“What is the longest wait in the world? Of course, it’s the wait in the mouth of the girlfriend, ‘it’ll be there soon’ ‘I’ll just put on my makeup for half an hour’ ‘just change clothes’… even They are more than eight beats slower than our gay men when they go to the toilet.”
Alexander Kira of Cornell University in the United States calculated that men and women urinate for an average of 39 seconds and 89 seconds, respectively, or about 2.3 times as long as men.[ 1]!
“Look! Just say girls are grumpy, right?” Don’t worry, next, Dr. Ke will disassemble it for everyone to see:
Boys usually use urinals, girls use compartments, and girls have more steps to open and close the door.
When boys pull and close, girls have to squat or sit. They have to untie belts, trousers, trousers, and stockings. After that, in addition to lifting trousers, they have to tie their shirts and T-shirts into their waistbands. Sort it out, if you wear more clothes in winter, it will be more troublesome.
In addition, public toilets are not necessarily clean, and girls have to check the condition before going to the toilet, wipe the toilet seat, and wipe the paper. When it is really ugly, they have to adopt difficult postures.
(Source: Internet)
After the end, girls have to take out a tissue from the bag, wipe it dry, and boys just need to shake it;
If a girl happens to have her period, it will take longer, after all…
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You have to carefully tear off the old one, wrap it up and throw it away,
Be careful not to get clothes and hands,
Then take out the new pad, tear open the package,
Carefully paste the new one,
Then straighten the panties (don’t ask me how I knew that).
This all has to be done in small, not very clean, public toilets that don’t hold anything…
In addition, girls who are pregnant and who have gone through childbirth may be more prone to constipation, which are the costs of childbirth for girls alone.
So I can’t blame the girls for taking so long to go to the toilet.
However, these are not the main reasons for girls to go to the toilet for a long time. The more important point is actually: Unreasonable toilet design.
Usually, men’s and women’s restrooms are divided into the same space, so this is what happens:
(Source: Ghent University[3])
As you can see,the men’s toilet has 10 urinals + 2 compartments, while the women’s toilet can only be filled with 10 compartments.
That is to say, the number of girls who can go to the toilet at the same time is much less than that of boys.
In addition, the men’s toilet can directly divert people who are urinating and urinating, while in the women’s toilet, whether it is to defecate, urinate, or change sanitary pads, they are all in the same compartment. The time is relatively long, and the people behind have to wait and wait…
According to Ghent University calculations, Girls have to wait in line for an average of 6 minutes and 19 seconds, compared to 11 seconds for boys[3] .
Fewer pits, longer usage time, No queues for women’s toilets, is it possible?
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Seeing this, you probably also understand how difficult it is for girls to go to the toilet. Rather than yelling at them and urging them, what we deserve is to let more people pay attention. This phenomenon has led more hospitals, office buildings, shopping malls, and schools to design reasonable toilets.
And this is not only convenient for girls, I believe that many boys also have the experience of waiting for girls to go to the toilet with big bags and small bags. The first wait is half an hour.
Hopefully, one day, well-designed toilets will become commonplace, women’s toilets won’t always have long queues, and boys won’t have to wait until they have doubts about life.
Before that, I hope we gay men can understand them more.
References:
[1] Dai Jie, Hua Chen. Analysis and adjustment of gender ratio in urban public toilets [J]. Urban and Rural Construction, 2013(07): 41-44.
[2][ ] . Available at: https:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_ZyIcRyZ0.Accessed 20/11/18
[3]No more queueing at the ladies’ room.Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFj1oU-BMEc.Accessed 20/11/ 18
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