What's Inside a Gender-Neutral Toilet ( 無性別廁所哪裡找? )

Gender-neutral toilets at
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden

First of all, I've never seen a gender-neutral toilet in Korea. And in Taiwan, only in a few smaller Starbucks cafes that such toilet can be found. However, there have been some controversies over Starbucks' gender-neutral toilets, in which some argue men are usually less hygienic or it's benefiting camera perverts. Here, I feel sorry for such pathetically sexist comments from some Taiwanese people.

Gender-neutral toilets at
Rudbeck Lab, Uppsala Universitet

我還沒在韓國看過無性別廁所，在台灣，最常見的就是在一些比較小的星巴克，例如我家附近的北新門市。台灣星巴克的無性別廁所不時引起爭議，有些人認為跟衛生習慣較差的男性共用廁所很不舒服，或此舉使針孔偷窺狂更有機可乘。看到這些評論，我真為台灣的性別教育感到抱歉。

Back to the gender-neutral toilet. They are more common in Euro American countries. For example Sweden, I must say the toilets in my school is one of my fav places on campus. I can enjoy total free time doing whatever I want just like in my own room. There're amenities like toilet(of course), mirror, basin, soap, tissues and cups(for drinking tap water). Like this : 

無性別在廁所歐美比較常見，我在瑞典念書時，學校的廁所是我最喜歡的地方之一，乾淨明亮、無色無味、我可以享受完整的私人空間。一間間獨立式的廁所裡，除了洗手台、肥皂、衛生紙等必備之物外，還有大面的鏡子(方便化妝XD)和免洗杯(喝水用)。廁所裡面長這樣 :

A Toilet in Engelska Parken, Uppsala Universitet

In addition to personal convenience, there are more implications to gender-neutral toilets; parents with children of the opposite sex face no more dilemma in choosing which toilet to go to, and transgender or androgynous people are also free from embarrassment. However, gender-neutral toilet is not the once-and-for-all answer to gender politics in toilets, and the situation varies with culture and economic capacity. Obviously, it requires more space and budget to make such toilets than sex-separated ones.

除了維個人隱私提供方便外，無性別廁所另有寓意；家長帶小孩上廁所時，不用因為孩子性別跟自己不同而面臨兩難(當然啦，在亞洲大家都很習慣把小男生帶到女廁，這點比較不成問題)，也免除了變性或雙性者選擇廁所時的不便與尷尬。然而，無性別廁所還是會受到文化或經濟條件的限制，而設置無性別廁所將需要更多的空間與預算。

Transsexual Toilet at a Thai school
(source : BBC news)

There shouldn't be more disputes over gender-neutral toilet as the comments about toilets in Taiwan's Starbucks, and you have probably already experienced its convenience in an aircraft lavatory. However, some, choose other ways to address more sensitive concerns, such as the transsexual toilets in a Thai school.

除在歐美國家，搭乘飛機時亦可體會無性別廁所的便利，我想它大概沒什麼缺點。此外，也有些人選擇其他方式處理敏感的廁所性別問題，例如在泰國，便有學校為雙性或變性學生設置專用廁所。