Robin, as an occupant, could hear noises outside the cubicle.
This is good design. That means, if an occupant was in trouble with any kind of medical condition or assault, loud cries for help could be heard by others. Even better, if the occupant were to fall to the ground for a medical reason and be non-verbal or unconscious, or indeed were being assaulted inside the cubicle, people outside would be alerted immediately IF there was a big enough floor to door gap (Having witnesses, by having this door gap, could even prevent attacks happening in the first place). However this means the occupant has to be in a single sex toilet design. If there’s any ambiguity in who is using the toilets, the designs go private. Mixed sex toilets are always private with floor to ceiling doors and partitions. In building regulations mixed sex toilets are always private.
Robin is making it more dangerous for everyone by being in the wrong toilet because it means, in reality, the designs change.
For the sake of everyone’s safety when they are at their most vulnerable, the standard should be single sex toilet cubicles with a single sex communal area outside the cubicle, like the traditional areas containing sinks, dryers etc. Then a door leading onto the mixed sex public area. In this way we can all have the traditional toilet cubicle door and partition gaps above and below for health and safety. Whilst maintaining a high degree of privacy and dignity.
11% of cardiac arrests happen on the toilet. There’s a cardiac arrest every 5 minutes in this country.
This is why the Supreme Court ruling is so important for toilets. It reaffirms single sex toilets as single sex. Therefore the designs can be safer. For everyone. They just need to use the correct toilet for their sex.