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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Were these unisex loos legal?

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Sofasogood1 · 01/03/2022 12:19

Lunch with friends the other day and my male friend and I went to the loos before leaving. Entered the loos and there were a row of cubicles, but also another door to a separate room with a sign saying urinals. My male friend actually prefers cubicles so he had a choice. He could have chosen the urinals where let's face it no one without a penis would be. I had my period and actually felt a bit weird changing my pad with men in the next cubicles. There were no sinks in the cubicles and I wonder how I would have felt changing a moon cup or what ever.

Is this legal? I thought if loos are unisex there should be sinks in cubicles?

It felt unfair with men having their own seperate area, and women not having a choice. But the legality - I wasn't sure on and wondered if I should complain or if I'm being a bit precious.

OP posts:
Pyewhacket · 04/03/2022 04:59

@OneEpisode

This was a restaurant? The licensing authority would have requirements. It could cost them their alcohol or public entertainments licence.
Rubbish.
OneEpisode · 04/03/2022 07:05

Hi Pyewhacket if the Op opens her web browser and searches the council name and premises licence Op can find the local requirements. Most councils require a floor plan marking toilets. Some dictate the count of female and male toilets as a ratio of customers.
Obviously tiny places might only have one, single use loo.

OneEpisode · 04/03/2022 07:07

For instance, this www.cheltenham.gov.uk/info/65/public_and_environmental_health/1347/toilets_in_commercial_premises
For a capacity of more than 16..

bythere · 04/03/2022 08:53

@Don'tLikeCrumpets Morally wrong was what I meant.

GCITC · 04/03/2022 12:39

Yes, you're not getting it.

Males don't bleed from their vaginas and therefore do not require tampons. Both males and females urinate and therefore need equal access to such facilities. You cannot provide facilities that only males can use without providing facilities that are exclusively female, as you would be providing more facilities to males than females. Therefore you are discriminating against females, because females cannot stand to urinate.

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