Bathroom Segregation

You may have heard about how voters in houston recently rejected the so called bathroom ordinance a broad equal rights ordinance which would have prohibited discrimination based on race sex sexual orientation and gender identity among a host of other attributes and in fact made no explicit mention of public restrooms.
Bathroom segregation. Public baths likewise were not gender segregated. Sex segregated bathrooms are a recent invention in the united states a separate but equal mentality rules public bathrooms. A federal court in atlanta is hearing a case involving bathroom access for a transgender student.
Urinals take up less space than stalls so equal floor space does not ensure equal opportunities for bladder relief. Though the first sex segregated toilets were established in paris in the 1700s regulations requiring that american men and women use separate restrooms got their start in the late 1800s. The men s and women s rooms are separate and usually only need to offer equal square footage.
These rationales apply to any form of sex based segregation pryor said.