Caught short: we need to talk about public toilets
- Written by Lisel O'Dwyer, Senior Researcher, Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University

We don’t tend to talk about toilets much, even though we all use them. Yet not only do public toilets meet our voiding needs when we go out, but they are the site for many underlying social processes and behaviours, especially those related to gender roles. They also represent unspoken boundaries between public and private (eyes front! Avoid...