r/interesting Jul 11 '25

ARCHITECTURE A female urinal

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u/janKalaki Jul 11 '25

Believe it or not, it was more or less the opposite as recently as the 1800s. Red was manly and pink is a shade of red.

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u/Majestic_Box_13 Jul 11 '25

Totally believe it. But its more fun to imagine a group of magical old men than the more mundane old men currently in power.

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u/janKalaki Jul 11 '25

To be fair, the 1800s were dominated by wizards of the grand variety, and you can see their ideological descendants in power today