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Using the wrong gender facilities
There are a number of situations where it might be necessary to use facilities normally dedicated to use by the opposite sex. This poll aims to gauge the reaction to some scenarios where this can happen.
Which age range do you fall into.
| <16 (Please leave) | 0.0% (0) | |
| 16-20 | 0.0% (0) | |
| 20-15 | 0.0% (0) | |
| 25-30 | 0.0% (0) | |
| 30-40 | 0.0% (0) | |
| 40-50 | 0.0% (0) | |
| 50-60 | 100.0% (1) | |
| >60 | 0.0% (0) |
1 voters answered this question.
Scenario #1. You are in a fast food restaurant or bar where the toilets are relatively busy and the Gents (mens room for those in the USA) is out of order (actually broken awaiting repair, not just temporarily closed for cleaning).
There is a sign "Please use the Ladies" on the door of the Gents.
You need to urinate, what is your reaction to this situation and what do you do.
| I am male and I would have no problems using a cubicle/stall in the Ladies | 100.0% (1) | |
| I am male would not be happy using the Ladies, so would go find a toilet elsewhere. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and would have no objections to males sharing the Ladies in the circumstances, so would use the Ladies. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and do not like the idea of males sharing the Ladies, even in these circumstances, but would use the Ladies even though males might be in there at the same time. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and do not like the idea of males sharing the Ladies, even in these circumstances. Before using the Ladies, I would check that no men were using it and then get a friend to guard the door to stop any males coming in while I was in the Ladies. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and do not like the idea of males sharing the Ladies. I would go and find a toilet elsewhere. | 0.0% (0) |
1 voters answered this question.
Scenario #2a. Similar to the #1 but this time it is the Ladies which is out of order, and there is a sign on the door telling females to use the Gents.
The Gents has urinals on open view to the room as well as a small number of cubicles.
| I am male and would have no problems with females sharing the Gents. I would use a urinal even though females might see me. | 100.0% (1) | |
| I am male and would have no problems with females sharing the Gents, but would not be happy with female being able to see me while using a urinal, so would use a cubicle/stall even if there was a queue/line for them and there was a urinal free. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am male and would have no problems with females sharing the Gents, but would not be happy with female being able to see me while using a urinal, but would use a urinal if there was a line for the cubicles. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am male and would have no problems with females sharing the Gents, and even though I would have no problems with females seeing me at the urinal, would use a cubicle in order not to offend any females. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am male, and would not be happy with sharing the Gents with females, but would use the urinals anyway and try and ignore the presence of any females. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am male and would not be happy with sharing the Gents with females, but would use the cubicles anyway. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am male and would not be happy sharing the Gents with females, so would go and find a toilet elsewhere. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and would have no problems with using the Gents and would not have any problems if males were using the urinals. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and would use the Gents, but would not like it if males were using the urinals. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and do not like the idea of sharing the toilets with males, even though it is their toilets. So, I would get a (male) friend to check that no males were using the Gents and to guard the door to stop any males entering while i used a cubicle in the Gents. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and do not like the idea of sharing the toilets with males, even though it is their toilets. So i would find a toilet elsewhere. | 0.0% (0) |
1 voters answered this question.
Scenario #2b. As #2a but in addition there is a notice on the door of the Gents saying "In deference to the presence of women, Gentlemen please use the cubicles and do not use the urinals."
Would the presence of this notice change your action or reaction from that in #2a?
| I am male and the presence of the notice would not change my action from that in #2a. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am male and would obey the instructions and use a cubicle, no matter how many people were waiting in line for the cubicles. | 100.0% (1) | |
| I am male and would obey the instructions only as long as there was not too long a line for the cubicles. If there were too many waiting, I would use a urinal. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and the presence of this notice would not change my action or reaction from that in #2a | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and the fact that everyone is instructed to use the cubicles would make me happier about using the Gents. | 0.0% (0) |
1 voters answered this question.
If in scenarios #1 & #2, you were not happy or comfortable with sharing the toilets with the opposite sex (whether or not you would still have used the 'mixed' toilets), would you complain to the management about the situation?
| I was not unhappy in either scenario | 100.0% (1) | |
| I was unhappy with at least one of the above scenarios but would not complain to management. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I was unhappy with at least one of the above scenarios and would not complain to management. | 0.0% (0) |
1 voters answered this question.
Scenario #3. You are a member of a sports team, or an individual, competing in a large single sex competition. Owing to the large number of competitors, both gender's changing/locker rooms are being used. You are having to use the changing/locker room normally used by the other sex.
While you are changing, and before actually starting to compete, you need to go to the toilet/bathroom. Do you..
| I am male and I would use the toilets in the (female) changing room I was in. | 100.0% (1) | |
| I am male and I would go into the male changing room and use the toilet. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and I would use the toilets in the (male) changing room I was in even if they were not in 'full sized' cubicles. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and would use the toilets in the (male) changing room only if they were in full sized cubicles, otherwise I would go into the female changing room and use the toilet. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I am female and would go into the female changing room and use the toilet. | 0.0% (0) |
1 voters answered this question.
Scenario #4a. For females only. For some reason (including scenario #3) a set of male toilets have been temporarily re-designated as a Ladies room. ie there will only be females using it.
Would you
| I would always use a cubicle. | 0.0% (0) | |
| If other females are using the urinals, I would join them only if there was a long line for cubicles. | 0.0% (0) | |
| If other females are using the urinals, I would join them even if there was a short, or no, line for the cubicles. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I would use a urinal even if no-one else was. | 0.0% (0) | |
| I would only use a urinal if the toilets in the cubicles were in a disgusting state. | 0.0% (0) |
Scenario #4b. For females only. If you were using a mens room which had been temporarily re-designated as a Ladies room, would it embarrass you to witness other females using the urinals?
| Yes, I would be embarrassed | 0.0% (0) | |
| No, I would not be embarrassed | 0.0% (0) |