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GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
53. I've been to France 5 times. Multiple weeks at a time.
Tue May 18, 2021, 09:21 PM
May 2021

While I’ve seen the scenario you present a few times it is far from common, in my experience.

Too many really old buildings to reconstruct. Even in Airports there are men and Women’s restrooms.

But I’m not thinking the French gave a shit who went in. Because, as you say, even in men’s restrooms the stalls were their own little rooms. Although the men’s restrooms have urinals. But there are often women in there cleaning while you took a piss.

I’ve used urinals in small towns that were pretty much open except for a wall blocking my mid-body. But my legs and head were in full view. They are just not uptight about taking a piss.

I hope this backfires in a big, cultural-shift-toward-the-future way. JudyM May 2021 #1
In Tennessee? Aristus May 2021 #18
Another Republican fueled stupid law. OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #2
I guess businesses will have to have their customers pull down their pants, Jetheels May 2021 #49
I am so glad I moved out of that backward state in my early twenties. Laffy Kat May 2021 #3
What is it with this republican obsession Turbineguy May 2021 #4
Republican morality: "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." Pinback May 2021 #7
aka "Puritanism" ananda May 2021 #19
A bastardized version of Puritanism. Probatim May 2021 #33
Well, with respect to the Republicans who are Southern Baptists LastDemocratInSC May 2021 #13
We need a like button on comments JohnnyRingo May 2021 #26
As an ex-southern baptist you got it all wrong! GulfCoast66 May 2021 #51
What are Republicans doing in restrooms? IronLionZion May 2021 #14
Pecker checkers mac56 May 2021 #16
Ahahahahahahahaha! 3catwoman3 May 2021 #27
Haaaaa Traildogbob May 2021 #37
I guess they have to make it safe for the Larry Craig's out there. Maraya1969 May 2021 #52
A sign like that could drive up business. OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #5
We can hope. riversedge May 2021 #50
I would seek out those businesses. And maybe that should be a motivating force Maraya1969 May 2021 #54
This seems like one of the least harsh actually ... Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #6
They should also post a sign that they also serve right wing bigots. rickford66 May 2021 #8
Just say Republicans. Mr.Bill May 2021 #29
Well played rickford66 May 2021 #35
Just cover the window with a ton of stupid signs! oldsoftie May 2021 #41
Whelp Lithos May 2021 #9
Well that's another state I'll never go to vercetti2021 May 2021 #10
Wow, this is some Nazi level shit here. Initech May 2021 #11
Yup! Botany May 2021 #17
Letting out their inner fascist. paleotn May 2021 #38
Who thinks up this kind of cruelty? mahina May 2021 #12
Unless people view it as welcoming to transgender folks IronLionZion May 2021 #15
Next NQAS May 2021 #20
We serve transgenders, Catholics, Jews, Dennis Hastert, and Gym Jordan. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #21
It will ID right wing businesses if anyone cares to stay away bucolic_frolic May 2021 #22
This isn't even my fight and I'm outraged. JohnnyRingo May 2021 #23
Most all of this crap could be done away with if the US treated bathrooms the way they do in France royable May 2021 #24
Seoul, Korea, early 1980s. Large communal bathrooms. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #31
I've been to France 5 times. Multiple weeks at a time. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #53
Make the bathrooms all unisex. roamer65 May 2021 #25
Do you mean single stall or multiple? LiberatedUSA May 2021 #28
Single stall. roamer65 May 2021 #34
In Vermont, many single use are unisex. paleotn May 2021 #47
Am I a bad person because I am too old to want to be in a public restroom with men? Irish_Dem May 2021 #43
The repubes are turning us into Nazi Germany. (nt) Paladin May 2021 #30
The way to beat is to embrace it. If I had a business I'd be glad to have it known I serve ... marble falls May 2021 #32
wtaf? area51 May 2021 #36
I've often thought TlalocW May 2021 #39
The best hope is that all the largest retailers and national restaurant chains immediately post ShazamIam May 2021 #40
That was my reaction. This could backfire in a big way. I hope it does. Martin68 May 2021 #44
Such small-minded, petty people. It's like they completely missed the last 50 years of progress. Martin68 May 2021 #42
You know, every day Bettie May 2021 #45
"Yes, we happily serve transgendered folks!" mainer May 2021 #46
WTF Skittles May 2021 #48
Just don't put up a sign. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #55
I'd rather my wife or daughter be in the restroom christx30 May 2021 #56
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