Teachers and parents have warned that gender-neutral toilets in schools have left many girls feeling anxious and unsafe.
Menstruating girls are so nervous about sharing facilities with boys that some decided to stay at home.
With an increasing number of both secondary and primary schools installing gender-neutral toilets, some girls are risking urinary tract infections by refusing to pee all day.
Many became so fearful that they have stopped drinking water or any other liquids to prevent themselves from having to urinate.
Teachers and parents told The Mail that school girls, especially those who are already menstruating, feel unsafe and deeply uncomfortable sharing toilets with male students.
The installation of single-sex toilets started to be more inclusive of children who identify as transgender and want to use the same restroom as the opposite sex.
But politicians and doctors called on schools to stop the move to prevent further harm to girls.
“The psychological effects of girls not feeling safe enough to use mixed-sex toilets is also concerning,” said Dr. Katz.
In addition, the rise in gender-neutral toilets has sparked criticisms among parents and guardians, many of whom claim they weren’t consulted before applying the changes.
One furious mom, who has daughters aged 4 and 8 at the school, said: “The cubicles were open at the bottom and top so older pupils can easily climb up the toilets and peer over.”
An internet user commented: “So half the population must cater to less than one percent who thinks they are something they are not?”
Another wrote: “Surely the boys feel uncomfortable as well? I support the move to get rid of them, but let’s not forget this is a feminist driven agenda. Yes children may look over the seperators and cause embarrassment, but let’s not have an article suggesting this would only be a crime by boys. As it stands (no pun), boys have a lot more on show during the act of urinating than girls do.”
A third said: “I hate unisex toilets and wont use them unless I’m literally about to have an accident! I hate taking my kids into them too, they smell like mens toilets and you never know if it is water on the floor and the experience i have had is that it is dragging the standard of toilets for females down to the disgusting level.of mens toilets.”
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