Editorial 22/09: Unisex Toilets

Student Direct was fascinated to learn about the introduction of unisex toilets into our Students’ Union building.

The ‘non-gendered’ facilities will be provided for all those men who do not ‘self-identify’ as men, and all those women who do not think of themselves as women. This potty parity is good news for all those students who’ve always fancied a bit of titillation in the bathroom, but may have been put off by the awkwardness of entering the Ladies’ or Gents’ hand in hand.

There are of course those for whom the idea of such communal conveniences fills them with dread, most importantly among certain religious groups on campus, while Student Direct feels pretty certain that the multitude of young ladies who congregate to powder their noses (and the like) in the toilets will feel less than enthusiastic about doing so in front of their male classmates…Political correctness gone mad?