At intermission or after dinner, they surge toward the bathroom, some powerwalking, some chatting, only to be confronted by a stagnant line. Then they stand there, impatiently, staring at the backs of the other females, while the door to the men s room swings open and shut in a mad clatter as males stream through. Sure, females like to go with buddies to powder their nose , and they spend more time in front of the mirror afterwards combing their hair and reapplying lipstick. But we re talking about stall time here, behind closed doors. It should be obvious that anatomical differences do count for something.
Men have urinals and stalls, while women don t have the equipment to aim accurately.
Out of a sense of decency, we re forced to wait for stalls. But there s a glimmer of hope. A Houston woman named Denise Wells brought national attention to this bathroom injustice a few years ago when she was at a concert and, after waiting in line for a long time, darted into the empty men s bathroom. For this appalling crime to humanity, she was arrested and forced to leave the concert. Luckily, a sane jury, partially composed of women who had probably dreamed of doing exactly what Wells did, found her innocent of the misdemeanor charge.