At first glance reading the first paragraph of the article one would think that the author is a disgruntled women fighting for women rights, then it dawned on me that she might not be the only one with varied opinions on the several confusing bathroom signs.
It has never occurred to me though that the signs are portraying individual status, if it was so then perhaps the writer has a point and we may need to standardize bathroom signs. Bathrooms should be a place where less thinking and more action is needed and understanding sign should be the least of it, unless you are in a foreign country, imagine asking for a restroom in Europe were the standardized names are toilets or should you be in a French city where it almost sounds the same, not to mention the signs at the door.
The article suggest that women are looked at as the lesser being because of the signs, if bathroom signs were to be changed to cater for all genders to which in the article gender being mostly about men then we might end up with more than two bathrooms or just enough signs for everyone to be confused.
It seems like most of the bathrooms sign did not take much thought or at least by just looking at some art work they are a mere representation of what was perceived or known to be the norm, women are universally known to wear dresses and men trousers or pants depending on the continent, hence gender identity. The Scottish should maybe be at the forefront on this argument on misrepresentation, considering they wear a kilt and I am almost certain there are no bathroom signs that cater for them. A restaurant in Tampa caused an embarrassing moment while trying to use their restroom, I had to get clarification on the right bathroom since they had decided on having their bathroom indicated using Cuba words and so I wonder what would have happened to me if I went to the wrong titled bathroom will it make me lesser gender or just a case of mistaken identity or perhaps standardizing bathroom signs might be helpful here.
Even though most bathroom signs are not well thought of a bathroom sign in an office complex or government facility may have to adhere to some principle, one would be hard press to find a penis and vagina sign on a public office or depending on the country the signs used would be on that can be easily understood by the native to some extent
"The article suggest that women are looked at as the lesser being because of the signs, if bathroom signs were to be changed to cater for all genders to which in the article gender being mostly about men then we might end up with more than two bathrooms or just enough signs for everyone to be confused."
ReplyDeleteSeriously. If people are so disgruntled about the signs perpetuating gender roles why hasn't anyone proposed just having one bathroom for everybody. I mean we all shit right? If there was just one bathroom that's perpetuating the ideal human as opposed to the ideal gender. Personally I don't care who is in the bathroom if I gotta go it's gonna happen. But propose this idea to a woman and I bet you they will oppose it.