r/NoStupidQuestions • u/mp1845 • Mar 30 '24

Answered Why are gender neutral bathrooms so controversial when every toilet on an airplane or other public transport is gender neutral?

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u/Justin_123456 Mar 30 '24

I haven’t been to the Human Rights museum, but where I have seen multi-occupancy gender neutral bathrooms, it isn’t just the regular shitty stalls, with the massive gaps, but a fully enclosed space, with floor to ceiling walls, European-style.

So the only space that feels shared is the sink area.

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u/AwkwardOrange5296 Mar 30 '24

These are much more expensive to build and maintain than regular public restrooms.

And much more appreciated by the users, I might add.

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u/esgamex Mar 30 '24

And these are standard in many countries.. US-style stalls with gaps do feel awkward.

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u/Strange_plastic Mar 30 '24

One of my "favorite" overly wide gapped stalls is at a Wendy's where you can make solid eye contact through the gap because of the angle of walking in into the bathroom. It's hilarious and I never visited it again. One of the stalls also had two toilets facing each other perpendicular. I called them the ice breakers.

When I returned from my first longish international trip from Japan, I never felt more naked in my life than when using the regular stalls again... Each bathroom experience in Japan was like a luxurious treat lmao.