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Pro/Con/Pro: Urinals

Meredith Mitchell and Rebecca Tan Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016Sat, Oct 22, 2016

To follow up on our bathroom coverage, two UTB staffers are here to discuss urinals.

Rebecca Tan and Meredith Mitchell: We both saw a urinal once after accidentally going into a men’s restroom so we’re quite literally experts on the subject. If you disagree, you are sexist.

MM: I dream of living in a world where men, women, and people who identify outside the gender binary use the same toilet. Urinals are only for guys, and frankly are a sign of excluding women/gender-queer from the bathroom sector.

RT: OK but honestly a female bathroom is a safe space. We don’t want men in here. Here’s where we plan our futures without being interrupted by mansplainers. When dudes pee, they make the loudest waterfall-y sound that SILENCES us.

MM: #Thisis2016 our safe spaces need to be gender neutral. How can we expect to have equality when something as basic as peeing has become an issue of gender? #Freethepee

RT: In my interview with a Man, he said a urinal is “hard to miss” but a toilet bowl requires “some aiming.” He added that it’s “very tiring” to take off his “whole entire pair of pants” to sit down and pee. Men are weak - they need all the help they can get in this world.

MM: Urinals promote male competition. How can you pee in peace if you are comparing penises?

RT: In my interview with another Man, he assured me that men actively avoid penis-gazing when peeing into open urinals. I am, however, doubtful.

CONCLUSION: We know you all look. We’re pretty sure.


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