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

I can kind of understand if you're naked on the bottom half and ultra strong/fit to balance, but I don't understand where your trousers (and pants) go in that position to be able to wee. Surely they would get soaked. I just don't like the look of these and anything where your upper body and head is out of the cubicle has no privacy. It's bad enough getting changed in sports direct changing cubicle (reminds me of this, and I won't do it any more).

It’s the height and visible sinking/rising that adds in an unnecessary element of weirdness; if properly enclosed with a vacant/engaged lock and without external visibility I’d be far open to using these (while drunk at a festival)

It’s the thought of the visible rising/sinking alongside the real possibility of eye contact en route like Simon from the Inbetweeners in the episode where he’s being wanked off on the dancefloor that’s the major hypothetical turd in the punchbowl.

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@Amelia666 that's brilliant and horrendous all at the same time. Can't believe I've never seen that episode.

And yes, eye contact whilst weeing would be weird.

The Grau aid has a piece on this today too. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/07/the-peequal-will-the-new-womens-urinal-spell-the-end-of-queues-for-the-ladies

The guardian piece is nothing more than a rehash of their marketing material.

I've used squatting toilets before - I wouldn't chose them. Problems with where your maxi dress goes when you are hovering, how you get your legs apart enough to balance while in leggings or jeans etc What happens if your wee becomes a poo and you weren't expecting it....apparently according to my husband that never happens to men (who designed this hideous contraption), where does the loo roll go....

For those saying they were given a free she wee at a festival to use the urinals - where did you wash and clean it? Or were people jist walking around with wee soaked plastic? (Specifically curious to the lady that hung it on her trousers? Lol) Surely all the ladies washing them in the sinks is a bit 🤮. And takes as much time as using a loo.....

I assume they would be disposable cardboard ones, so use it then throw it in the bin on your way out.

I think they're a great idea for festivals. Portaloos are always vile, you end up missing half of someone's performance queueing for the bloody things, and its much better than peeing in a bottle or squatting somewhere (usually there are people about so not much hope of retaining any dignity).

Portaloos aren't always vile. I've been to huge, family-orientated events and the loos have been clean and plentiful. I think the organisers of youth-orientated festivals just figure they can get away with crappy loo provision, so to speak.

It’s six times faster? I find that unlikely. Six times faster than a women not having period or a poo who just needs quick wee and had pelvic floor in fantastic order? Or they comparing it to someone needs time to go and change?

if your are larger than a size 12 looks like either your bum or your pants gusset will be sticking out the end of the partition so someone at the right angle opposite can see.

@Tenpintonpin

Portaloos aren't always vile. I've been to huge, family-orientated events and the loos have been clean and plentiful. I think the organisers of youth-orientated festivals just figure they can get away with crappy loo provision, so to speak.

Glastonbury and Leeds have been the worst I've seen, rank. It hasn't changed in decades so can't imagine they are going to suddenly bring in a strict cleaning regime.

I can't work out whether I should actually feel sorry for these young women, who have so internalised society's lack of respect for female biology that they now accept and even celebrate this kind of thing as the pinnacle of equality. Equality does not mean apeing men. It should mean being equally respected as we are.

To be honest toilets at festivals are constantly improving and many have moved away from portaloos altogether. I don't think Glastonbury has any anymore in public areas. Long trailers of composting toilets (with seats) and metal slam-door long drops (also with seats) are better options imo. Both have rudimentary locks on the doors and tall doors for privacy!

The long trailers accommodate so many cubicles that you never have to wait for long especially if a few are parked up together.

Are you supposed to shake yourself dry in these contraptions? Are you allowed to throw toilet paper down the hole? The lack of sinks is okay in the age of alcohol handwash but I wouldn't like not being able to dry my bits!

Reading Festival has trailers of basic, normal toilets (with sinks!) in the arena. They even stack the units on top of each other to accommodate more! There are so many you barely have to queue.

This thing looks undignified!

The peequal is marketed as a cost-saving for the festival organisers. It's cheaper and easier to transport and install as it's lighter and smaller. That's the benefit over normal portaloos. Follow the money always!

Like a pp poster I've spent a lot of time in africa and seen my fair share of hole in the ground toilets from straight up hole in the mud to fancier ceramic and also this style. This style is actually harder to use because you have to kind of balance and hold yourself over them while pulling your clothes forward at the front to prevent splashing them. The straight up hole in the ground ones are much easier because you squat so low you're not thinking about balancing just stick your bum backwards and pull trousers/underwear forwards.
Would still be impossible for anyone with mobility issues to use though