r/pointlesslygendered • u/affectionate4fish • Jun 12 '25

POINTFULLY GENDERED [gendered] This was on a single stall restroom too

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u/Grey_Belkin Jun 12 '25

I think you've misunderstood the signs/situation.

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u/ITinnedUrMumLastNigh Jun 12 '25

care to explain?

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u/Grey_Belkin Jun 12 '25

Yeah sure.

People are saying the signs are transphobic because they conflate "man" with peeing one way and "woman" with peeing another way. That can be seen as denying that trans people are the gender they say they are if they don't have the equipment to pee in that specific way.

That's very different to your analogy about the presence or absence of urinals in a specific toilet, which does nothing to indicate that trans people don't exist and therefore wouldn't be seen as transphobic.

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u/Shiro_L Jun 12 '25

Not having urinals in the women’s bathroom is doing the same thing though.

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u/Grey_Belkin Jun 12 '25

Not having urinals in the women’s bathroom is doing the same thing though.

In what way? Everyone can use cubicles so that's not excluding anyone or making a statement about how they may pee.

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u/ITinnedUrMumLastNigh Jun 12 '25

Urinals are only compatible with "forward-fire" mode (left picture) and are only installed in men's (left caption) bathrooms

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u/Grey_Belkin Jun 12 '25

Do you think that sign is being used to indicate that there are "forward fire" urinals behind the door?