Toilets -the next target of political correctness

[MadduckUK]

When I was at university, the transgendered woman (pre-op), was simply asked to use the disabled toilets as they were designated unisex.

that's a man moran!

[Salazaar]

On a slightly different note, it reminds me of a (primarily student) club I went to in Amsterdam which had proper unisex loos with urinals along one wall and stalls along the other wall and everyone mucking along (pardon the phrase) as best they could. Once you got used to the idea it it really didn't feel all that strange.

[lodore]

its better than what they do in france.
urinals at the front,toilet cubicals at the back and make it unisex. plus dont forget the toliets are just holes in the ground.

[mycarsavw]

There should be three toilets: 'Mens', 'Womens' and 'Freaks'.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7529227.stm

[CaseyV9]

So if I put a dress on I can go in the Womans toilets? sweet

Women's toilets don't smell bad like the mens? Well, not the ones I have been in anyway.

I'd think I'll get in touch with my feminine side and start using the ladies toilets. Be good to hear what they talk about in there.

[Lee H]

To be honest, I'd rather use the fella's toilets.

I've been in a women's loo's a few times in nightclubs to use the bathroom as the queue for the gents was huge and I've never seen anything so disgusting in my life.

Women call the men's toliets for smelling a little bit which I can understand, but the sights I saw in the ladies was enough to scar me for life.

[MadduckUK]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7529227.stm

Come on, tell me about the ladyboys

[Lucio]

What a ridiculous statement. What shape is a female brain and how does it differ from a male brain?

Certain sections of the brain have been shown to differ in shape and density depending on the gender someone PERCIEVES themselves to be. Yes, in many cases people simply cross dress for kicks, but those people would never consider having the operations or hormone therapy.

Gender reassignment isn't something for mockery in the slightest, but well, this is Hexus General Discussion and this kind of irrational, uninformed reaction is to be expected...

[iranu]

. What shape is a female brain and how does it differ from a male brain?

Actually there are shape and size differences, but more importantly male and female brains differ in the way they work. From googling "difference between male and female brains" you get loads of info; eg

http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n11/m...ro-homens.html

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/heshe.html

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Study_cl..._female_brains

[Betty_Swallocks]

And trans-sexuals have been shown to have all these differences in their brains? Literally a female brain in a male skull?

References for that please.

And what about chromosomes? Do trans-sexuals just have female chromosomes? If not how can an operation change someones sex?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

And trans-sexuals have been shown to have all these differences in their brains? Literally a female brain in a male skull?

References for that please.

And what about chromosomes? Do trans-sexuals just have female chromosomes? If not how can an operation change someones sex?

The brain differences are in parts of the brain which are connected with identity(I think) but not the whole brain itself.

Gender re-assignment therapy just changes the outward appearance of the person but does not change them at the chromosomal level.Unless technology is developed to produce artificial gametes it is just cosmetic.

[Lucio]

And trans-sexuals have been shown to have all these differences in their brains? Literally a female brain in a male skull?

References for that please.

And what about chromosomes? Do trans-sexuals just have female chromosomes? If not how can an operation change someones sex?

http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/85/5/2034

http://www.genderpsychology.org/psychology/BSTc.html

That's just from a quick Google search mind you.

And no, the differences *aren't* always present, but that's the difference between a transsexual and a transgendered invidvidual. Not to mention, as I previously acknowledged, some people simply crossdress for kicks.

At the chromosome level, some people will be "intersex", i.e. born with chromosomal defects that makes their gender undetermined, others will be genetically male but with the differences in the brain that cause them to percieve themselves as female, with attending female personality traits, yet others will just be suffering from a psychological condition.


All in all, it's *far* too complex to just go "they're all freaks" or "it's a man you moron"...


That said, I agree the university is just being silly and pandering too a minority needlessly. The compromise of ensuring enough unisex disabled toilets is more than adaquate.

[finlay666]

Another crap-py toilet related image

[Virtual Monkey]

Haha. I'm sure a sign will stop people.

[TheAnimus]

What a ridiculous statement. What shape is a female brain and how does it differ from a male brain?

Its one of those bizzare differences between boys and girls, whilst men have the parts that make us good at Maths,Science,Sports etc, Woman have areas that appreciate ironing, and moaning whilst never doing any real work.


Figured we should have some good old fashioned sexism not silly tranny discrimination.

But what i'd love to know is how this is a problem?

If your a convincing tranny, you just go in the girls anyway? Where's the problem?

Now if you where a male, who'd become female, but was straight (ie, now gay) then i could understand some girls not liking the idea of sharing toliets with people who'd get off on the sharing of the toilets (if that makes sense, can't really understand it my self) But surely that could be the ONLY complaint with the original system?

Oh well, students unoins are always staffed by morons of the worst fecking kind. Many of whom want to go into politics!

[MadduckUK]

why is it on Yahoo! paper?!