Thoughts on Bathrooms
Jun. 16th, 2011 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightcastleTwo posts on Sociological Images caught my eye today.
The first was about the use of bathroom targets in urinals. I didn't realize the flies in urinals were there for the express purpose of targeting.
The second is an older piece on the representation of gender on bathroom signs.
It's a long, but lovely piece, and even touches briefly on the odd choice of completely un-anthropomorphized signs such as "Beetles" and "Butterflies".
Upon once encountering such signs with Sarah, I have always said that should I ever have two bathrooms in a cafe which were for a single person at a time, I would label them, but only in ways that made it explicitly not about gender or sex.
I wouldn't limit it to binaries, either.
The first was about the use of bathroom targets in urinals. I didn't realize the flies in urinals were there for the express purpose of targeting.
The second is an older piece on the representation of gender on bathroom signs.
It's a long, but lovely piece, and even touches briefly on the odd choice of completely un-anthropomorphized signs such as "Beetles" and "Butterflies".
Upon once encountering such signs with Sarah, I have always said that should I ever have two bathrooms in a cafe which were for a single person at a time, I would label them, but only in ways that made it explicitly not about gender or sex.
- Up and Down
- Right and Left
- On and Off
- Tall and Short
- Dawn and Dusk
I wouldn't limit it to binaries, either.
- Blue and Grey
- Green and Purple
- Rook and Bishop
- Sound and Fury
I would just be curious to see if people self-segregate along lines known only to them.
