• robocall@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      No, we never needed gendered restrooms. IIRC it was established out of an abundance of caution when women started entering the general workforce in WWI. Men were concerned that women may need a place to rest away from men at work. It turns out women are fine and just need a stall to shit equal to everyone else.

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        8 hours ago

        In ww1 the men’s toilets consisted of a long urinal and a stall at the end to shit in. Society at the time thought it wasn’t appropriate for women to walk past a load of men with their dicks out to get to the one facility they could use.

        Times are different now, though.