Get Me Out Of This Co-Ed Bathroom!!

54578576_dfedb6bda9_m.jpg I’m a progressive girl. I’m all about equality.

But give me my own bathroom.

Co-ed bathrooms are one of college’s biggest mysteries. Who thought it would be a good idea? Who decided that it would be totally cool to completely devoid college kids of any type of privacy? Did none of the inventors of co-ed bathrooms ever have a crush?

And if they did, how could they fathom perhaps bumping into that crash while they still had pimple stuff on their face and crow’s nest on top of their head?

I just don’t understand it. The bathroom is sacred. Private. It’s not a place I want to discuss homework or chat about the newest TV show.

I don’t want to step out of the shower and come face to face with the captain of the lacrosse team. I don’t need that sort of horrible awkwardness in my life.

Also, in case no one’s noticed, guys and girls take very different approaches bathroom etiquette. Guys often think nothing of taking the entire sports section into the stall with them and staying in there for hours, while girls prefer to get in and get out without anyone really seeing.

Dealing with a dining hall “situation” (that bean burrito went through you a lot faster than expected) in a public restroom is bad enough, but passing a guy going into a stall at the same time as you? Incredibly, painfully embarrassing.

Has anything good ever happened in a coed bathroom? Has a romance ever blossomed by the hair-clogged showers or toothpaste encrusted sinks? Have the genders ever come together in perfect harmony underneath the harsh florescent lighting? I don’t think so.

After years of strict separation in high school, many freshmen probably look upon co-ed bathrooms as a titillating experience during their first weeks, but as time goes on, they learn the tired lesson that bathrooms aren’t for sharing.

Got a co-ed bathroom story? Let us know!

10 Comments on "Get Me Out Of This Co-Ed Bathroom!!"

  1. Darcy says:
    Fri, 19th Oct 200710:02 pm 

    You know, I actually don’t mind it much. I’ve brushed my teeth with guys at the urinals behind me, and I’ve showered while looking at the gigantic unpedicured feet in the next stall while shouting profanities over the sound of falling water. It was fun

  2. John Ianetta says:
    Tue, 7th Oct 20087:39 pm 

    I don’t see a problem with coed bathrooms. Nothing like getting a peek at a hot girl’s vagina (or if you are a girl) a guy’s package. Seriously, we should all be comfortable in our own skins and our genitals don’t need to be private.

  3. kerin says:
    Mon, 20th Oct 20086:13 pm 

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  4. rajesh says:
    Fri, 7th Nov 200810:36 am 

    I would love to be in a co-ed bathroom just so I can see girls naked or in their beautiful skin. It’s also a great place to get close to girls and become friends as well and seeing them as one of you instead of some mysterious goddess that is always charming and hard to get. There is nothing wrong with being close and comfortable across genders. However it’s understandable that sometimes it can be awkward. That’s true of any public bathroom, not just co-ed. I do like my privacy and I would have issues with that but that’s not always. So it’s a good tradeoff for me.

  5. kevin says:
    Sat, 29th Aug 20098:41 am 

    Her in Europe co-ed rest rooms are no big deal. It seems only like the prudish Americans have a problem. But then here in Europe we teach our kids to be not ashamed of your bodies and that sex is alright. Which might explain why we have lower violent sexual crimes than in the US.

  6. bobby says:
    Thu, 3rd Sep 200911:59 pm 

    suck it up, slut

  7. Sarah says:
    Fri, 4th Sep 200912:28 pm 

    totally agree with Jess on this one.

  8. jason says:
    Fri, 4th Sep 20095:52 pm 

    suck it slut

  9. Stefani says:
    Fri, 4th Sep 20099:05 pm 

    Co ed bathrooms? What happens if girls and guys see eachother naked in the showers? Does that mean they have sex?

  10. Sheree Wright says:
    Sat, 24th Oct 200911:57 pm 

    I really don’t see how co-ed bathrooms are going to hurt anyone – genitals are your friend and they are meant to be shared with everybody.

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