Why don't guys get uneasy when they have to use women's bathrooms?

[Jesus Pimp]

The men's bathroom got destroyed at work. So while it's being repaired, we have to share the women's bathroom. A lot of the male employees have gotten uneasy and defensive about it. I don't mind at all or really see the big deal. The women's bathroom is so much cleaner and smells nicer (although some fat lady deposited a real stinker the other day). So why do most guys get uneasy and defensive about using the women's bathroom?

[Jam]

cause theres things they dont want to assosiate with the the buetiful ladies... either that or there embarased the ladies will assasoiate the evil foul things in there with you

[monkeysugar]

I guess as a remnant of my conservative upbringing, the Womens restroom is as taboo and sacred as a woman's purse. I don't go in either unless it can't be avoided. It's not an issue of being embarrassed about smelling or hearing things, it's just the principle. I have no problem with the idea of using a coed restroom, as it is designated for use by either/all sex(es).

[stevie667]

It's a state of mind that varies depending on your upbringing.

For instance, when i go on holiday to france, it's often common to find the male toilets closed off for cleaning, and everyone being directed to the females.

now, it's easy to see here what nationality everyone is, the french, sweedish, italians and spanish just waltz right in, while everyone else walks towards it, sucks up their gut, pretends to be looking at the postcard stand, and then goes back to whatever they where doing in the first place.

[Kostya]

Can't say I've ever had to use the women's toilets before, but at this music festival we went to once, the female toilets had lines of gargantuan proportions, so basically they just started going into the mens. In my opinion, women are crazy to go into a men's toilet at the best of times, and during a music festival where the facilities are Portoloo's you'd have to be outright insane, or on hard drugs, which I guess some of them were. There's something really unnerving about trying to take a leak while a woman is standing like right behind you.

[Averett]

One word: Tampons


Men don't want to see anything in relation to this aspect of the female body. Have you ever gone to pick some up for your girlfriend at the store? Didn't think so

[Bill O'Rights]

Originally posted by Averett
One word: Tampons
Have you ever gone to pick some up for your girlfriend at the store? Didn't think so

Not last night, but the night before, actually. It was on the shopping list that my wife gave me when I was going to the grocery store. It's not an issue with me, and I've never understood why it was such a big deal with other guys. Should tampons be any more embarrasing a purchase than...say...toilet paper?

Not a bad idea for a seperate thread, Averett. *hint hint* Some interesting ideas may surface from it. Who knows?

[Polyphobic]

I don't get it. Using the womens restroom is not something I feel strange about. Unfamiliar with but not nervous about. It just happens vary rarely. Besides, we all have used them when we were young. Ex: at a movie with your mom.
Buying feminine hygein products for my wife doesn't bother me either. However, condoms do for some reason.

[Cynthetiq]

Originally posted by Averett
One word: Tampons


Men don't want to see anything in relation to this aspect of the female body. Have you ever gone to pick some up for your girlfriend at the store? Didn't think so

yeah... tampons, panty liners, pregnancy tests, all the yeast infection stuff...

i have no problem with it, then again, I'm pretty laid back when it comes to these types of things.

[fhqwhgads]

Originally posted by Averett
One word: Tampons


Men don't want to see anything in relation to this aspect of the female body. Have you ever gone to pick some up for your girlfriend at the store? Didn't think so

I don't have much of a problem with it either. I'm pretty sure that there's not a person in the store that'll look at me and think "what is that pervert going to do with those?".

[absorbentishe]

Originally posted by Averett
One word: Tampons


Men don't want to see anything in relation to this aspect of the female body. Have you ever gone to pick some up for your girlfriend at the store? Didn't think so

I personally don't have any issues with using it. If there's something you don't want to see, then don't look. As for buying that for my wife, why should I care, I don't use em. I've never had issues buying womanly things, since their not for me.

[pig]

Two words : Performance Anxiety
I would guess that for "some guys", it's kind of like having trouble taking a leak at the trough with a bunch of other guys standing around, but multiplied by a factor of ten. What if you walk in there all macho and Chuck Norris/Walker Texas Ranger-like, and then all of a sudden you can't pee? "Cause the eyes of a ranger..."

Or better yet, how 'bout grinding out a steamer next to a chick you're attracted to or vice vesa? I'm not saying whether it's right/wrong or any of that, but there you go. It takes about six months of living with a girl before she starts walking in on you reading the paper on your throne, and even that's a bit too soon for me. Just a wee bit hasty.

[txlovely]

Best advice: All fat ladies "deposit stinkers" just after lunch. As a woman, I suggest staying away from the loo until about 1:30/2 p.m. if at all possible when sharing with the ladies.

Men should like the ladies' room better - they don't have to show their wankers to anyone that way! Stall doors are all they're cracked up to be...

[newmanator]

Droppin' copious piles of steam in the ladies bathroom sounds steamy, especially when covertly. Or something.

[bermuDa]

i have no idea why guys would be uneasy about using the girl's bathroom... maybe it's the lack of urinals, or the cleaner tiles...

