– Gender-separated toilets are an unnecessary division, especially in 2022. It should be possible for everyone to go to the toilet, regardless of your gender expression. This is what the leader of Humanistic Youth, Sina Arnesen Inggjerdingen, says to news. Sina Arnesen Inggjerdingen is a leader in Humanistic Youth. Photo: Humanistic Youth In an article in Aftenposten, Kirsti Sæternes and Kristina Williamson from Humanistic Youth write that it is time to abolish gender-separated toilets. They believe it provides better inclusion and less discrimination. Humanistic youth also have an autumn campaign called “Dass er dass”, where they argue for gender-neutral toilets. Thinks shared toilets make everything worse for women The post made Drammens Jack Chen furious. He believes joint doers are bad news for equality. – The problem is that when men use the toilet, it does not affect them themselves that it is dirty. So they keep making it dirtier by peeing on the bowl. But for women, how one uses the toilet will affect the other, so they take more responsibility, says Chen. Jack Chen believes communal toilets are not good in terms of gender equality. Photo: Privat He simply wonders if humanistic youth have seen the condition of an average men’s toilet in a shopping center or a night club. – By introducing this proposal here, we are making everything much worse for women. Then using the toilet can be an unsafe situation, and unhygienic, explains Chen. The background is that he believes women’s toilets in nightclubs today are a place where women can get away from pushy men. I think men will toughen up if they have to – If you’re in a club, our toilets aren’t quite clean either, laughs Inggjerdingen. She believes that the problem of dirty men’s toilets will be solved with better cleaning, and that she thinks men will be tougher when it comes to communal toilets. – Most people already have gender-neutral clothes at home, she points out. Should all toilets be gender neutral? Yes No Not all, but preferably more than today Show result Inggjerdingen understands that there is a big adjustment for people and that not everyone will be comfortable with this overnight. – But what we in humanist youth think is important is to make all toilets safe. Many people talk about how it’s scary to share the bathroom with men, but then we just have to do it safely. Creepy, disgusting people are everywhere, they’re not just in men’s toilets. Among other things, she emphasizes that with a solution where there are shared toilets, there will be more people in the toilet at all times. Divided opinions among people When news asks people to answer whether shared toilets are the way to go, opinions are divided. – The mess in the communal toilet is largely due to a lack of respect for those who clean up after us. Not only at herredo, this also applies to us ladies, says Kristin. – Decent men take responsibility and sit on the toilet regardless of whether they have to do 1 or 2. How difficult can it be?, asks Elling. While Tormod, who has cleaned both men’s and women’s toilets, believes both sides are equally good or equally bad. – Having washed on both sides, people seem to benefit from joint solutions, so perhaps they tighten up and leave the toilet in better condition. However, Torild does not agree with that. – I have worked with inspections of doe at petrol stations. Then the women’s dos are pretty good, and the men’s dos look like they haven’t been cleaned in a week. Why do men pig out so badly? she wonders. ISS: – No differences between men’s and women’s toilets – In principle, we experience no difference. We calculate the same time for cleaning a men’s and a women’s toilet, says Stig Ronander, Head of Cleaning Products & Performance at ISS, when asked how they perceive the cleanliness of men’s toilets versus women’s toilets. Stig Ronander at ISS believes communal toilets are unproblematic. Photo: Olav Heggø / Olav Heggø / FotoVisjon AS ISS cleans several thousand toilets in this country every day, and Ronander believes communal toilets are unproblematic from a hygiene perspective. – This is probably more about the zeitgeist, culture and habits. In these times when the spotlight is on diversity, communal toilets can be a good idea, says Ronander. He believes the design of toilets or urinals are more important factors than gender.
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Humanist youth want an end to gender-segregated toilets – news Oslo og Viken – Local news, TV and radio
