It shocks me that the figure representing women is drawn up smaller than the male image. With all the people across the world there are no indications that there is an average of men being taller than women. And more importantly, It makes is seem like the woman is standing behind the man. Appalling! I welcome that toilettes in many places are changed to Uni-sex toilettes. A way to eliminate Gender separation. The two categories, if kept apart and separated with distinct lines poses many problematic issues. That women and men are inherently different with inherent characteristics. In the end this causes all people that do not fit this description to feel ostracised and possibly discriminated. And moreover, the evidence that there are not only two gender categories are there. Many people are born inter-sexed and only because of the hetero-normative world forced to choose. No need to create specific toilettes for this group of people, just make all toilettes unisex. And for the argument that mens toilettes are dirtier than women's due to the spray factor of standing up and peeing... Women float as well. Peeing all over the seat. Pissoirs are meant to accommodate standing pissers of all gender categories, toilette bowls are not. Therefore this is a message to all: Sit down!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Weird form of Heteronormativity
Here is a picture taken at SOL, the language and litteratur department at the Lund University, Sweden.

It shocks me that the figure representing women is drawn up smaller than the male image. With all the people across the world there are no indications that there is an average of men being taller than women. And more importantly, It makes is seem like the woman is standing behind the man. Appalling! I welcome that toilettes in many places are changed to Uni-sex toilettes. A way to eliminate Gender separation. The two categories, if kept apart and separated with distinct lines poses many problematic issues. That women and men are inherently different with inherent characteristics. In the end this causes all people that do not fit this description to feel ostracised and possibly discriminated. And moreover, the evidence that there are not only two gender categories are there. Many people are born inter-sexed and only because of the hetero-normative world forced to choose. No need to create specific toilettes for this group of people, just make all toilettes unisex. And for the argument that mens toilettes are dirtier than women's due to the spray factor of standing up and peeing... Women float as well. Peeing all over the seat. Pissoirs are meant to accommodate standing pissers of all gender categories, toilette bowls are not. Therefore this is a message to all: Sit down!
It shocks me that the figure representing women is drawn up smaller than the male image. With all the people across the world there are no indications that there is an average of men being taller than women. And more importantly, It makes is seem like the woman is standing behind the man. Appalling! I welcome that toilettes in many places are changed to Uni-sex toilettes. A way to eliminate Gender separation. The two categories, if kept apart and separated with distinct lines poses many problematic issues. That women and men are inherently different with inherent characteristics. In the end this causes all people that do not fit this description to feel ostracised and possibly discriminated. And moreover, the evidence that there are not only two gender categories are there. Many people are born inter-sexed and only because of the hetero-normative world forced to choose. No need to create specific toilettes for this group of people, just make all toilettes unisex. And for the argument that mens toilettes are dirtier than women's due to the spray factor of standing up and peeing... Women float as well. Peeing all over the seat. Pissoirs are meant to accommodate standing pissers of all gender categories, toilette bowls are not. Therefore this is a message to all: Sit down!
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