Old Idahoan coot thinks schools need separate gay bathrooms

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-13-2008, 12:22 PM

http://www.idahopress.com/?id=8264

Just a quick highlight,

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Originally Posted by an Old Coot

Bayes said that when he was 18 it would have been "an absolute catastrophe" for him to have showered with girls.

A catastrophe? Really?!? So you have that little self control that just seeing a girl in the shower would immediately compel you to rape her on the spot? Wow, that's pretty pathetic.

Alex · 05-13-2008, 12:27 PM

It is really an accident that the story was written by journalist Mike Butts?

Alex · 05-13-2008, 12:30 PM

As a serious response, while I don't really agree with his view, I am having trouble creating a argument for why restrooms should be gender separated that doesn't break up on the shoals of homosexuality.

The obvious answer is that restrooms should not be gender separated either.

And maybe it would have restrained Senator Craig if he wasn't sure of the gender on the other side of the wall.

innerSpaceman · 05-13-2008, 12:34 PM

So who is this Baye guy that his opinions get press? Is there really so little going on in Idaho?

Wait. Don't answer that.

On the other hand, I'd find Gay Restrooms to be quite convenient, if you know what I mean.

Alex · 05-13-2008, 12:37 PM

I think this explains why he got press:

Quote:

...a Wilder Republican running for the Idaho House said Friday.

I'm sure the article was viewed as a public service announcement along the lines of:

Please, do not vote for this guy simply because he'll be alphabetically first on the ballot.

Moonliner · 05-13-2008, 12:45 PM

According to the article this includes bathrooms and school showers.

So if I went to one of these schools and said I was gay then they would let me shower with girls (at least the lesbian ones anyway)?

Kevy Baby · 05-13-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

According to the article this includes bathrooms and school showers.

So if I went to one of these schools and said I was gay then they would let me shower with girls (at least the lesbian ones anyway)?

I think there would need to be 8 bathrooms:

Hetero males
Hetero females
Gay males
Gay females
Bisexual men and bisexual women (these two groups could actually share)
Pre-op Transgendered males (after surgery, they would then be moved to #2, #4, or #5 above, depending on their orientation)
Pre-op Transgendered females (after surgery, they would then be moved to #1, #3, or #5 above, depending on their orientation)
Libertarians

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-13-2008, 12:55 PM

Making students shower together is a sin in itself, regardless of how you separate them. Thank God I never had to shower at school.

My plan would be to rid the world of urinals and make all bathrooms coed. Seriously. Yes, men who like the convenience of exposing themselves in front of each other hate me. I think urinals are ridiculous...but it's not like I have a man's perspective on them.

Alex · 05-13-2008, 12:58 PM

If the goal is to prevent people from peeing next to people they might find sexually attractive then 3, 4, and 5 don't solve anything.

If this really was a concern then the real serious solution would be to re-engineer the restrooms so that they consist of single seat, entirely contained closets with a common washroom area. Essentially, take the row of port-a-potties at a street fair with a single sink out front and build it permanently indoors.

The gender separated restrooms thing is so oddly ingrained though. I'm always kind of confused by many gas station restrooms that consist of two identical single toilet rooms (no urinal in either) and yet one is for women only and one is for men only.

Moonliner · 05-13-2008, 01:02 PM

Urinals use a LOT less water than a toilet. You would ravage the natural resources of the planet by converting them all to toilets.

Ohh, and you'd sit on a lot of wet seats in a co-ed bathroom. (men are pigs)

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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	According to the article this includes bathrooms and school showers. So if I went to one of these schools and said I was gay then they would let me shower with girls (at least the lesbian ones anyway)? __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Making students shower together is a sin in itself, regardless of how you separate them. Thank God I never had to shower at school. My plan would be to rid the world of urinals and make all bathrooms coed. Seriously. Yes, men who like the convenience of exposing themselves in front of each other hate me. I think urinals are ridiculous...but it's not like I have a man's perspective on them. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	If the goal is to prevent people from peeing next to people they might find sexually attractive then 3, 4, and 5 don't solve anything. If this really was a concern then the real serious solution would be to re-engineer the restrooms so that they consist of single seat, entirely contained closets with a common washroom area. Essentially, take the row of port-a-potties at a street fair with a single sink out front and build it permanently indoors. The gender separated restrooms thing is so oddly ingrained though. I'm always kind of confused by many gas station restrooms that consist of two identical single toilet rooms (no urinal in either) and yet one is for women only and one is for men only.
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Urinals use a LOT less water than a toilet. You would ravage the natural resources of the planet by converting them all to toilets. Ohh, and you'd sit on a lot of wet seats in a co-ed bathroom. (men are pigs) __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It is really an accident that the story was written by journalist Mike Butts?
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05-13-2008, 12:30 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	As a serious response, while I don't really agree with his view, I am having trouble creating a argument for why restrooms should be gender separated that doesn't break up on the shoals of homosexuality. The obvious answer is that restrooms should not be gender separated either. And maybe it would have restrained Senator Craig if he wasn't sure of the gender on the other side of the wall.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	So who is this Baye guy that his opinions get press? Is there really so little going on in Idaho? Wait. Don't answer that. On the other hand, I'd find Gay Restrooms to be quite convenient, if you know what I mean.
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