Loo Law: The Public Washroom as a Hyper-Regulated Place
In: Hastings Women's Law Journal, Jg. 20 (2008), S. 45
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I. INTRODUCTION "For its subjects to participate in the body of the empire, their waste need not be subjected to microscopic scrutiny... . It is enough to enforce a code of shitting - the master's code." - Dominique Laporte, History of Shit 1 [SEE FIGURE 1 IN ORIGINAL] Figure 1: Male figurine (left) inspecting female figurine (right). 2 What do you do when you enter a public washroom? Do you choose a urinal or a stall? Which is your favorite stall: the furthest or the closest one to the entrance? Do you sit or stand? Hover or squat? Flush with your bare hand, with toilet paper, or with your foot? And how do you wash your hands? In the study, "Please Wash Your Hands," 548 people were asked how they use the washroom, especially the public washroom. 3 Responses varied significantly. 4 There is much discretion, the study indirectly illustrates, in the way that people use this space. So many choices, such diversity. But there is an alternative way of seeing things. Washroom conduct can also be described as limited, constrained, and even highly uncreative. This is the direction that the Article takes. The Article suggests that the washroom space, and that of the public washroom in particular, is intensely regulated. Furthermore, the Article argues that the public restroom is probably the most regulated of all common spaces in the United States. 5 Utilizing the State of New York as a window ...
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Loo Law: The Public Washroom as a Hyper-Regulated Place
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Braverman, Irus |
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Zeitschrift: | Hastings Women's Law Journal, Jg. 20 (2008), S. 45 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2008 |
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