{"id":3899,"date":"2005-06-14T12:09:56","date_gmt":"2005-06-14T16:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/potty-parity-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2005-06-14T12:09:56","modified_gmt":"2005-06-14T16:09:56","slug":"potty-parity-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/potty-parity-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"potty parity in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3985'><\/a><\/p>\n<p><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=\"2\"> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P align=\"right\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM><FONT size=\"1\">originally <\/FONT><\/EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/06\/14#a3981\"><FONT color=\"#2294bc\" size=\"1\"><EM>let&#8217;s talk about restroom equity<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><FONT size=\"1\"><EM>&nbsp;(June 14, 2005)<\/EM><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">One week ago, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a so-called&nbsp;&#8220;potty parity&#8221; law, <EM>a\/k\/a<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/webdocs.nyccouncil.info\/textfiles\/Int 0042-2004.htm?CFID=4253&amp;CFTOKEN=13543578\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#2294bc\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>The Restroom Equity&nbsp;Bill of New York<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"> (&#8220;REB&#8221;).&nbsp; [<SPAN style=\"#333\"><FONT color=\"#000000\"><EM>NYNewsday<\/EM> <A href=\"http:\/\/www.nynewsday.com\/news\/nyc-potty0607,0,765334.story\"><STRONG><FONT color=\"black\">article<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>, &#8220;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">June 6, 2005; Mayor&#8217;s <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><SPAN style=\"#333\"><FONT color=\"#000000\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/portal\/index.jsp?epi_menuItemID=c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0&amp;epi_menuID=13ecbf46556241d3daf2f1c701c789a0&amp;epi_baseMenuID=27579af732d48f86a62fa24601c789a0&amp;pageID=mayor_press_release&amp;catID=1194&amp;doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2005a%2Fpr222-05.html&amp;cc=unused1978&amp;rc=1194&amp;ndi=1\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Press Release<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"black\">; All<\/FONT> Things Considered<FONT color=\"black\"> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=4698402\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>audio<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">, June 10, 2005]&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">In the name of gender equity, REB requires new bars, concert halls, arenas, stadiums, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">auditoriums, dance clubs, and meeting halls, as well as existing establishments that <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">make extensive renovations to provide <EM>twice as many bathroom stalls for women<\/EM> as for men.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Brooklyn Council Member <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nyccouncil.info\/constituent\/member_details.cfm?con_id=21\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Yvette C. Clarke<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;was the bill&#8217;s primary sponsor.&nbsp; Clarke is quoted in <FONT color=\"black\">a <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/06\/10\/nyregion\/10lives.html\"><FONT color=\"black\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>NYT<\/EM> feature<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;article saying &#8220;To me, this bill goes beyond toilet significance.&nbsp; It goes all the way to the <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">issue of gender equality, and quality of life.&#8221; (<EM>NYT<\/EM>, &#8220;Time for a Bathroom Break, With No Waiting, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">June 10, 2005)&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><IMG height=\"50\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/womroom001.gif\" width=\"25\" border=\"0\">&nbsp; <IMG height=\"50\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/womroom001.gif\" width=\"25\" border=\"0\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG height=\"50\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/menrooms001.gif\" width=\"16\" border=\"0\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Although our prior discussion of potty parity<FONT color=\"black\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><FONT color=\"black\">(<A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/06\/14#a60\"><FONT color=\"black\">two years ago<\/FONT><\/A> today, and <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/25#a2575\"><FONT color=\"black\">last October<\/FONT><\/A>)<\/FONT> has <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">been rather tongue-in-check, I want to be a bit more serious with this post.&nbsp; It may be time for <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">males to stop turning the other&nbsp;cheek &#8212; before&nbsp;the serious struggle to make both genders equal <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">under the law is turned into nothing more than an assertion of women&#8217;s political clout.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Over <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a mere handful of years, &#8220;potty parity&#8221; went from the reasonable request for &#8220;equalizing excretion <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">opportunities&#8221; &#8212; having the same number of toilets in the Women&#8217;s Room as there were toilets <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">plus urinals in the Men&#8217;s Room &#8212; to demanding the &#8220;equalization of waiting time.&#8221; (<EM>cf<\/EM>. Harvard <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Alum. Bulletin, &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/alumni\/bulletin\/2003\/summer\/bf_08.html\"><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">We Are Where We Excrete<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">,&#8221; Summer 2003).<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">My computer &#8212; which may have a better knack for self-preservation than I &#8212;&nbsp;has twice <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">crashed while I&#8217;ve been drafting this post.&nbsp; Since the topic seems to be coming out only in<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">drips and dribbles, I hope you won&#8217;t mind my doing it in a mostly-blurb style.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">mountain village&#8211;<BR>a temporary toilet<BR>in blossom shade<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>ISSA<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">, translated by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/abouttran.html\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>David G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><IMG height=\"26\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/yyS.gif\" width=\"25\" border=\"0\">&nbsp; <EM>Just like male pols:<\/EM>&nbsp; REB demonstrates to me that women in politics can behave just as <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">poorly as men &#8212; sponsoring special-interest legislation, using hyperbole, Orwellian terminology,&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">and misdirection, while paying little heed to the cost or inconvenience to other, the damage to future <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">applications of the principle being asserted, and the existence of far more important problems to <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">solve.