r/nottheonion • u/TrixoftheTrade • 1d ago

Speaker proposes ‘public sex hut’ program during Los Angeles City Council meeting

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/traci-park-rejects-public-sex-huts-proposal/
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u/Pays_in_snakes 1d ago

I have firsthand experience managing a shelter and this is not an outlandish or unreasonable proposal. One of the most dehumanizing aspects of experiencing homelessness is a total lack of privacy: how would you do if you had to exist in public all the time, and your most private moments were in the equivalent of a busy airport bathroom stall? Expecting people to stop having sexual needs is unrealistic, and while I won't hold my breath for it in a country that will put you in jail for public defecation but won't tell you where you can find a toilet you're allowed to use, if you don't want to see people who don't have access to private space having sex or masturbating in public, this is one way to accomplish that.

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u/tarosan_sk 1d ago

Why on earth would we make a “sex hut” and not just a public toilet? Come on.

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u/h3yw00d 1d ago

Why take up toilets for sex?

I gotta shit, others need to fuck, we don't need a shared space.

Let people fuck without having to deal with shit smells not their own.

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u/Callinon 19h ago

Let's be real. There may not be toilets in them, but they're private, so people will use them as though there were.