To fart or urinate loudly even in the privacy of a woman’s cubicle is considered ill-mannered and avoided at all costs, despite men literally flinging out their penises as they urinate standing next to each other. If you are a female reading this please reflect on your own toilet etiquette and measures you have gone to lessen your ‘sound’. I am guilty of placing toilet paper at the bottom of the toilet bowl so my urine doesn’t sound too loud, a girlfriend of mine leaves the tap on when she defecates so no-one waiting can hear her. Just imagine a group of males (who identify as a male, have a penis and are cisgender) all lining up with their penises flopping out next to each other at the urinal tip-toeing around so the other wouldn’t recognise that they were producing natural sounds of peeing in the designated waste disposal area. A situation so extreme is unlikely to occur, sure there are reservations around the etiquette of urinals, yet it is a generally socially accepted toilet behaviour that is comparable to women urinating in solitude and privacy. It must be made very clear that this isn’t just an issue catalysed by men, there certainly isn’t a table of males sitting around screaming out “all women should remain chaste, clean and never fart” it’s a systemic issue that women willingly propagate and participate in. The physical design of a cubicle as a closed, private and relatively sound-proof box literally creates oppression and a ‘hush-hush’ culture of women even when they are taking a good old dump, just as nature intended. The design and function of female toilets was created so that (unlike men) our genitals remain private and behind closed doors when urinating and that it is relatively soundproof so a facade of ultimate ‘embodiment’- the learning or mastery of body techniques such as holding farts- can be adhered to at all times. lipmag/culture/why-i-think-a-long-line-at-the-ladies-is-a-feminist-issue/
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 06:51:26 +0000
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