Toilet equality? -A urinal for women -invented by British women

[lightlypoached]

I hate queuing for a wee at outdoor events so was chuffed tc see this innovation. I'm intrigued as to how one actually uses it but on the face of it this looks like a good idea.

What do we think?

www.peequal.com

@Grellbunt

It's a microcosm of the problem that we face as women - when you're young, fit and carefree you just don't have any inkling of how important the issues of biology are going to become later as you age, have babies, experience harassment etc.

Not to mention the idea that the way to address any problems with women is to make women act like men.

"Women's toilets always have massive queues. Bloody women taking too long... Why don't they just have a quick piss at the urinal like men? I know, rather than more toilets that meet the needs of female biology, let's just make women's urinals! Problem solved!"

Women aren't men!

I presume platform flip flops will be a must to keep feet above the 'water' level.

Imagine the floor! Swimming in wee! 🤮

I’m no good at squatting, and always wear trousers... lowered trousers will stop you having your feet apart, as in the demonstration photo.

Think I’d rather go behind a bush.

Havent RTFT but one reason men can (and do) go for a wee more frequently/easily is surely the design of their clothing. Boxers or pants usually have a front opening and trousers (apart from joggers) usually have flies. This makes it so much quicker. Womens trousers dont always have flies, or if you're wearing a skirt youd have to hoik it up to position yourself/the shewee, and fiddling about pulling your knickers to one side is more awkward.
I'm not too shy to go for the (very) occassional outdoor wee when on a long walk or run but only with adequate tree/foliage coverage and no chance of anyone passing!! At a festival or outdoor event I would rather use an actual toilet.

Absolutely wouldn't want to see them replace real toilets, but at festivals it's better than squatting to pee which many due to the queues/state of the portaloos/worry about someone unlocking from the outside/being dragged into one in my opinion.

As someone who lives in trousers or jeans I don’t fancy that at all.

I’m guessing the walls are low so you can see which are available.

Good grief, if you're meant to straddle it then the receptacle would at least have to be the size of a medium, circular coffee table and then I'd be in danger or my hip locking up, which would infact, slow the queue down - so nothing gained.

Women aren't men!

Careful now.

@Peppapeg

Absolutely wouldn't want to see them replace real toilets, but at festivals it's better than squatting to pee which many due to the queues/state of the portaloos/worry about someone unlocking from the outside/being dragged into one in my opinion.

Agree. Wouldn't be my loo of choice but better, in my opinion, than peeing behind a bush.

Honestly I'd rather pee behind a bush.

At least when you go behind a bush you don't typically have someone else's face 2 feet away.

squat over a normal toilet in the exact same way that I would squat over this toilet.

'Hovering' can lead to retention of urine.

Well in that case we shouldn’t be hovering over this new urinal either then!

So, the woman in the demo photo - she's pissing straight into her dungaree gusset is she?

How about a photo showing how she got round that little problem? 'Simply pull them out of the way'' ? Show us that working with skinny jeans.

@EastWestWhosBest

Women aren't men!

Careful now.

LOL

I'd use one, if I had to. I'm hate queuing to use a loo and when I do go, I'm really quick anyway.

Of the times i've peed squatting, about a quarter of those times the stream has just gone sideways from the get go down one thigh without warning and all over my foot. For this reason it's something i avoid doing unless it's a dire emergency.

I won't be using a squat loo.

Is it not just a standard toilet with a system so you can easily walk in and out? (and see if it's in use so you don't walk in on someone?)
it looks like it's just for a quick pee so ideal if for festivals etc.

I feel like you wouldn't be able to use it for a poo or changing a tampon etc though. But you could use other enclosed toilets for that and it would save queuing time taken up with people just needing a wee!

Looks like it could be a good thing if I've understood correctly!

So roper could just walk in while I piss? No ta

How do I use it and where is the lock?!

I know of one incident where a portaloo was pushed over on its side while a woman was in it, apparently all the waste came out and she was lucky she wasn't injured. That is about the only reason why this loo might be better.

... But I'd rather take my chances with properly assembled portaloos that can't be pushed over.

I think there are some good things about it, such as on the Trivial Pursuit cheese style one, the front is wider so you have more room where you need it, admittedly though in the photo upthread, the space looked tiny. Also on that one (I read that they have other configurations, but I didn’t see them) you won’t be facing anyone, unless the next cheese is in alignment. I realised that you go up steps to the toilet so that you are higher up, so hopefully no one can look over (unless they have a handy chair or ladder).
I think they may have a place at festivals and the like as long as they don’t replace any of the normal loos.
However there are a lot more cons than pros and I wouldn’t use them myself (I don’t think my body would allow me to go, even if I was desperate, if it’s still the same as when I tried to go over one of those holes in the ground on a long coach trip!), I’d just hope that a lot of others would so the regular queue is shorter!

Surely the point is that we shouldn't have to choose between going in a bush and in one of these ghastly contraptions?! Just provide proper toilets for women that are safe and fit for purpose. How difficult is it for society to understand?

I once had to use a toilet on public transport in India like that. It didn't go well.