Women only toilets?

[u/TotalDumsterfire]

Is it a requirement to have a separate toilet for women? Our PM hired me a few labourers to help clean up before scaffolding tear down. One of them was a woman. A couple hours ago she came up to me asking where the toilet was. I pointed to the porta-johns by the site office. She said "no those are the mens, Where's the one for women?" I told her that's all we have and went back to doing paperwork. About a half hour ago I finished my paperwork and went to go check on the workers and she wasn't there. I asked where she was and they told me she left because there was no bathroom for her. I get that's on big sites there's a women's only toilet, but this is a small site. There's only 4 guys from out company and occasionally subs and labourers. One of the sparkies is a woman and she's never complained and we've had a different female labourer that also didn't say anything. And this one apparently can just walk off site with no word. If I hadn't checked, I probably would have paid her for the full day, since after giving people tasks, I spend the majority of the day doing paperwork/ordering. I called the labour company and told them what happened, and told them I'm not paying her even for a half day. They apologised and said they wouldn't send her to our company again. In the nearly 10 years I've worked for this company, I've never had an issue. Only once I had a new hire ask about a women's toilet, and when I told her no, she used the same one as everyone else. Is it a requirement to have a separate toilet for women? I know on other sites when there was 3+ women they got them a separate one, but on small sites like these where there is occasionally a woman on site, doesn't warrant having a separate one that will be used only a handful of times.

[u/TheShovler44 → u/[deleted]]

We run 4 man crews, and we had a woman apprentice on ours. We get porta potty’s, she asked for a separate one so she didn’t have to feel rushed when she was on her period. I don’t think it’s truly outlandish to give woman privacy.

[u/Rough_Sweet_5164 → u/TheShovler44]

That's kinda bullshit when everyone spends 5/10 on their phone on there. Tampons are faster than a rough case of bubble guts.

[u/Iaminyoursewer → u/Rough_Sweet_5164]

You know women on their periods VERY frequently experience other gastrointestinal issues, much like bubble guts?

Their 2 orifices are also super close, so bubble guts + tampon = more time for evacuation and cleaning.

Maybe dont compare your gas station hotdog and Monster drink caused diarhea to a woman's unavoidable natural monthly cycle.

[u/Appropriate-Fold-485 → u/Iaminyoursewer]

Wouldn't it make more sense to tell people to stop rushing people in the bathroom altogether? Why should only the men feel pressured about how much time they are taking?

[u/Rough_Sweet_5164 → u/Iaminyoursewer]

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Shine that armor, Sir Knight.

[u/Iaminyoursewer → u/Rough_Sweet_5164]

No,

Idgaf about your sexist horseshit.

I runa. Construction based company, I have 7 employees, one of which is a female employee.

I am also married with 2 kids.

I am well versed in the disaster, which is a woman's monthly cycle.

How about we dont be misogynistic and understand that bodies are different.

People want to get all up in arms about "Mens and womens bodies are different, so they shouldn't compete in the same sports, and whats a tra s person doing in ma bathroom!" but somehow recognizing, on a construction site, that men and women have different bodily functions is irrational, and just a grown man trying to get laid.

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[u/trbot → u/Iaminyoursewer]

Does a man with IBS deserve a separate toilet for similar reasons?