The Truth About Toilets - Sex Matters

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Following the Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of the protected characteristic of sex, everyone wants to talk about toilets.

The Equality Act, and this judgment, are about much more than toilets.

But toilets are important.

So here are some answers to the most common questions. They are mainly common sense.

https://sex-matters.org/posts/updates/the-truth-about-toilets/

I dont think this has been posted, but as toilets keep coming up as an issue, thought some might be interested in the information Sex Mattters have compiled.

Thank you! Clear, to the point, excellent, and I've bookmarked it as large chunks could just be copied and pasted for the whataboutery on many threads.

Maya was very clear about this in the recent Triggernometry.

Thank you for this, especially:
‘Women in particular feel less comfortable in unisexWomen in particular feel less comfortable in unisex facilities. A row of unisex toilets in a busy venue (particularly a night-time venue) is an uncomfortable situation for many women, even if the hand basins are inside the toilet rooms. They may be forced to queue with men in a small enclosed space. Small spaces with floor-to-ceiling partitions are oppressive and can feel more unsafe than the traditional single-sex cubicles, because you don’t know who is outside the door, and you could get pushed into a cubicle. If you have a medical emergency you cannot easily call for help or communicate with people outside the door, nor can people outside see you if you have a seizure or lose consciousness. facilities. A row of unisex toilets in a busy venue (particularly a night-time venue) is an uncomfortable situation for many women, even if the hand basins are inside the toilet rooms. They may be forced to queue with men in a small enclosed space. Small spaces with floor-to-ceiling partitions are oppressive and can feel more unsafe than the traditional single-sex cubicles, because you don’t know who is outside the door, and you could get pushed into a cubicle. If you have a medical emergency you cannot easily call for help or communicate with people outside the door, nor can people outside see you if you have a seizure or lose consciousness.’

If we get back to having single sex toilets we can have gaps in the doors and for both sexes: lives will be saved and assaults prevented.

Why do we have a gap under public toilet doors? For health and safety
Why do we get rid of the gap when toilets are mixed sex? For privacy
What are we getting rid of by doing that? Health and Safety

Thank you, Sex Matters.

Jolyon Maugham thinks otherwise.
https://order-order.com/2025/04/29/jolyon-men-using-female-public-toilets-is-civil-disobedience/

'Must bring own kimono' made me giggle.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/barclays-supreme-court-donald-trump-government-wall-street-b1225145.html
They have no choice but to comply.

I hope that, like Barclays, other businesses will simply follow suit and report that they are doing so in a matter of fact way. That statement feels so sane, compared to all those on the other side with their emotional vows.