Restrooms

When there were just three of us standing a corner of the campus, I told my classmates that I heard what they said about me the day before in the restroom. At first, they stared at me as if they were completely innocent, strongly denied my accusation, and then aggressively blamed me for making up the whole story. But right after I repeated their every single word without any hesitation, they were finally…

Children should enjoy their childhood without having to question who they are. As gender neutral restrooms are being added to public schools, a gender identity epidemic is growing among young children. Gender neutral restrooms should be limited and not be allowed among elementary schools. Why should kids be dragged into society’s definition of gender roles? Children do not evolve into better human beings if they worry about the type of person they have to be according to society. Furthermore,…

From Poop to Problem: America’s Struggle to Accommodate Transgendered People in Public Restrooms Why is America obsessed with bathrooms? Personally I avoid obsessing over the places that people of all kinds make a tinkle or relieve the pressure on their external anal sphincters, or even on occasion both at the same time. These frequently foul smelling places have become the focal point of so much controversy in the world of gender equality. State and local governments, along with schools and…

a dispute over transgender restroom use. The dilemma: should transgender people use the restroom they identify with or birth gender? Although many feel that transgender people deserve the right to choose freely, that freedom comes with many risks and identifying one's gender cannot be changed by mere choice. Transgender people should use the restrooms they were assigned at birth because with the alternative people will take advantage of the freedom. Allowing restrooms…

Men's Restroom Etiquette It is commonly understood by most men, that while in public restrooms, one is expected to keep one's distance from other men, do not use a urinal directly next to another man when another is available, do not make eye contact, do not engage in conversation, and don’t spend more time than is necessary in the restroom. The Rules I decided to work with a very simple set of rules for my experiment; I had to be as close as possible to my subjects, make direct eye contact,…

Gender Neutral restrooms: Having to Pee is Not A Sin. The LGBTQ+ community, and support for the community has grown exponentially over the last few years. Marriage equality was passed in 2015, and some more progressive states such as California have laws set in place that prohibit discrimination based on sexuality or gender orientation. However, in the United states gender neutral restrooms usually cause controversy because people do not understand the need for them, and they do not approve of…

matches their gender identity. It is unsafe for trans* people to go into the restroom that matches the gender they were born as. If a trans* male (ftm) were to go into the women’s restroom looking and passing as a cis male it could be very dangerous and/or chaotic. Women would most likely panic because you don’t always know when someone is trans* and they would think it’s just a man. If a cis male in the women’s restroom is bad, why isn’t it the same for trans* men? It can also trigger…

When one thinks of using the restroom, the words “public” and “community” are rarely mentioned. The act of which someone does in the bathroom feels like a tremendously private action. Even in home restrooms, one goes out of their way to hide the actions done in the space. In the bigger, community scale many people’s interactions with public restrooms are anxiety-inducing— restaurants, malls, and offices all provide more anonymity, but still invokes nervousness and fear. On a much larger scale,…

equality further and further. But is this topic getting out of hand? Is their push for equal rights actually equal? Or can these “equal rights” cause more issues? Transgender restroom use means, “to allow bathroom access on the basis of self-identity, not biological sex” (Moore). The states that already allow transgender restroom use include Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon,…

the restroom. For transgendered students on college campuses, this is a real, daily scenario they are stuck in. People have tried to raise their voices for help, but oftentimes no one hears them. This is mainly because of the small amount of students who are transgendered that make up a university’s total student population. Along with the normal stresses of being…