Restrooms, one of the great divides of sex in society. I visited a Subway restaurant one day and they had a mens and womens one stall restroom. Both restrooms were identical, no differences between the two that I could see, yet one was labeled “Mens” and the other “Womens” To me it just didn't make sense, why couldn't both of them be unisex and just used accordingly?

I saw the same thing at a job site I was at however, two portapotties, one with a male logo on it, the other with a female logo on it. It just left me scratching my head as to why there was a need to put a sex on a single occupancy facility.

More permanent restroom facilities are usually not equal either, female restrooms generally have more room, include a chair, couch, full length mirror, and more counter space. This doesn't seem to be the same nowadays however as visiting newer buildings the space and amenities seem to be about equal.

It used to be true to that diaper changing stations were only available in the womens restroom, but it's been rare to find that nowadays.

There have also been cases in which females have used the mens restroom as the line for the ladies restroom was so long. In fact in all the times it's been reported as happening, I only know of one case where the females was apprehended by the police for using the wrong restroom. She could probably argue that she was using the right one because the picture on the wall depicted someone wearing trousers and thats what she was wearing.

Which brings me to those pictures they use for male and females, do you think we can get away from the stereotypical male in trousers and females in skirts as a distinction between the sexes? The only thing that really comes to my mind is to have both in trousers with one having square shoulders and another with rounded shoulders and perhaps a thinner waist.

I'd honestly stick to words only, but I know thats not going to happen, maybe something simpler like the symbols of sex instead.

Steven Arness

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