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Silverjet Announces Women-only Bathrooms
Ladies, do you cringe at the thought of using the airplane bathroom mere moments after seeing a big burly man exit from it? Have you ever, while waiting next in line to use the loo, crossed your fingers and offered unquestioned loyalty to the divine figure of your choice if he/she will only guarantee that the person who emerges from the bathroom next is pretty-smelling and feminine? Yeah, me too. We get segregated washrooms in the airport ... why not the airplane too? Good news: Silverjet, a new-ish carrier that offers service between London's Luton airport and New York's Newark is offering women-only bathrooms on their trans-Atlantic flights. And they have the controversial commercial to prove it. And while I know that women can be just as gross as men, and though I never fly between New York and London, it's just a teensy bit exciting to a gal like me. Will other airlines follow suit? Only time will tell.
It does, however, seem a bit sexist. I wonder what the male travelers have to say about it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John Aug 28th 2007 6:28PM
This is how the world works... women are equal to men, unless there's something special that they want, in which case they're SPECIAL and shouldn't have to deal with all the icky inconvenient things men do. This is why I don't open doors or give up my seat for women anymore; if they can take my job, they can open their own damn doors.
maryann gerety Aug 28th 2007 7:50PM
Women are always special... Men! Your mother brought
you into this world...not a Male...why of why do
you need to be reminded of this.
Hey Silly Freud..women are not incomplete men...
they are far superior to men....go puff on your
phallic cigars...you big baby!
Aaron Aug 30th 2007 11:16AM
I can't imagine why a woman would want to use a public facility after a man. 'We men' are nasty and inconsiderate! 'We' usually leave the seat soiled and think we are too good to clean up after ourselves.
"Women Only" toilets are a great idea. Hey guys, I'm thinking about my Mom, my Wife, my Daughter, and my Sisters.
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Joe Samm Sep 1st 2007 5:22PM
Seperate restrooms for women should be mandatory. From 35 years experience in the restaurant and commercial real estate biz, I can tell you that women's public restrooms are always messier, if not filthy, compared to men's. No man should be required to use a restroom after a woman's used it.
willy Sep 1st 2007 5:44PM
Hurray! Finally, I can fly and not have to wait an intermidable period for a woman to finish hogging the loo.
kcr Sep 1st 2007 6:03PM
I, too, find ladies' rooms to be thoroughly disgusting, so it wouldn't be that great of a "perk" to me. If women realized that they will NOT get anything from a DRY toilet seat, and SIT DOWN, they would leave a neat place for the next patron. We are not anatomically made to stand and urinate- or attempt to- and that is where a lot of the mess happens. Also, other "female functions" should be tended to NEATLY and not strewn all over- I don't care to see the products and remnants all over the place. Carry some antiseptic cleaner wipes if you must, but SIT and stop making a huge mess for the rest of us. Thanks.
Aine Sep 1st 2007 6:03PM
I find the vast majority of comments thus far to be Vastly offensive.
A) Women do not "hog" a bathroom. In that we Must sit down, we do indeed, biologically, *Tend* to take a couple minutes longer than a fellow. This is not "hogging"; this is "going to the bathroom." (5)
B) Several women have *never* squatted on a toilet seat and hopefully were taught by their grandmothers too, that if no paper seat is provided, toilet paper works just as well. (6)
C) Comment #2; the backswing is hardly constructive or appropriate. Proving we can be just as foolishly sexist does Not help our claims.
D) Comment #4: You won't tell us whether or not you're working some place like Denny's; think of the Class of people you come in contact with; polite women never leave bits of rubbish strein upon the floor.
E) Comment #1: Please return to your Own Time someplace back in the Victorian Era: Then you won't have to worry about ANY women working in your chosen profession: They can all starve or prostitute instead. Right? Because that's how we women really belong, huh? 2D sicko. Pfft! "Stealing "Your" Jobs" You get the heebee jeebees when you see a woman wearing pants, don't you?
Brian Sep 2nd 2007 12:43PM
What about men having to think about how sanitary a seat is because of mentrual cycles??? Get off the garbage of how special women are. I have one mother and I honor HER. Women used to be special across the board. However, they are still trying to grasp the very fine threads of what real women were like several decades ago and it isn't working. Women ruined it in the begining and are destroying it in the end.