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"Geoff Hart" <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> wrote in message news:235384 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
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> * There are certainly cases where an audience's sex is important. For
> example, ever wondered why the lines outside the women's washroom
> during the intermission at a play are 10 times as long as the lines
> outside the men's washroom? Because architects are oblivious to the
> fact that women and men are "setters and pointers", respectively, and
> thus, women inherently take longer in the bathroom on average. But do
> they build three times as many stalls for women as they do for men?
> Nope. Maybe they should read my article! <g>
>
I should point out that designers and architects are learning to use such
considerations. For example, many new public building, such as sports
stadiums, do indeed provide a higher number of facillities for women than
they do for men. I've read reviews of such building where the disappearance
of such lines at the women's washrooms was notable and welcomed.
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