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Restroom Woes - Thursday, March 11, 2004
Yesterday I realized that men are seriously discriminated against in one signficant area: Public Restrooms. During math class my nose was running, so I had to run out of class looking for a restroom (I had no tissues on me). I searched the entire first floor of the building and found only a women's restroom. Ok, then I went to the second floor and found only a women's restroom. Then I saw a sign that read "Men's Restroom - 3rd floor." I found the men's restroom up on the third floor next to, guess what, a women's restroom.
After my computer class, I needed to wash my hands, but the only restroom on that side of the building was a women's restroom. I didn't feel like walking to the other side of the building because it was a little out of the way, so I went to the Student Union, where there is a men's and women's restroom. Lo and behold, one of them was closed for cleaning. Can you guess which one?
Maybe the people who constructed the buildings forgot to put in men's restrooms. It was never an issue to them, because they had their portable outhouses outside. Or perhaps the school had a small restroom budget and could only put in a limited amount of public restrooms. And they predicted that since men are on average larger than women, their bladders are similarly larger, thus allowing men to go longer periods without the need for a restroom. Or maybe they just assumed that we men (the barbarians that we are) would all use the trees. If you ask me, I think it's the third one.
After my computer class, I needed to wash my hands, but the only restroom on that side of the building was a women's restroom. I didn't feel like walking to the other side of the building because it was a little out of the way, so I went to the Student Union, where there is a men's and women's restroom. Lo and behold, one of them was closed for cleaning. Can you guess which one?
Maybe the people who constructed the buildings forgot to put in men's restrooms. It was never an issue to them, because they had their portable outhouses outside. Or perhaps the school had a small restroom budget and could only put in a limited amount of public restrooms. And they predicted that since men are on average larger than women, their bladders are similarly larger, thus allowing men to go longer periods without the need for a restroom. Or maybe they just assumed that we men (the barbarians that we are) would all use the trees. If you ask me, I think it's the third one.