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Despite the passage of legislation, equitable access to public toilets remains a problem for women in the United States. [2] No federal legislation relates to provision of facilities for women; [3] however, Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations stipulate "toilet rooms separate for each sex" unless unisex toilets are provided ...
In the US, an infamous case was the murder of a 9-year-old boy in 1998 in a San Diego county public toilet. [107] Increasing public toilet provision can help to protect women from violent attacks. [108] Research studies have found increased risk of women and girls being raped where there is limited or no access to safe toilets at night. [109 ...
Section and plan of public toilets in Charing Cross Road, London, 1904. The men's facilities (left) comprise 12 cubicles and 13 urinals; whereas the women's facilities (right) comprise just 5 cubicles. Potty parity is equal or equitable provision of public toilet facilities for females and males within a public space. Parity can be defined by ...
The lack of safe, private toilets makes women and girls vulnerable to violence and is an impediment to girls' education. [67] Women are at risk of sexual molestation and rape as they search for places to urinate or defecate that are secluded and private, often during hours of darkness. [68] [67]
Announcement of women's urinals in front of a public toilet in Frankfurt, Germany. Urinals are being developed that can be used by both sexes. While urinals for men and boys can be found almost everywhere in public toilets, unisex and female urinals are still niche products. [7]
The use of "toilet" to describe a special room for grooming came much later (first attested in 1819), following the French cabinet de toilet. Similar to "powder room", "toilet" then came to be used as a euphemism for rooms dedicated to urination and defecation, particularly in the context of signs for public toilets, as on trains.
Public exhibitionism by women has been recorded since classical times, often in the context of women shaming groups of men into committing, or inciting them to commit, some public action. [3] The ancient Greek historian Herodotus gives an account of exhibitionistic behaviors from the fifth century BC in The Histories. Herodotus writes that:
Latrinalia is a type of deliberately inscribed or etched marking made on latrines; that is, bathrooms or lavatory walls. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It can take the form of art , drawings , or words , including poetry and personal reflections.