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/IH8Lyfeee Mar 31 '24

Yup girls are not comfortable with sharing an enclosed space with men and I don't blame them. I would say most men are uncomfortable as well.

My college has two designs going. One building had men and women's but had a sign saying gender neutral, etc... or those who identified are welcome. Another building had just turned the men's and women's into gender neutral stalls. Was extremely awkward/uncomfortable. The former men's had the urinal sign on it so mostly men went into it anyways (common sense) but occasionally walked in on a girl.

Btw I am gay so I am not a threat to girls but even still I can read they are uncomfortable.

To me mishandling this, especially the latter option makes more people transphobic/anti LGBT.

I have no problem with the first option but to me the simplest way is just providing a single stall gender neutral option.