art or offence?

[leo9]

My guess would be that enough men found it offensive that their complaints started the ruckus. My guess would be I might find it offensive if I were a man in that if I've gotta go, I have to go in one of those, or leave the building to try to find another one. Because pissing is a necessity, and there you are messing with it, taking away the men's control about it. Piss in the woman's mouth or...find a dark alley? Maybe that's what made them so upset.

I think I'm more PC than average, but if I'd come upon this unexpectedly I'd probably have thought "Oh, that's stupid." It's too far away from anything real for me to find it offensive.

I'm far more curious about what the mindset of this company was when they made these. "Guys, let's design this and see if anybody will buy it. *snicker*"

I think both this and the "nuns" were probably just visual free-association with the shapes of functional urinals. You did see that this was designed by a woman?

I was offended by the airline that considered installing them. My guess is (I would hope) that they were putting them in a bar area, but that is too public of a place, to me. Vanillas have a right to their idea of peace of mind, as do the rest of us, in very public places. In places where all kinds of people from all kinds of religions, races, and ethnicities come through, I think effort to make everything "blah" is necessary.

That is a good point. I can imagine prudes of many religions being offended by it.

Also the bathroom with the photos of women watching while men piss was hysterical to me.

Me too. You did catch that they were all supposed to look awed or admiring at what they were seeing? A little wish-fulfilment fantasy to entertain the users...

[Ozme52]

Thank you for showing that it is a whole fad, I had no idea.

I would still like to know if you have ever met with any of these urinals, and if it were a problem, or brightened your day, or just didn't really register?

None of these... but I have been to an Inn in California where the women's room was outfitted like a Victorian bordello and the men's room was a jungle... and one urinated into the waterfall.

The Ramada Inn I believe it was called, before the chain, in S.L.O. With themed rooms no less.

[lucy]

Thats becuase they are always going about it the wrong way sugar.

Gotta love generalizations, huh? They're making life so freakin' simple....

[denuseri]

Why yes they do...especially when used in responce to other peoples generalizations.

[FrgnSwtc]

gotta love generalizations, huh? They're making life so freakin' simple....

why yes they do...especially when used in responce to other peoples generalizations.

rofl

[MMI]

But how would you feel about using these urinals? (See link 'more' in ozme's mail as well.)

Will no male comment on this?????

I would use it, and be mildy amused while doing so.

I'm not into watersports, or even into that kind of humiliation ... not that anyone can humiliate porcelain objects at all. Now if women were brought in to act as urinals, maybe there would be grounds for objecting, but an image of a mouth (a man's? a woman's?) is nothing more than a cue to the imagination.

What I imagine is my own business.

It's like saying that a man who masturbates over a photograph is abusing the woman in the picture, or even over a hentai cartoon.

In my view, people do need to be considerate of other people's sensitivities, but imposing political correctness is a form of fascism. PC is a standard weapon in the armoury of militant femininsm, and I see it at work here. No woman has been harmed in the production of the urinals, or in their use. They are kept out of sight of women (with the possible exception of cleaners). Really, where's the problem?

This is just another excuse to make a fuss about nothing at all.

[thir]

I'm far more curious about what the mindset of this company was when they made these. "Guys, let's design this and see if anybody will buy it. *snicker*" I highly doubt their thought was "Well we all know women should be lesser than men, so let's make one of our urinals state that."

Also the bathroom with the photos of women watching while men piss was hysterical to me.

As I remember, some of them at least were made by a female Dutch artist.

If by hysterical you mean funny, I reacted that way too! Maybe we are just women chauvinists ;-)

However, the knife block made out of a male body spooked me. Seemed very hostile.

[chuck]

...I have been to an Inn in California where the women's room was outfitted like a Victorian bordello and the men's room was a jungle... and one urinated into the waterfall.

The Ramada Inn I believe it was called, before the chain, in S.L.O. With themed rooms no less.

That brings back memories. I was there on my 21st birthday. The whole evening had been bar hopping. I hadn't had much experience with alcohol previously, so I had decided to try a different drink at each one to see which I liked the best (not surprising, I didn't remember... or care by the next morning).

The waterfall urinal was well known, but frankly, I don't really remember it. I do remember they had a waterfall in the lobby as well and when I started over to it, my friends intercepted me and led me to the men's room with the admonition "Oh, no you don't! Wrong waterfall."

[Ozme52]

LMAO @ "wrong waterfall".

[DuncanONeil]

I think artsy...it made me laugh to see the pic...If I was a guy I might feel awkard peeing in it though.

Now there is a point I missed, teeth are always a subliminal fear!

[DuncanONeil]

Yes that's what I thought..not being into wet sports myself.

But.. I still felt a bit odd about it, because it is not just in one place but apparently in quite many. All main stream. Perhpas that is why it drew reactions.

The article did make a point that there were differences.

[DuncanONeil]

What about the possibility that the designer/manufacturer is just trying to make a statement about the Rolling Stones?

[DuncanONeil]

A couple of page numbers would have been nice!

Nuns.

Orchid.

Mannequins

Nature.

The music goes round and round...

More.

[Ozme52]

A couple of page numbers would have been nice!

Well... some are direct links to the pics... and some were page one when I posted them... but time moves on Duncan.
Get over it!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ozme52]

How about this bit of bathroom hardware?

Dispenser

[DuncanONeil]

Darn!

Well... some are direct links to the pics... and some were page one when I posted them... but time moves on Duncan.
Get over it!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DuncanONeil]

Actually kind of funny!

How about this bit of bathroom hardware?

Dispenser