&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"> That&#8217;s especially true when, like here, men let them.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>Hyperbole &amp; Misdirection?<\/EM>&nbsp; Here&#8217;s what&nbsp;passes for a Declaration of Legislative <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Findings and Intent under REB (emphasis added):<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>Almost every woman can recall<\/EM> waiting in a long line to use the <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">bathroom, while there was no comparable line for a neighboring <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">men&#x2019;s bathroom.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN>According to studies by Dr. Sandra Rawls on <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">patterns of behavior in the use of bathrooms,<EM> it frequently takes <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>women twice as long to use the bathroom as it does men<\/EM>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN>Under <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the City&#x2019;s Building Code, however, places of assembly must provide <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>equal numbers<\/EM> of women&#x2019;s and men&#x2019;s water closets.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN>This <EM>ignores <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>the reality of the different bathroom usage times<\/EM> of men and women.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">The 2003 International Building Code requires <EM>approximately <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">twice as many water closets for women as for men . . .<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">The lack of equality between men and women results in the continuation <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of <EM>inconveniences seemingly directed at women<\/EM>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN>The Council is seeking <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">to address this disparity by enacting this legislation.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">I will give Council Member Clarke credit, she toned down the Declaration from her<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">2003 version, which found that &#8220;<EM>Every<\/EM> woman can recall&#8221; a dreadful wait on line, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">and then voiced outrage&nbsp;by asserting&nbsp;that &#8220;the absence of sufficient women&#x2019;s <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">bathrooms in many places of public assembly, and the resultant lines for women&#x2019;s <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">bathrooms, is <EM>one of the most <\/EM><EM>blatant, demeaning, and visible forms of gender <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>discrimination in our society<\/EM>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN>&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Like, OhMyGod!!]<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">smelling like sake<BR>smelling like piss<BR>chrysanthemums<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=\"1\"> <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>ISSA<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\">, translated by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/abouttran.html\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>David G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <BR><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">As for the facts, the Legislation cites a study showing that<EM> it frequently takes <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>women twice as long to use the bathroom as it does men<\/EM>.<EM>&nbsp; <\/EM>Is this due solely to <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">biology?&nbsp; Well, citing the same study and one other, GWU Prof. <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/banzhaf.net\/pottyparity.html\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#2294bc\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>John F. Banzhaf<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">III (who Clarke herself calls &#8220;The Father of Potty Parity&#8221;) admitted in a 1990 <EM>NLJ<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">article, &#8220;Final Frontier for the Law?&#8221;:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;They attribute their longer stays in part to having more clothes to <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">manipulate; having children with them; or taking the time to comb <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">their hair, adjust their make-up, smoke or just talk.&nbsp; But because <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>none of these is an immutable sex-based characteristic<\/EM>, it may seem <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">unfair to some &#8212; and may, to others, constitute discrimination against <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">men &#8212; to provide men with smaller restrooms that have fewer overall <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">facilities simply because <EM>many females want to talk, primp or smoke <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>in restrooms<\/EM>.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Rascals might point out that women often go to bathrooms in&nbsp;pairs or groups (just <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">for the company) &#8212; a behavioral pattern rarely seen in men, but one that sure would <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">make lines and waits longer.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM>rain delay<\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM>the length of the lines <\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM>at the stadium restrooms<\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/22#a3508\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>Ed Markowski<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&nbsp;<EM>from<\/EM><EM>&nbsp;games<\/EM> (pawEprint 78, Nov. 2004)&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM><IMG height=\"12\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" width=\"15\" border=\"0\"> Beware Ms.Information and Weasel Words<\/EM>:&nbsp;&nbsp; When the Restroom Equity Bill was <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">introduced in June, 2004, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webdocs.nyccouncil.info\/attachments\/61304.htm\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>the sponsors stated<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8220;The 2003 International Building Code<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; originally let&#8217;s talk about restroom equity&nbsp;(June 14, 2005) &nbsp; One week ago, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a so-called&nbsp;&#8220;potty parity&#8221; law, a\/k\/a The Restroom Equity&nbsp;Bill of New York (&#8220;REB&#8221;).&nbsp; 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