Congress Weighs ‘Potty Parity’: “Holding It Can Take its Toll.”
Yup, “Potty Parity” is the real name of real legislation that Congress hopes will provide much-needed relief to the bladders of women and children everywhere. (Er, at least those of us who visit new federal buildings.)
The average American uses a toilet more than half a dozen times a day, nearly 3,000 times a year, and, all told, will spend up to two years of an entire life in the restroom, reports ABC News. The “Potty Parity Bill” would require an equal number of toilets for each gender.
Experts say fewer toilets for women today largely reflect a previous era when women weren’t as prominent in the workforce. It’s a lingering reminder, [one expert] said, of a “subtle yet powerful form of gender discrimination.”
“Holding it in can take its toll,” Kathryn Anthony, an architecture professor at the University of Illinois told a House panel considering the bill. “Emergencies happen,” she said.
The other option, of course, is to try out the Go-Girl: “Because life’s greatest adventure shouldn’t be finding a bathroom.”
(Thanks to the one-and-only Brian Braiker for passing this along.)
