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I can't speak for anyone else, and I'm certainly not a transgender anything, but I have to say that there are lots of people, what I'll call regular people for lack of a better way of distinguishing standard individuals from the plethora of self and otherwise identified individuals, who have some "issues" with public washrooms, not the least of which is finding one that's clean.
Just anecdotally, I recall as a young boy of about 7 going to my first hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens and needing to visit the bathroom after drinking a large soda and walking into that room and seeing this massive trough in the middle of the room and men of all shapes, sizes, ages, all surrounding it and peeing into it. As a shy kid, that horrified me and made me hate going to the bathroom away from home for a long time.
And for those who say it never happens, there are lots of occasions where I've visited a public bathroom and there's a shady character hanging around up to no good so it can happen. Not all people are well meaning and innocent.
But I do agree with the sentiment in the title of this thread - are public bathrooms the serious societal issue of our time?
Just anecdotally, I recall as a young boy of about 7 going to my first hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens and needing to visit the bathroom after drinking a large soda and walking into that room and seeing this massive trough in the middle of the room and men of all shapes, sizes, ages, all surrounding it and peeing into it. As a shy kid, that horrified me and made me hate going to the bathroom away from home for a long time.
And for those who say it never happens, there are lots of occasions where I've visited a public bathroom and there's a shady character hanging around up to no good so it can happen. Not all people are well meaning and innocent.
But I do agree with the sentiment in the title of this thread - are public bathrooms the serious societal issue of our time?