Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 1/4/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!tron From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter F. Barbee) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Bathrooms: equality? Message-ID: <643@vax1.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 00:55:14 EDT Article-I.D.: vax1.643 Posted: Mon Jun 18 00:55:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 01:59:31 EDT References: <450@trwspp.UUCP> <477@denelcor.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 23 This bathroom discussion has reminded me of an interesting situation, I'm not sure if it's discriminatory or not. Did you ever notice how the line at the women's john is longer than at the men's. This is especially true if fairly equal numbers of men and women are present. There are obvious reasons (basically women tend to take longer). Now the question; should the designers of a public building allocate more room for the women's johns? In some ways this is the same topic as pensions (not all ways, some- no need for flames), i.e. women and men are different and distinguishable, do we artificially force (or facilitate) equality. Maybe I've been glaring at the phoshor too long, Peter Barbee decvax-+-uw-beaver-+ ihnp4--+ allegra-+ ucbvax----lbl-csam-+--fluke!tron sun-+ ssc-vax-+