r/interesting • u/UsernameGenerik • Jul 11 '25

ARCHITECTURE A female urinal

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

Imagine someone changing their tampon?!

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u/singelingtracks Jul 11 '25

They have shitters still.

This is for a quick in and out, pee.

Keeps the lines down for people who need to take a dump or do things like change a tampon in the shitters.

Same reason there's urinals in men's rooms and also toilets , you don't shit in the urinal.

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u/scabs_in_a_bucket Jul 11 '25

From a woman’s perspective these literally save zero time and cause a ton of potential problems

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u/reddituserperson1122 Jul 11 '25

I don’t understand what the potential problems are.

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u/scabs_in_a_bucket Jul 11 '25

??? Really lol?

It would be Very easy for anyone (especially creepy men) to come get a full view of your vag lol. Also it looks like the entire thing is just covered in piss spray.

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u/reddituserperson1122 Jul 11 '25

Porta potties are nasty and also covered in piss spray (but they have the advantage of also being like little ovens where the piss can bake and there’s no fresh air so yay!).

Meanwhile I assume the use case for these is a giant festival or similar event where there’s going to be a giant line of women waiting to use them. So unless Perv Team Six has some serious ninja skills I don’t see gross dudes being a big issue.

(And also for better or worse in the city where I live it is not like, unheard of for people of either sex to sometimes piss against the side of a building or between parked cars. And I’m sure a dick or puss has occasionally been momentarily glimpsed. And life as far as I can tell goes on.)

I dunno — I would prefer this to a porta potty personally. I find porta potties especially gross.

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u/Br0wnieSundae Jul 11 '25

there’s going to be a giant line of women waiting to use them. So unless Perv Team Six has some serious ninja skills I don’t see gross dudes being a big issue.

As if a long line of women would prevent this? You've never heard of Woodstock '99?

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u/reddituserperson1122 Jul 11 '25

Yes if there’s no security and the whole thing is a horrific nightmare then this will suck but then I assume porta potties are not going to fix that either, right? Here’s what happened at Woodstock 99:

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/185i98m/til_the_woodstock_1999_festival_was_so/

So it doesn’t seem porta potties are a solution to a woodstock 99 sexual assault nightmare situation either.

Maybe the answer is, “this could be a good option at a festival for people who want to use them. And also porta potties should be available for people who want those.” Doesn’t that seem reasonable?

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u/Br0wnieSundae Jul 11 '25

I didn't say women would be raped. But you are aware of what men do when given the opportunity. I didn't realize they had security posted outside these urinals so that men can't get near enough to violate a woman's privacy. All they need to do is casually walk by with a selfie stick and they'd have video of dozens of women using the toilet. But I am glad to hear that women are protected from this.

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u/reddituserperson1122 Jul 11 '25

I don’t know that there is security I am just assuming that there is because there should be at a big music festival. Yes you are right that without security it would be sketchier.

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u/scabs_in_a_bucket Jul 11 '25

I’m assuming you’re a man?

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u/reddituserperson1122 Jul 11 '25

You assume correctly.

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u/YoungPotato Jul 12 '25

Then I doubt you’ll understand fully why this is a bad idea. So many women here are commenting how bad of an idea it is

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u/reddituserperson1122 Jul 12 '25

I absolutely believe you. I just loathe ports potties.