WOMEN’S TOILETS
No, this is not a silly topic, even though when I mentioned it to a few civic politicians as an election platform, they looked at me with a dazed and unbelieving stare.
My ideas on this topic were originally formed during an intermission at Massey Hall when I had this unusual thought. Two separate washrooms, the men’s and the ladies’ were adjacent to each other, the men briskly walking in and out, and the long line-up at the women’s door stretching around the corner. From then on I noticed at any large event, during an intermission, the women had to wait, and of course, there was a group of men waiting for their partners to exit.
Women represent 50% of the population, but waiting in a line-up for the use of the ladies’ room has been a fact of life forever. This situation is patently unfair and must be changed. Several jurisdictions have seen the light. States such as New York, Virginia, Texas and California have passed a bathroom equity bill demanding a two to one ratio of women’s toilets to men’s in public places. Hong Kong and Singapore have a similar law.
Society is well aware of the physical differences between men and women, but is very slow to take action. If the “pee” was on the other foot, rest assured, there would be more men’s toilets than women’s.
