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by AntigoneRising on February 13th, 2007
This is a perfectly legitimate question, and I have no idea why it was rated down so far.
Obviously, our distant ancestors didn't have the women's room and the men's room, anymore than primates do. At some point, humans developed the idea (mostly socialized) that going to the bathroom was a private act. We also developed the social idea of modesty of body between the genders (specifically having to do with the genitals). I think these formed together and developed further as society found more and more ways to keep going to the bathroom a private act, and certainly not something shared with the opposite gender (especially strangers).
by Vicki Vail on February 14th, 2007
I think it's a conspiricy, set up by men, to make us wait in long lines just to pee!
by timetogetserious on February 11th, 2007
Pretty obvious i thought. I don't want women looking at me while i take a pee in a trough, and i am sure they don't want to see me do it either.
by Millenium - The Mysterious M. . . GONE! on February 8th, 2010
*slapping forehead in disbelief of question*
by MrLugubrious on February 11th, 2007
I guess people aren't happy if they can't segregate something. I'll elaborate on my answer later when I research it more, or think of something better to say. :)
by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on February 26th, 2007
Have you ever accidentally entered the mens room?
Men can be slobs and urinate all over the place. If they shoot guns like they urinate, we are all doomed.
by taylor on February 16th, 2007
beacuse boys pee on the seat.
by The_Professional on February 14th, 2007
It is a leftover from victorian ideals.
Women are supposed to be patient and proper - your not really even supposed to have a bathroom - your suppossed to hold it.
Men - even the gentlemen - have the right to go before a duel.
Lets face it - you can appear lady like even while desperate - even while pissing your pants (or undergarments and diapers as the ladies wore so as to not be disrespectful) but a man doesn't look manly desperate for a pee.
I for one am for combining them - men would have to learn to lift the lid - but eventually it would work. Really it would lead to a more modern and efficient society.
I think its sexy when women pee and even when they go #2 myself (proper ventilation helps). I don't really have a problem with a women watching me take a leak either - once in the adult world a stall is good enough anyway.
There is no good reason for the seperation - only perverted reasons.
by Firebrand on February 14th, 2007
Would you really want to walk into a room with a load of men standing urinating.
To be quite honest I would not draw a lot of pleasure from the situation.
Maybe the two came about because Victorian ladies did not find the idea of rows of naked urinating penis much to add to an evenings entertainment.
I know I would not
by Princesswise on March 5th, 2007
I guess if women's bathrooms had urinals, I would want them seperate. Given the number of outdoor fesitvals, events, hunting excursions, etc. I have gone on, I have learned to pee standing up (and not all over myself either). A simple pullup of the labia points the stream in a nice arc - invaluable when there are no facilities, or facilities that are so messy I wouldn't let my dog use them. Now that I prefer peeing standing up, I would think that guys would also appreciate individual stalls. And in that case, co-ed would be great. It would even out the lines that are really imballanced. But I think that the guys just figure that then they would have to wait in line also, and don't want to go along with that.
by R U Sirius on February 27th, 2007
Does anyone remember the show "Ally McBeal"?
I believe they had the universal or CoED bathroom and it made for some really interesting conversation.
If you just take out the urinals and make em all stalls then I could see it happening.
Sure would have to be alot of courtesy flushes though.
by fliPPinSOLEk1d on February 24th, 2007
because they have separate bathrooms
by GALAXTRON on July 25th, 2010
just to avoid confusion between boys and grils.
by Anonymous on July 25th, 2010
Girls/women really wouldn't want to use a boys/mens bathroom. Doesn't matter to us since we can pee standing up. But mens restrooms can be pretty foul.
by No1ToyotaloverPanasoniclover on July 2nd, 2010
Privacy i don't want any girl checking out my private parts. The advantage of this would be you would get to hear the girls farting while pushing out a poo. Then you would hear her huge load fall into the bowl and be able to smell the huge stink. Its so sexy when girls dump poos like that into the bowl
by lia8888 on July 25th, 2010
Because male and female feel ashamed to share a toilet.
by sdbeachboy on June 10th, 2011
Good question. Being that there are so many single parents these days, it's inevitable that a guy can be using a urinal when a dad walks in with his daughter. I was stunned the first time that it happened at Disneyland. I had just started to pee seconds before a man and his 9 yr old daughter walked in. I figured that they would go to a stall, but instead they walked up to the urinal to my left placing the daughter between us. The man unzipped and began to pee. For a few seconds, I felt awkward, but then quickly got over it. She stood there quietly and watched both of us peeing. Afterward, I figured that it's no big deal. What can a dad do when he's got to go? There have been times at bars and concerts where women use the mens room. I'm desensitized to it now and don't care if women and girls are in the mens room. It would make life easier if public rest rooms were coed.
by ... on February 20th, 2007
Basically so girls and boys won't make more little girls and boys.......
by Brew Guy wishes he was icefishing... on February 20th, 2007
I'm going for the literal approach on this one:
Guys can go standing up: Urinal = Guy's toilet. Otherwise, I think the other answers cover girls vs boys BATHROOMS pretty well.
by Anonymous on February 26th, 2007
You have never been inside the boys restroom? if not, you have to be the first in nation.
Toilets are toilets and fit the buttocks of both men and women.
Men have standup urinals.
Don't know why.......
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i have no idea too. i thought it was a good question. here's 3 points for being so compassionate
by Macy Havok on February 26th, 2007
Good answer !
by canbfrisky on July 3rd, 2010