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Sep 26, 2006 18:33

Someone is starting some campaign at Brown which seems to take offense at bathrooms being labeled as Men or Women, unless I am interpreting this wrong ( Read more... )

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kum0r1_j3d1 September 26 2006, 23:09:59 UTC
i'm going to assume this person is a woman...

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arrngingmatches September 26 2006, 23:39:25 UTC
Um, or a transgendered person?

A person of apparently unidentifiable gender can be harrassed no matter which bathroom the choose- making all bathrooms unisex ensures that they won't be questioned, hassled or wrongfully forced to leave. However, I think teaching each other to be tolerant of transgendered people is way more productive than converting bathrooms to unisex. Also, more unisex bathrooms at a college would probably lead to more sexual harrassment.

I don't mean to be mean, but your assumption is dumb. Good day, sir.

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kum0r1_j3d1 September 27 2006, 02:06:05 UTC
sorry for not being "sensitive"

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arrngingmatches September 27 2006, 03:16:23 UTC
sassy-ass apology accepted.

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joech September 27 2006, 00:22:33 UTC
I think Rachel(sp?) might have said it sorta but-

Just put in some more unisex rooms and don't convert them over. Then if there are transgendered persons, they can use the unisex bathrooms and persons who would want to use mens nnd womens rooms seperately can use those too.

That didn't really make much sense but screw it, I'm going to play Ragnarok.

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therin_ennui September 27 2006, 01:44:39 UTC
Haha, I can hear you saying this entry in my head. You're the "Or, wait... what?" master.

Personally, I think no one should use public bathrooms. So they can get rid of the "Men" and "Women" signs if they want, and then just board them up.

Nnno, that'd cause problems, too. Never mind. Maybe people should just relax.

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metal__gear_rex September 27 2006, 22:52:57 UTC

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anonymous September 28 2006, 15:23:59 UTC
Cute doggie!

-Sara

(completely irrelevent comment)

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metal__gear_rex September 28 2006, 23:39:46 UTC
Its funny because he doesnt want the broccoli.

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mindyislive September 27 2006, 13:25:04 UTC
Yeah people throw this tirade every year. I want the bathrooms to be unisex blah blah blah. The only places they truly are separated are the really public facilities like in Salomon or in Freshman dorms. All of the upper class dorms have unisex bathrooms and people can decide if they want them to be coed or not. I think that this is a good system. Plus I don't really think the boys or girls care if transgendered people use my bathroom and I don't think most people here care either. THey have the two sex bathrooms for a reason in the public places, so that old people don't get freaked out by social change and so freshmen can live in their comfort bubble for one more year. That and its a safe haven if someone's going to be raped. Yeah, good to have bathrooms men (or women) can't get into, due to that whole key system in the first year dorms. So I'd say this girl's campaigning against nothing.

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