bandy@lll-crg.ARpA (Andrew Scott Beals) (10/01/86)
>It might also be the solution to one of the pettier forms of sex >discrimination -- the imbalance between the public restrooms provided >for men (nearly always adequate) and those provided for women (very >often inadequate -- hence the lineups for women's rooms at theatres, >concert halls, stadiums and so on). Gee, I thought that it was because women always seem to go to the wc in groups... Silly me! -- Andrew Scott Beals (member of HASA - A and S divisions) bandy@lll-crg.arpa {ihnp4,seismo,ll-xn,ptsfa,pyramid}!lll-crg!bandy LLNL, P.O. Box 808, Mailstop L-419, Livermore CA 94550 (415) 423-1948 Question Authority - Think For Yourself.
credmond@watmath.UUCP (10/01/86)
In article <6541@lll-crg.ARpA> bandy@lll-crg.ARpA (Andrew Scott Beals) writes: >>It might also be the solution to one of the pettier forms of sex >>discrimination -- the imbalance between the public restrooms provided >>for men (nearly always adequate) and those provided for women (very >>often inadequate -- hence the lineups for women's rooms at theatres, >>concert halls, stadiums and so on). > >Gee, I thought that it was because women always seem to go to the >wc in groups... Silly me! At intermission at a concert or between innings at a ball game this is hardly the problem. The difference arises not because women's restrooms are smaller, but because the two are built about the same size, but women (for obvious reasons and some cultural ones) take longer in the bathroom. Some years ago there was a tiny golden-fleece-style controversy (can't remember whether it was in the US or here in Canada) over a government study of how long it took people to urinate! Nobody, as I recall, pointed out that such information might be useful in setting building standards.
tron@fluke.UUCP (10/06/86)
Bandy says; >>>... the imbalance between the public restrooms provided >>>for men (nearly always adequate) and those provided for women (very >>>often inadequate -- hence the lineups for women's rooms at theatres, >>>concert halls, stadiums and so on). I like the fact that Bandy doesn't say how many restrooms or whatever there are, just that there aren't enough for women. As a semi-interesting sidelight to this; the Kingdome in Seattle is your typical multi-use public stadium. I'm sure more men go there than women and yet there are *more* women's restrooms than men's. Still not enough but at least they thought of it. Peter B
ugeileen@sunybcs.UUCP (Eileen McGowan) (10/07/86)
In article <6541@lll-crg.ARpA> bandy@lll-crg.ARpA (Andrew Scott Beals) writes: >>..........-- the imbalance between the public restrooms provided >>for men (nearly always adequate) and those provided for women (very >>often inadequate -- hence the lineups for women's rooms at theatres, >>concert halls, stadiums and so on). > >Gee, I thought that it was because women always seem to go to the >wc in groups... Silly me! A good number of women go into the women's room to fix their hair and makeup, and spend lots of time doing it......"hence the lineups" (one great mystery of the world solved...on to the next...)
Muffy@arisia.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) (10/09/86)
In article <1098@sunybcs.UUCP> ugeileen@gort.UUCP (Eileen McGowan) writes: >In article <6541@lll-crg.ARpA> bandy@lll-crg.ARpA (Andrew Scott Beals) writes: >>>..........-- the imbalance between the public restrooms provided >>>for men (nearly always adequate) and those provided for women (very >>>often inadequate -- hence the lineups for women's rooms at theatres, >>>concert halls, stadiums and so on). >> >>Gee, I thought that it was because women always seem to go to the >>wc in groups... Silly me! > > A good number of women go into the women's room to fix their > hair and makeup, and spend lots of time doing it......"hence the > lineups" I don't "go in groups," but I usually take a book along. You see, there's this long line in the bathroom, and I get really bored with just standing there, so I like to have something to do. I suspect that this is the motivation behind "going in groups"...at least then you have someone to talk to while you wait in those long lines. Which are of course made longer by the group you just came in with. I don't think that fixing hair and makeup (what's that?) has any effect on the lines for the stalls. Muffy Muffy@SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA (really CERRIDWYN.SSF.SYMBOLICS.COM, but this doesn't work right (yet? ever?)) muffy@arisia.berkeley.edu, muffy%arisia@Berkeley.EDU, muffy%arisia@ucbjade.BITNET {ihnp4,decvax,decwrl,sun,etc}!ucbvax!arisia!muffy