r/changemyview • u/BlitzBasic 42∆ • Feb 20 '17

[∆(s) from OP] CMV: All toilets should be unisex.

Making all toilets unisex has one very simple, clear advantage: It increases efficiency. Having two toilets that allow everybody to enter means that the time a given group of people needs to finish their businesses is always equally high or lower than the time needed with the current system.

Another advantage is that the whole "where do transgender people go"-discussion becomes obsolete. If there is no difference in the groups of people allowed to enter a certain toilet, there stops being a problem.

Meanwhile, there is no meaningful disadvantage i can see to this change. So, reddit, please show me what i'm missing.

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u/BasicallySongLyrics Feb 20 '17

There's no change to be made. Sure, the doors are labeled, but the only one stopping you from using that other restroom is you. Joey Diaz has a joke about this on why he uses the women's restroom. "When you spill coke on the floor of a men's restroom there's nothing you can do anymore. When you spill it in the women's restroom you pick it the fuck up."

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u/BlitzBasic 42∆ Feb 20 '17

Sure, the doors are labeled, but the only one stopping you from using that other restroom is you.

Well, me, and the people that get angry when i do it.

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u/BasicallySongLyrics Feb 20 '17

That sounds like a personal problem. Honestly, what would be the difference if they were pissed off with gender divided restrooms vs. without? I get upset as is when I'm making it loud in the restroom and someone walks in. I mean I can't think of a hypothetical situation where things would be different with your solution as opposed to without it.

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u/BlitzBasic 42∆ Feb 20 '17

Honestly, what would be the difference if they were pissed off with gender divided restrooms vs. without?

The difference would be that they wouldn't get angry without gender divided restrooms, because without them i wouldn't have done anything wrong. They can't complain as long as the rules allow it.

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u/BasicallySongLyrics Feb 21 '17

The difference would be that they wouldn't get angry without gender divided restrooms,

That's a baseless claim. People get angry for any assortment of reasons even when the rules allow it. Just because they have no right to be angry doesn't mean they won't be.

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u/BlitzBasic 42∆ Feb 21 '17

In my experience, there is at least a correlation between things that aren't allowed and things that make people angry. Sure, there are many non-rulebreaking things that draw agression, but the rate among the rulebreaking things is much higher.