Dudes Should Be Able to Use the Women's Restroom
Last weekend I was at a bar with some friends (the bar and friends will go unnamed). After one drink (we'd pre-funked over dinner) I excused myself and got up to head to the men's room. The men's was taken. This bar -- like every bar -- has two bathrooms: one for men, another for women. Unlike every bar, this is one of those bars with individual bathrooms, meaning it's not one of those trough and urinal cake situations -- only one person in the bathroom at a time and the door is locked. Rather than wait for the men's room to become vacant, I used the women's bathroom, which was vacant.
I didn't say anything about it at the time, and really, I didn't think much of it. It's not the first time. And it's not the last. What's even the point of differentiating men's and women's bathrooms if only one person can use them at the time? Shouldn't they be available to the first person who has to go?
Furthermore, women's bathrooms are often nicer then men's, sometimes including a vase of flowers or a potted plant. Men get urinal cakes. I don't appreciate the discrepancy, and I almost left the seat up to voice my disgust.
Alright, well, this topic happened to come up at dinner last night (I know, I can really throw a party), and my wife was aghast, and had one answer to all of my questions: men are filthier than women. Women go as far as to clean up after themselves in public bathrooms. Men do as much harm as possible, and have been known to use the sink.
I disagree. And I don't. Sure, some men are pigs, leave the seat up for spite, and have poor aim. But some are cleanly, and if we're going to separate the one-person bathrooms, let's not be sexist and give the clean, flower-potted bathrooms just to the women. Let's separate it between clean people and filthy people. You know who you are.
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