I heard you, on the radio, ask whether the world would end if toilets in theatres were no longer made gender-specific. I am a woman and would be happy to share secure toileting arrangements with the male species – as long as they were not over 60. Too messy. Am I right?
I am not prepared to answer that question without a lawyer present. Such comments could be seen as prejudicial and unfair to older fellas with dodgy prostates, but I hear where you’re coming from. One of the reasons I was suggesting that the men’s and women’s be integrated was to shorten the waiting time and queues for the fairer sex.
That wouldn’t be achieved if the men’s and women’s were merely replaced with a unisex bathroom and an over-60s men’s. After all, the old boys have to have somewhere to go, don’t they? They can hardly be sent outside – or would you contend that’s the best place for them? Seriously, what simply needs to happen at places like theatres and cinemas, where there can be a half-time rush, is for more women’s toilets to be built.
At least two women’s toilets for every bloke’s. Vector Arena in Auckland is one place that’s got it right. It astounds me that women have put up with queuing for toilets for so long. It can only be hoped that, as more females graduate as architects, this issue will be attended to.
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