After decades of anxious women eyeing me suspiciously in public bathrooms (my appearance doesn't gender-track for some people), I'm conscious of bathroom signage.
Here's a fine specimen of New Hospital Modern -- welcoming in an antiseptic fashion.
And here's how we do it in a campaign office where a lot of people boasting different gender experiences and expressions, as well as different languages and cultures, mix and mingle.
"After decades of anxious women eyeing me suspiciously in public bathrooms (my appearance doesn't gender-track for some people)"
ReplyDeleteDid you ever ask them why they were looking at you?
Dear Brandon -- sure. This has been known to cause them to jump, awkwardly. :-)
ReplyDeleteAs an entirely gender-normative-looking woman, I cannot wait for the day when all restrooms are gender neutral, because I walk into men’s rooms if there is a line for the women’s.
ReplyDeleteIn the "old days" forty years ago I visited a lot of men's restrooms especially at the swimming pool cuz I have sons. They'd go in and not come out busy being little boys. I stick my head in the door and yell "Mom coming in" and retrieve them. Some of the larger Seattle parks in those days I would just go in with them. I too use the men's room when the line to the women's is long. Gender neutral.
ReplyDeleteGender neutral is the way to go in my opinion.
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