cmgiuliani@watmath.UUCP (cmgiuliani) (05/30/84)
It may sound silly, but I think Lisa has a good question -- but she has it
backwards. It is not "why don't men go to the bathroom in groups" but
"why do women go to the bathroom in groups." We guys just go when we need to.
It women who have the wierd behaviour in this respect. Well?? Explain
yourselves!! Now!! :-)
(Surely your handguns don't need *that* much maintenance?)
Carlo @ the U of Waterloosaquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) (05/30/84)
Haven't you heard about women and the moon?
We are just all in touch with nature and each other and when one
of us has to go to the bathroom, we all FEEL and KNOW that we ALL
HAVE to go.
It's like that; oh well, I guess you have to be a woman to understand.
Sophie Quigley
...!{clyde,ihnp4,decvax}!watmath!saquigleyaeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent) (05/31/84)
From Carlo Giuliani: > It may sound silly, but I think Lisa has a good question -- but she has > it backwards. It is not "why don't men go to the bathroom in groups" but > "why do women go to the bathroom in groups." Might be that men's rooms have absolutely no atmosphere, while many women's restrooms provide exactly that -- a place to rest; i.e. they have an anteroom furnished with at least a bench, and often much more. For instance, my mother sometimes takes advantage of the couch in the restroom at her office if she needs some rest on her lunch break. I can understand women congregating in restrooms where they can all sit down together and chat. Men's rooms, on the other hand, do not provide this feature; they tend to be very grim and impersonal [except in bus stations :-)]. -- -- Jeff Sargent {allegra|decvax|harpo|ihnp4|seismo|ucbvax}!pur-ee!pucc-h:aeq "...I've got to be where my spirit can run free..."
stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck) (05/31/84)
As Jeff Sargent (sp?) pointed out, there is a BIG difference between the average women's room and the average men's room. This has been my soapbax for several years, and I can't help but get up on it again. While others point out the inconsistancies of women complaining about not getting as big a pension payment while keeping quiet about their too low automobile insurance rates, I wish to add that I have yet to hear a women call for equality of toilet facilities, or at least equality of comfort in toilet facilities. This became important to me just after the birth of my first child. I wanted to (and did/do) care for him as much or more than my wife, but when in public women's room more frequently have a place to change a baby, sit and hold a baby, or otherwise rest with a baby, than men's rooms. In fact, I have yet to find a changing table in a men's room! Please, women, if you want us to believe you really want equality instead of merely wanting to get more privileges, try to help the men's equality cause as well. That means tell your employer/favorite department store manager/favorite restaurant manager, etc that you really want equal facilities for men and women. In the case of commercial establishments, refuse to frequent them unless they provide equal facilities, and tell you are doing so. -- ________ ( ) Don Stanwyck @( o o )@ 312-979-3062 ( || ) Cornet-367-3062 ( \__/ ) ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck (______) Bell Labs @ Naperville, IL
maggie2@iwpba.UUCP (maggie2) (05/31/84)
It's a good idea to have changing tables (for infants) in the men's room but I don't think the sole reason for having a lounge in the women's room is for that purpose. There are times during the month where a woman might suddenly feel the need to rest and I always thought this was the primary reason for having a lounge!
saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) (06/01/84)
When ny SO and I went to Montreal last, we stopped on the highway to go to the
bathroom and I noticed a woman changing her little child there. Waiting for my
SO to come out of his bathroom, I saw a man holding the same child coming out of
the men's bathroom; I remarked to my SO how funny it was that that woman had
been changing the child in our bathroom a few minutes ago and now it was coming
out of the men's bathroom. To which my SO answered: "wait a minute, that man
was just changing his child in OUR bathroom on a little changing table they
have there".
As we were arguing over who had changed the child, we saw across the room the
mother coming back to the father and his son.... with his identical twin in her
arms.
I don't know how representative this bathroom is though, but I thought it was
a cute story anyway...
Sophie Quigley
...!{clyde,ihnp4,decvax}!watmath!saquigleynessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (06/02/84)
Does anyone know why women can easily stop urinating midstream, but men can't without pain and difficulty? -- -Doug Alan mit-eddie!nessus Nessus@MIT-MC "What does 'I' mean"?
pc@hplabsb.UUCP (Patricia Collins) (06/05/84)
re: urinitis interruptus The pubecoccygeus (sp?) muscle is responsible for such physical agility. Adult women are encouraged to exercise this muscle to aid in childbirth AND to avoid droopy innerds as they age. And truth be told... it certainly improves enjoyment of intercourse. me again, Patricia
jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (Jens Bernhard Fiederer) (06/06/84)
If women go into bathrooms in groups, they are less likely to be followed in by a group of men. Till Eulenspiegel -- The above is my personal opinion. In all probability, everyone else disagrees! Reachable as ....allegra![rayssd,rlgvax]!ccieng5!jbf
jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (Jens Bernhard Fiederer) (06/06/84)
Trust me. I know this by experience: there are times during a month where a MAN feels the need for a rest. Nobody sympathizes. Azhrarn -- The above is my personal opinion. In all probability, everyone else disagrees! Reachable as ....allegra![rayssd,rlgvax]!ccieng5!jbf
neal@denelcor.UUCP (06/10/84)
************************************************************************** >As Jeff Sargent (sp?) pointed out, there is a BIG difference between the >average women's room and the average men's room. This has been my soapbax for >several years, and I can't help but get up on it again. > > Don Stanwyck Under the heading of "Life's Little Ironies" (:-) : I remember hearing a few years ago that this difference was mandated in the name of "equality". Sorry, I don't recall any details such as which state or federal regulation etc. It was probably concerned with employment though. "She's not ashamed Regards, to be a woman Neal Weidenhofer Nor afraid Denelcor, Inc. to be a friend." <hao|csu-cs|brl-bmd>!denelcor!neal
anny@hpdcdb.UUCP (06/17/84)
as to why women go to the bathroom in groups and men don't . . . Most women's restrooms (in the U.S. anyway) have separate stalls with door's on them, whereas, I believe a great number of men's bathrooms don't even have stalls, much less doors. I wouldn't go in a group if I had to stand right next to somebody and pee, either. Anny Randel P.S. I think this is a blatant example of descrimination against men, and I think something should be done to upgrade the quality of such facilities for men.