Unisex toilets for schools

[Lee]

Unisex school toilets are to be introduced in East Lancashire in a bid to tackle bullying.

Guidelines for the government's nationwide Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme recommend the move, complete with blurred glass walls, locking cubicles and central sinks.

But the move has met with widespread protests about lack of privacy and problems with sexual harassment that it could create.

The government said school toilets are often a hotspot for bullying, leading some pupils to avoid using them, resulting in continence problems.

It says unisex toilets would discourage pupils from congregating there and reduce opportunities for bullying.

Urinals would be a thing of the past, and privacy will be paramount, guildelines stress.

The first phase of the eight new BSF schools in Burnley and Pendle are under construction.

Saw this in the Evening Telegraph the other day and thought it was quite a bizarre idea.

What do you think to it?

[JohnnyX]

Another mad-cap idea from a Government quango that has to come up with something in order to keep itself in existance and it members on a 'cushy' number!!!!!! :mad:

[spooks]

I cant believe they are doing that. I know for one if i was a kid at that school i'd ask my mum & dad to get me into another one for the simple reason im not sharing a loo with boys. Their loos always stink!!!

[shifty 13]

i used to work at saint marys in bacup and i'm telling you now there is no way the kids are gonna share a toilet. the kids in the top 2 classes die of embarassment at having to get changed for pe in the same classroom.

[JohnnyX]

...... complete with blurred glass walls, locking cubicles ......

Just shows how mad-cap some people are ......

"complete with blurred glass walls" - What's wrong with brick walls???

"locking cubicles" - I should blummin well think so!!!

I bet the policy makers are sitting there all smug for dreaming those up!!! :disappointed:

[kevin37]

Not sure if I would have gone for this kind of thing when I was in school (seems so long ago now!), but I saw it on the news and a lot of it seemed to make sense. They've probably pinched the idea from a few bars in Manchester that have shared facilities. It kind of reminds me of a holiday to France where I had old ladies (attendants) watching over me as I stood nervously at a urinal.:suspect:
After overcoming the stage fright they would hold out their hands for money as I scowled at them whilst leaving.

I ended up always looking for the nearest McDonalds, becuase I knew their facilities were old lady free.

Maybe they should stick a McDonalds in all the schools, then they could do away with toilets and canteens. Eveybody's 'appy.

[New One]

Some of the bars in the 'Village' in Manchester have unisex toilets and they are great!! I love sitting in the loos with the fellas having a really good chat about Cristina Aguleras new hair cut ( as was the discussion the other week). :o