To highlight this case of voyeurism in what appears to have been a unisex toilet on private premises?

[BadSkiingMum]

I came across this case of a voyeur who placed phone cameras under the sink in a toilet. Note that this did not even make BBC news - this is on a local London website.

Women secretly recorded by south east London voyeur | This Is Local London

This was a toilet in a hairdresser, so not open to passers by and with the need to make a booking to enter the premises. So it would seem to be a low-risk environment. But unfortunately this did not prevent an employee from committing a crime. While the article is not clear that the toilet was unisex, presumably the offender was able to enter the toilet and place the phones inside because he was using it himself and was therefore unlikely to be challenged.

In my opinion this case suggests that unisex toilets, even those which are in what we could consider to be a relatively 'safe' environment, present greater risk than toilets separated by sex.

That is an argument for mixed sex toilets in addition to single sex toilets.

Or even better, there should be more disabled toilets and parent-and-child toilets. (I would argue that anyone who meeds a carer is entitled to use a disabled toilet.) Gloucester services on the M5 provide an example of good facilities.

Yup , I think you have summed up certain posters' mindset perfectly .
I'm not transphobic ; I do not have an irrational fear of people who choose to wear the clothes of the opposite sex , I am risk-averse . I am careful going up ladders , using my chainsaw and very , very careful about being in enclosed spaces with men who may have nefarious reasons for being there .
I am also careful on behalf of women and children who are less informed than I on matters of safety or who are less able to protect themselves and object out loud to the presence of men in women's only spaces .
It's an empathy thing , a humanitarian thing . We're not trying to bludgeon you into this way of thinking , Peaches et al , although I can see how you feel that we are , we're just trying to show you that some women and girls NEED our voices to keep them safe .

Yes fantastic in addition to single sex options.

It is a great argument to have these as additional toilets. I have seen this often and when reading the feedback about the toilets that the government consultation released, it was something mentioned there too iirc.