigarsmokingwoman · 24/09/2025 12:39

DD is a 1st year student at a university in Scotland and frequently comes home (she commutes) bursting because she doesn't want to use the student toilets which are apparently all unisex with urinals. She tells me she wanders the building in vain for a female only toilet and even tries going to other student buildings and cannot find them. Yesterday she says she was walking around for 20 minutes before giving up out of desperation and using the unisex one. I wonder how many other universities are the same? It's appalling. DD will not complain or cause a scene but it makes her very uncomfortable.

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Ellebelieve · 24/09/2025 13:13

Mochudubh · 24/09/2025 13:11

Can you post which Uni? Shouldn't be too outing as most have at least 10,000 students.

Possibly a poster familiar with the campus can help.

Exactly
if we knew the university, then we could help identify all the single sex toilets!

parietal · 24/09/2025 13:11

I can believe the university did this. One near me put “all gender” signs on the men’s (still with urinals) but the old female was still there with a female sign if you know where to look.

Has she tried asking if there is a reception desk? Sometimes there are some hidden away.

also look carefully on the university website and campus map for toilet locations.

Mochudubh · 24/09/2025 13:11

Can you post which Uni? Shouldn't be too outing as most have at least 10,000 students.

Possibly a poster familiar with the campus can help.

Ellebelieve · 24/09/2025 13:06

cigarsmokingwoman · 24/09/2025 12:57

I'm not making this up and I'm a regular poster, as MN could easily confirm. I'm just sharing what DD has told me and she's not one to lie either.

I don’t believe that you are making this up / embellishing the detail

cigarsmokingwoman · 24/09/2025 12:57

I'm not making this up and I'm a regular poster, as MN could easily confirm. I'm just sharing what DD has told me and she's not one to lie either.

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Ellebelieve · 24/09/2025 12:53

cigarsmokingwoman · 24/09/2025 12:50

She said out in the open with a few cubicles so she's seen willies and had male students laughing at her discomfort.

Are you sure OP?

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 24/09/2025 12:52

Does she indeed....

Ellebelieve · 24/09/2025 12:52

What university has mixed toilets with urinals out in the communal area?

cigarsmokingwoman · 24/09/2025 12:50

She said out in the open with a few cubicles so she's seen willies and had male students laughing at her discomfort.

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Pegsmum · 24/09/2025 12:48

I work at a university and we have had unisex toilets for a couple of years, not been an issue to me. However, we don’t have urinals. Are these ‘out in the open’ or behind cubicle doors?

cigarsmokingwoman · 24/09/2025 12:44

Ellebelieve · 24/09/2025 12:42

student toilets which are apparently all unisex with urinals.

with urinals? Really?

Yes apparently so, and no she hasn't found one without them yet and its been 2 weeks.

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Ellebelieve · 24/09/2025 12:42

student toilets which are apparently all unisex with urinals.

with urinals? Really?

Ellebelieve · 24/09/2025 12:41

Has she never found one?

Presuming she has, surely just return to those

or go at the station?

or coffee shop?

loads of options!

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