When it comes To unisex bathrooms, who do you suspect is more inclined to feel uncomfortable?

Does you girlfriend uneasy when other women are in the stall with her? Because I bet a dollar she can’t tell if a woman in the bathroom is trans or not. And a trans woman is not checking her out, she just wants to pee.

I don’t think there is any level of discomfort burden on one gender more than the other.

If we are talking uni-sex bathrooms, I would imagine your girlfriend being much more uncomfortable by cis men from birth going pee in the next stall.

Unisex one room bathrooms I think can be weird for some females if there is a urinal in it. Otherwise, I don’t think either sex cares.

Bathrooms with multiple stalls, the only possible discomfort is the idea that a bad man might have more access to women in a vulnerable situation. Otherwise, I don’t think either sex cares much at all.

I have a hard time comprehending why anyone is uncomfortable with the notion that other humans also need to use a toilet.

I think it if I walked into the ladies toilets and a man was there, that would be a bit disconcerting. I’d wonder why he was in there and I wouldn’t feel comfortable. If the toilets were unisex, I’d be fine with that. As to someone who is trans, how would I know? I wouldn’t care.

Every man has experienced women driven to commandeering empty stalls in men’s rooms. Such women are ALWAYS too focused and determined to be bothered with embarrassment. If a bathroom is designed to accommodate more than a single occupant, the urinals are usually walled off from the stalls. I can tell you though, the one time I was taken aback was in my 20s when my no nonsense female boss followed me into the men’s room and installed herself in a stall in order to continue our conversation. It really threw me, but she never missed a beat in her lecture on the importance of tracking inventory.

The problem I think is that a rapist has a better opportunity being alone with a female behind close doors. Women are already wary when they enter a room with closed stalls and not knowing if someone is there waiting to do them harm.

So throw in a unisex bathroom where men can enter easily, and you feel twice as wary. I’ve had some bad experiences growing up and letting my guard down around men. I already feel vulnerable when I go to a public bathroom and rarely use them as it is, so a unisex bathroom will make me feel less inclined. Not to mention. I’ve cleaned mens rest rooms. The seats are twice as gross as what women do to them. And women can be pretty bad.

I don’t think the problem is with actual transgenders using the bathroom, but rather there are guys who like women fine and like to dress as women. And some bathrooms are really poorly covered. I’ve gone into bathrooms with wide gaps on either side. Just looking for an empty stall you see more of others than you wanted too. So imagine the opportunity for the pervert. Forget the porn sites. Just go to the restrooms and sneak a peak.

On the plus side. Men will learn what its like for us to wait for a free stall. LOL

The uptight fuckers?

Instinctively, it seems many women are afraid of being attacked in a bathroom…but I doubt there’s any increased risk of that actually happening in a unisex bathroom. I mean, there’s nothing stopping a man intent on harming you from entering a woman’s bathroom right now. It’s not like there’s a gender detector at the door, or even a freaking lock.

You know, I kind of get a sense from some that women are just being silly nitwits when we express reservations or concerns about being “trapped” when they are alone and there is a man present.
That isn’t something you can just turn on or off. It’s just there. It’s not like racism that you can talk yourself out of because racism is stupid. Our concerns are not. It’s a defensive mechanism that we begin to learn very, very early on, beginning at the age of 12 or 13, when we start receiving unwanted and unsolicited, and very uncomfortable attention from men.

You hear about rape, constantly.

If she looks like a male, then we’re going to feel that way. It’s not an insult to any one. It is what it is.

@Dutchess_III I get that…I mean, I’m afraid, too. Just saying that rationally, the risk probably doesn’t go up in unisex bathrooms.

Wait….let’s get our parameters clear. Are we talking about “unisex” bathrooms in which either men or women can use, or are we talking about bathrooms that still specify “men” and “women” that transgendered people use, according the their sexual identity?

If it’s a literal “unisex” bathroom I think the risk would go up. I mean, what stops men from going in the women’s room? Because someone is liable to report it.

If it’s a designated gender bathroom, and transgendered people use them, I think it probably wouldn’t go up either.

@Dutchess_III Glad I wasn’t the only one confused. Don’t most transgender people dress the sex they feel they were meant to be? So wouldn’t a transgender (born male) dress as a woman and just go to a womans bathroom? I’ve seen some women who look manish go to the restrooms. No one ever stops them. Nor have I ever encountered an issue where someone asked them for ID for looking kind of like a guy. Heck I’ve even seen women with mustaches or a 5 oclock shadow. Some women are hairy.

Right, @Pandora. Exactly. Why is it even an issue?