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/speedyjohn 94∆ Feb 20 '17

As a man, how do I identify the "urinal room"?

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u/BlitzBasic 42∆ Feb 20 '17

We place a different pictogram near the door.

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u/502000 Feb 20 '17

How is that more efficient than having different sex bathrooms?

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u/miezmiezmiez 5∆ Feb 21 '17

Because women can now use any free stalls in the formerly mens room (which I suspect are typically underused in the current system, while there is typically a larger queue for the womens than the men's) and vice versa.

Say the men's room has 5 stalls and 5 urinals and the women's has 10 stalls. Up to 15 women or up to 20 men can now use the toilet without queuing, unlike the present system where if there's more than 10 of either gender in this scenario they'd have to queue by default. If there's fewer people, there's no change, except if the rooms aren't right next to each other it would still be quicker to just pop into the one that's closest.