Or maybe it's the adolescent stigma of being shoved into the girl's bathroom by bullies in school?

[KellyC]

I wouldn't have a problem with it...I'd consider it a blessing, to finally legitimately see the forbidden Female bathroom without being considered a pervert or get in to trouble because of it.

[Polyphobic]

To tell you the truth, I think the women should be more paranoid of the men using their bathroom. God knows we smell like shit half the time.

[sailor]

I dont know, it doesnt really bother me. Hell, happened tonight. We had a *lot* of people over, and many people spilled into the men's restroom, including a bunch of girls. Im just going at it, draining the dragon, when two girls come out of two stalls. I blinked, then kept on going. What are ya going to do? Not like its anything they havent seen before, and hey, too late anyways.

*Disclaimer*: I am drunk.

[Jesus Pimp]

Originally posted by Polyphobic
To tell you the truth, I think the women should be more paranoid of the men using their bathroom. God knows we smell like shit half the time.

Not to mention the puddles of piss on the floor

[Polyphobic]

Originally posted by Jesus Pimp
Not to mention the puddles of piss on the floor

You forgot the walls.

[pocon1]

For me it is fear of being accused of sexual harrasment or perversion. I really do not want to get some undesreved reputation at work. Once that stigma has been attached, forget about your life at work.

[SpikeQX99]

On the subject of cleaner floors, I used to do janitorial work at the furniture store where I used to work at, and the women's bathroom was just as nasty as the men's in my opinion.

Sure men peed on the floor and left streakers in the bowl, but those things can be handled with a mop and an extra flush or two, but the womens room, had little trash cans on the walls for "feminine hygiene" products, and they weren't one bit backwards about leaving used ones in there at all.

That just about made me puke everytime I had to empty those 6 stalls' contents. The horror! God, I still get chills thinking about it.

If one restroom is busted, go to the building next door or use another one on the floor. I couldn't for the life of me poop in the bathroom with a woman in there like doing her makeup or something at the mirror, and I'm in the stall giving birth to a demon. Awkward to say the least!!

[bparker805]

I dont get uneasy because 1) i am comfortable taking a piss just about anywhere. and 2) if i got to take a dump, I would prefer to use the ladies room. It is usually more clean and I dont like sitting on a terlet that has had a thousand hairy sweaty asses on it. ha ha #1 dealt with a #1 and #2 dealt with a #2!

[moonstrucksoul]

Originally posted by Averett
One word: Tampons


Men don't want to see anything in relation to this aspect of the female body. Have you ever gone to pick some up for your girlfriend at the store? Didn't think so

shit, girl, i have picked up tampons for my mother at the store. not to mention countless times for my wife. that stuff doesn't bother me a bit, it's all natural, it's all good. but if you want to embarass your man, tell him to buy:
some tampons,
some K-Y,
and some bananas at the store


as for the bathroom, i don't mind because it gives me a chance to mark my territory.

[la petite moi]

It's the social norm to have two different places for men and women to pee.

In parts of France, and about Europe, there are no stalls in the women's restrooms. There are no toilets...just a hole in the ground, and two metal spots to put your feet and squat. Those dudes should consider themselves lucky!

[anleja]

Maybe I shouldn't reveal the secret, but men's bathrooms typically have, instead of a tampon dispenser, a few of the latest arcade games.

Sorry for blowing the lid off our secret, guys.

But that is why men don't like tho use the lady's room.

[Jesus Pimp]

Originally posted by anleja
Maybe I shouldn't reveal the secret, but men's bathrooms typically have, instead of a tampon dispenser, a few of the latest arcade games.

Sorry for blowing the lid off our secret, guys.

But that is why men don't like tho use the lady's room.

Where? At the Ritz Carlton?

[Prince]

Women's bathrooms are much, much cleaner. If it were socially acceptable, I'd prefer to use those instead of bathrooms I've to go to with the urine-covered walls.

As for tampons, I wouldn't have a problem with buying them, I don't see the big deal. I'm quite fascinated, really. But I would not know what size/colour/sort to get, so I'll leave the pussywrappers for the wifey to buy.

[minyn]

Hm, never a problem in my family.

My dad got caught using the Women's bathroom at the Church of my distant cousin's funeral. I laughed and so did he =P

goes on the list of "thats my daddy!"

[la petite moi]

Originally posted by Prince
Women's bathrooms are much, much cleaner. If it were socially acceptable, I'd prefer to use those instead of bathrooms I've to go to with the urine-covered walls.

As for tampons, I wouldn't have a problem with buying them, I don't see the big deal. I'm quite fascinated, really. But I would not know what size/colour/sort to get, so I'll leave the pussywrappers for the wifey to buy.

Speaking of tampons...

That's what women get to deal with instead of pee-covered walls. Throughout high school, I've seen things from ceilings dotted with blood, from dirty pads stuck up on stall doors. Disgusting. In public restrooms (outside of high school), women tend to be better about that, but there are sometimes dirty tampons left about the floor, halfway into the trashbin...etc. Bllleeeeehh.....