Philosophy

Gender-neutral toilets? Come on!

On Wednesday May 22, Jonas Follonier, editor-in-chief of this magazine, shared on social networks a photo of the men's toilet door at the Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines of the Université de Neuchâtel. On the door was a small poster masking the male logo and stating that «the toilets had been made gender-free because the male-female sigils displayed on the toilets oppress a section of the university population». The action was instigated by the «UniNE collective for the women's* and feminist strike», which is «calling for a boycott of these stereotyped, medieval codes».

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