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Council Tackles ‘Potty Parity’ Bill
NY Post ^ | December 3, 2003 | FRANKIE EDOZIEN

Posted on 12/04/2003 11:27:47 AM PST by presidio9

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:17:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Potty equality for all! That's the cry of two Brooklyn lawmakers who say Jane needs twice as many johns as John.

They've proposed a bill in the City Council that says for every "water closet" - building-code speak for toilet or urinal - offered to men, two should be offered to women.


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1 posted on 12/04/2003 11:27:48 AM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9
Oh, come on. Are we really THAT low on "causes" that we have to settle for this???
2 posted on 12/04/2003 11:31:19 AM PST by alwayzright
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To: presidio9
Women need twice as many potties because they always take a friend.
3 posted on 12/04/2003 11:33:49 AM PST by Kenton
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To: presidio9
In regards to potty facilities, "equality" is NOT a good thing. Women need more stalls than men since guys also have the benefit of urinals, and don't take as long to "undress-and-dress". On a practical note, guys shouldn't have to wait on the ladies to get-in and get-out. Happens at fairs, airports, theatres, parks, ...
4 posted on 12/04/2003 11:35:27 AM PST by AngrySpud (Behold, I am The Anti-Crust ... Anti-Hillary)
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To: presidio9
This is important news for women. Believe me, everytime I've attended a large function there are two-three times the women standing in line than in a men's line. Keep in mind that women also bring the small children in with them as opposed to the man taking the children. Plus, the clothes that woman must pull down before relieving herself. And, frankly, I cannot recall ever seeing a men's line at the potty. I've long believed that it had to be a man that designed potties.
5 posted on 12/04/2003 11:36:51 AM PST by lilylangtree
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To: presidio9
Hell no, we won't go!
6 posted on 12/04/2003 11:37:05 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: lilylangtree
As far as NYC is concerned, I am with you, except in the case of the stadiums. The crowd at Yankees Stadium is typically 5-1 males to females. There is rarely a line at the ladies rooms. In the men's rooms, guys are peeing in the sinks, I kid you not.
7 posted on 12/04/2003 11:39:39 AM PST by presidio9 (protectionism is a false god)
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To: presidio9
Some in the plumbing industry argue that the number of toilets needs to be increased for both sexes.

I am in the "Systems Consulting" industry...I think the amount of "Systems Consulting" purchased "needs to be increased for both sexes", too.

8 posted on 12/04/2003 11:47:08 AM PST by Onelifetogive
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To: lilylangtree
Houston implemented this several years back because of a case in when a woman bust into the mens' room at a civic owned stadium (outside of legal cases like these, the buildings seem to be treated like private property).

Now the ladies laugh as the men have unusually long lines.

It isn't so much that there are larger womens' rooms as there are 2 womens' rooms to every 1 mens' room at some buildings.

Make them unisex (like at Penn) and everybody can be equally miserable (and we don't have to worry about which room to send cross-dressers and transexuals to; everybody has to deal with it). Maybe fewer people would end up using public bathrooms and fewer would need to be constructed.

9 posted on 12/04/2003 11:47:11 AM PST by weegee
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To: presidio9
In the men's rooms, guys are peeing in the sinks, I kid you not.


10 posted on 12/04/2003 11:49:13 AM PST by weegee
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To: presidio9
Getting twice as much as the other group is not "equity." "Equity" would be, well, equal numbers.

If women want to be equal, they should be equal. If they want special consideration for the differences between men and women, that's fine. Just don't call this special consideration "equity."

SD

11 posted on 12/04/2003 11:51:55 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: lilylangtree
Another thing with regards to time spent in the bathroom. Men in public restrooms are frequently expected to pee in a trough. No walls, no flusher.

Now us guys know that some women dislike the notion of sitting on public restroom seats and "hover" instead.

If a similar trough could be constructed for women (with perhaps some handrails like on the subways), we could probably "process" the line quicker. Just find some place for the TP (or maybe have a biddet button).

Again, there are things that can be done without "doubling up" on construction. And these notions aren't anything that one sex isn't already being subjected to.

12 posted on 12/04/2003 11:54:05 AM PST by weegee
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To: presidio9
If they had slit trench type johns (to seats) the way the French do in public restrooms, where everyone would either stand or squat, depending on their purpose and/or gender, then we would not have this problem.

And if we could all then bark like dogs....

nevermind.
13 posted on 12/04/2003 11:54:09 AM PST by kimoajax
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To: presidio9
Flat pottie ratio = same # of potties for each sex. No one is entiltled to "equal" time to go.
14 posted on 12/04/2003 11:59:46 AM PST by familyofman
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To: weegee
Men piss, women pee...
15 posted on 12/04/2003 12:02:53 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: SoothingDave
"Just don't call this special consideration 'equity.'"

Newspeak at work.
16 posted on 12/04/2003 12:16:14 PM PST by webstersII
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To: Kenton
Women need twice as many potties because they always take a friend.

*DIING!* Give Kenton a cigar! : )

17 posted on 12/04/2003 12:29:48 PM PST by Prime Choice (Conservative: One who doesn't believe that turning the U.S. into a third-world nation is 'progress'.)
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To: presidio9
Yvette Clarke and Bill de Blasio, both Democrats,

Gee, what a surprise.

18 posted on 12/04/2003 12:35:51 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
Gee, what a surprise.

As near as I ca tell, being a Democrat involves inventing new things wrong with the world, in order to take more of our money to fix them.

19 posted on 12/04/2003 12:38:01 PM PST by presidio9 (protectionism is a false god)
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To: lilylangtree
"This is important news for women. Believe me, everytime I've attended a large function there are two-three times the women standing in line than in a men's line. Keep in mind that women also bring the small children in with them as opposed to the man taking the children. Plus, the clothes that woman must pull down before relieving herself. And, frankly, I cannot recall ever seeing a men's line at the potty. I've long believed that it had to be a man that designed potties.
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You're quite right, actually. Women's facilities should have more toilets. A couple of years ago, I was at a function and observed a long line at the women's restroom, but no line at the men's. I suggested to a woman I knew in the line that she and the others just walk into the men's and form another line there.

Bingo! About half the line switched to the men's restroom...just walked in, picked a stall and did their business. The men freaked, but there was nothing they could do.

In reality, the men's urinals were shielded from view, and the stalls were closed stalls, so nobody saw anyone's parts or anything. Everyone got to go, and the lines disappeared.

I suggest this option for any women who find themselves in such long restroom lines. Just walk right into the men's. They'll get over it.
20 posted on 12/04/2003 12:39:01 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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