DH thinks i am being unreasonable to mind about this. The toilets at the forest park I went to walk the dog in this afternoon were all unisex except for one which was men only. I went in the rangers office to ask why, and was told it was because the men’s one has urinals in and it means there’s less queueing for the other ones.
I get the point but it doesn’t feel fair that men get to use a single sex space when there isn’t one for women. The unisex toilets are self contained cubicles with sinks so I get the argument that they offer enough privacy (although they were filthy and the potential for hidden camera voyeurism concerns me a bit).
DH said he can’t see what the problem is, as there are probably a few urinals in the gents so it means shorter queues, as the park ranger said. I just didn’t think it fair that men’s needs are specifically accommodated like this when there’s no equivalent for females. I told DH that women have smaller bladders than men and that we also have to deal with periods so if anything, it should be women who get the extra single sex toilets rather than the men!
I know it’s not a life or death situation but it did irritate me. AIBU?