A song of opposites

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I find it so interesting that a topic for some feminists is the signs on public bathroom doors, but no one ever brings up the bathrooms themselves, the structure of them. Do you not find it interesting that men are just expected to go into the bathroom and get their dicks out at a urinal in front of everyone and women have these cubicles where they’re partitoned off from each other. I’m not complaining, I don’t really fancy getting my vag out to the rest of the world but I don’t see why there is this difference. Women who use the bathroom know what’s up, they all have periods, all know that you need to sit down to pee and so on so why not have just a row of toilets all lined up urinal style? Because it’s fucking awkward is one reason. But I don’t understand why mens toilets are fashioned in this way then. If it’s just for practicality, as in it takes less effort for a guy to pee than a woman or something like that, why not have urinals that have like a screen between them that forms a block between each other? Sure you might have the odd cubicle but for the most part it’s just open. Could this not explain some gender differences? Men are more comfortable with flaunting their sexuality because their bathrooms are open and from a young age are just expected to be comfortable with getting their dick out in public? Women then could be more reserved because you’re seperated from each other when you’re doing your ‘private business’ in a way that men aren’t? You’re meant to hide any ‘uncleanliness’. Getting your vag out and doing your business becomes a private act that you would be ashamed to discuss in a way that it isn’t for men. Couldn’t you argue this enforces gender roles from a feminist perspective? I tried to find an article on this but I couldn’t think of the right thing to type into google to have the kind of articles I wanted come up. Mostly there were just articles reporting how awkward the urinal is and how you’re supposed to act but nothing focusing on these differences. I’m not going to start petitioning for the redesign of toilets or anything, this probably means nothing at all but I just find it so interesting.