Not tool long ago, me and a good friend of mines were conversing about the lifestyles of people in foreign lands. He was telling me that in Korea they have unisex Public Restrooms where many people of both sexes go in and use them all at the same time. I’ve never been to Korea, but I did find this revelation somewhat amusing. Has anyone here who’ve been to Korea ever witnessed this for themselves? :eek:
I was in Korea for a year and I didn’t see any unisex restrooms, except for single occupancy restrooms in small restaurants.
I’m not saying they don’t exist, but I don’t think they’re commonplace.
I was in Seoul, by the way, and I think that if they did have any large public unisex bathrooms, Seoul would be the most likely place to find them.
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In france they have the same thing. I don’t understand what’s odd about this. If you have cubicles, why does it matter?
Wow, talk about a misnomer.
They had 'em in Japan when I lived there, but that was a long time ago - I don’t know if they still have them or not. Of course, they also had public baths.
I work at a large, spread out facility. We had them in a couple of areas where there were only a few people. No cubes, just a lock on the door.
Also I’ve seen them in Starbucks, but they’ll do anything for what they see as the “cool” factor. 
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mangeorge
It totally matters Daft because how can we go to the bathroom to talk about men if there’re men in there? 
I saw them in London, at a public bar.
The the bar and dance floor was upstairs, the restroom was downstairs, one big room, with males and females alternating randomly and having an equal chance for available stalls. Everyone male and female sharing the sink afterwords.
Its really a great idea - in another country, because there are no long lines for the ladies room - since there is no ladies room.
It wouldnt work in america though, not today - too many male perverts.
According to what, the media? :rolleyes:
Several college campuses have unisex bathrooms , and there don’t seem to be any problems there, except for the initial uncomfortableness.
At “Faces” a gay dance club we used to go to in Sacramento, California, they had a unisex bathroom, and no doors on their stalls.
Men’s rooms, especially in bars, are often kinda rank-smelling. Perhaps I’m being a little generous to the fairer sex here, but most women I know would refuse to enter a room with that kind of odor present.
Dunno if an even mix of users does anything to reduce the stink.
I’ve been in a few around London in schools and restaurants. Some places have one room but designated cubicles for men and women (strangely, the places like this I’ve been in have been much cleaner and better kept up than the undesignated kind).
The school where my wife works has unisex toilets, but in some areas of the building the women tend to use certain ones and men other ones anyway, in a form of voluntary segregation. And as far as I can recall (not having done a comprehensive study, mind you) there’s no difference in cleanliness and odor between the male-preferred ones and the female-preferred ones.
Before you get on the men too much for their smelly bahtrooms; I recall a study a few years back which showed men’s bathrooms had lower levels of bacteria than the women’s. So maybe it’s just me, put I’d put up with smell than increase my odds of catching something.
At my college we have co-ed bathrooms mostly everywhere, including on our dorm halls. It doesn’t make any difference to anyone here, because we have co-ed halls, too. It’s the same as sharing a bathroom with your family.