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Bathrooms. I see single person bathrooms with gendered signs all the time. It makes no sense. Not only that, I've experienced the single gender neutral bathroom at my local university, and it is easily one of the nicest public bathrooms I've ever used. There is a common area with sinks, and each toilet gets a well-ventilated little room, with doors that lock. Not only is the gendering unnecessary, it makes bathrooms actively worse than they could be.
I have absolutely no problems with non-gendered bathrooms and they are getting more and more common. The one exception in my opinion is the troth-style arrangement that are common at larger venues, because of superior throughput. Especially sport venues where everyone rushes to the bathroom at halftime. If all toilets were individual, the queues would get enormous or the number of toilets would have to be at least tripled.
And admit it guys, you'd miss having the opportunity to compliment someone's dick without it being weird.
Otherwise I see no point in gendering bathrooms.