Co-ed Bathrooms: A Bad Idea?
October 20, 2007 Posted in Body Grooming, College, Guy's Room, Hook Ups
Iâm a progressive girl. Iâm all about equality.But give me my own bathroom.
Co-ed bathrooms are one of collegeâs biggest mysteries. Who thought it would be a good idea? Who decided that it would be totally cool to completely devoid college kids of any type of privacy? Did none of the inventors of co-ed bathrooms ever have a crush?
And if they did, how could they fathom perhaps bumping into that crash while they still had pimple stuff on their face and crowâs nest on top of their head?
I just donât understand it. The bathroom is sacred. Private. Itâs not a place I want to discuss homework or chat about the newest TV show.
I donât want to step out of the shower and come face to face with the captain of the lacrosse team. I donât need that sort of horrible awkwardness in my life.
Also, in case no oneâs noticed, guys and girls take very different approaches bathroom etiquette. Guys often think nothing of taking the entire sports section into the stall with them and staying in there for hours, while girls prefer to get in and get out without anyone really seeing.
Dealing with a dining hall âsituationâ? (that bean burrito went through you a lot faster than expected) in a public restroom is bad enough, but passing a guy going into a stall at the same time as you? Incredibly, painfully embarrassing.
Has anything good ever happened in a coed bathroom? Has a romance ever blossomed by the hair-clogged showers or toothpaste encrusted sinks? Have the genders ever come together in perfect harmony underneath the harsh florescent lighting? I donât think so.
After years of strict separation in high school, many freshmen probably look upon co-ed bathrooms as a titillating experience during their first weeks, but as time goes on, they learn the tired lesson that bathrooms arenât for sharing.
Got a co-ed bathroom story? Let us know!
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Awkward as they sometimes may be, co-ed bathrooms are integral in preventing harassment of transgender students and students who do not comply with gender norms. Single stall co-ed bathrooms are a good compromise.
I really don't care about the feelings of transgender students. Why should I or anyone else have to compromise our feelings for the few of them.
While I feel for the GTBLXINFO whatevers, there's nothing worse than needing to let something nasty rip with a hot girl in the stall next to you. It's also really hard to jerk off in the shower when you know/see girls walking by outside (or maybe it helps you, who knows)
If you want to build co-ed bathrooms, college administrators, do it with soundproof stalls (or some music piping in to cover some noise with near-soundproof ones), and put doors on the showers – those little curtains make the ladies pretty uncomfortable.
I think its a terrible idea. First off, loud music? WTF?!!:( Secondly, how would someone monitor this arrangement? Who would be in charge? What will the Admin. do if an incident occurred? Are we just letting too many hands mix the pot? Let's all just respect each other and allow others some privacy, next thing you know holes will be popping up all over the place there…bad idea.
During frosh week one of my buddies and a girl in our group both ate something terrible for dinner. Apparently sharing the terrible consequences side-by-side was something of a bonding experience for them.
One of the things I remember hitting me pretty hard when I first started at university was the shocking truth that NO ONE CARED. High school fashions, cliques, and all of that seemed to get lost in obscurity. I took the whole situation as a way to grow up, not as something to dread.
> Has anything good ever happened in a coed bathroom? Has a romance ever blossomed by the hair-clogged showers or toothpaste encrusted sinks?
Maybe not romance, but I made out with not one but two girls in a coed bathroom during my freshman year (same night). I'm a strong supporter.
ONLY separate restrooms!