It makes sense if you think about it.
To misogynists, women are just objects on/in which to piss & shit - like toilets.
They want the "hot" ones because, well, do you know anyone who'd rather use the restroom at a truck stop than at the Ritz Carlton?

Any guy who feels the need to pretend like he's humping something when he washes his hand probably shouldn't be allowed in society among the rest of us.

Then again, studies show that few men actually wash their hands in public bathrooms. Maybe this will act as encouragement. It's a public health initiative, I'm sure!

I am sorry, but when I am washing my hands or face, I don't want to by "doggie-styling" with a fucking statue, but then again, maybe that's just me.

I wonder if, on very desperate days, Larry Craig does dirty things to these statues.

To think - not only are women objectified, but images of them are also objectified for pleasure.

Has anyone looked at the comments that linked from the picture Jessica posted? Most of them think it's funny ...yeah, misogyny is really fucking funny.

Yeah I checked out the comments. Some guys think it's hot, some want to know where it is, and some are complaining because the legs look too manly.

Ugh.

what the?

You should comment and be the male voice of reason, Marc!

I really don't see the appeal.

That would just make me really uncomfortable.

Oh, Sarah, I plan on it. Although I wouldn't call it the "male voice of reason," but rather "a feminist in love." :0)

"Thanks to Lucy for the heads up"
So to speak.

"Thanks to Lucy for the heads up"
So to speak.

Actually, the observation that these legs look like male legs was not a complaint. (Aren't these ankles way too thick?) Since this is an institutional washing room, one can guess what kind of institution it may be.

On tackiness scale, "breasts and beer" were a clear winner. This one is serious decadence. I could imagine such a scene in a movie by Fellini or Passolini.

It looks like a place more appropriate for short intimate encounters than an airport, but perhaps beyond the budget of a modest servant of the people who has no independent income (unlike some other senators).

Maybe it's cause I'm 5'4, but it looks like you'd have to have a damn step stool to even reach the faucet...Disgusting and impractical!

I was thinking the same thing, VicSin! I'd need a taller step stool than you because I'm only 5'2". Or I'd just go without washing my hands. I'm pretty sure washing your hands in a sink like that would leave them dirtier than they were upon leaving the stall.

This just seems inconvenient.

What? Gender is determined by ankle size now?

what. the. fuck?
seriously?

Maybe it's cause I'm 5'4, but it looks like you'd have to have a damn step stool to even reach the faucet...Disgusting and impractical!

No kidding! And how far do you have lean to get turn the water on.

Also, they are just so, so...red. What's up with that?

actually, I'm pretty sure the legs on the far end are male... A pathetic attempt to "cater" to gay clientel? Or excuse for drunk guys to make tasteless jokes about the one who gets stuck at that sink?

Shelby,

Well, if you've seen Legally Blonde, "Go with red. It's the colour of confidence!"

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Eeeewwww. Why? Who thinks this is a good idea?

I think what bugs me most is that the legs are all different - as if they belong to different people. It's like they're saying "we know you're all individuals, and we still think you're just objects."

My first thought was: "I don't get it! Those legs will be in the way when the men want to go wash their hands". Then I realised what part of the male anatomy would be pressed up against which part of the female anatomy when the men stood at the sink. Then I just got depressed.

Well, if you've seen Legally Blonde, "Go with red. It's the colour of confidence!" HA!

We all know the menz need more confidence to objectify the womenz! /sarcasm

I second that "Eeeewwww" , oenophile. It sums it up pretty well (although I'd add a *shudder*).

No doubt that these are tacky, but how really different are these legs from an objectified male body part like a sex toy?
I see...dismembered female body part, misogynistic tool of the patriarchy, dismembered male body part, a healthy tool for female sexual empowerment...

equity -

I think context is important. I really don't have a problem with dildos or pocket pussies. They are tools for masturbation so it makes sense for them to have the same shape and/or appearance of sex organs. However, this is just an unnecessary way of reminding men that women's bodies are always there for their pleasure, so much so that even the simple act of washing one's hands is sexualized. I think there is a difference between something that is inherently sexual, like masturbation, and something that is just an everyday act that for some reason has to be turned into something degrading.

Equity

There's a big different between sex toys and dismembered body parts serving as decoration. It's like the difference between using antlers to make noise when you hunt and putting them on the wall so that you can point to them and gloat.

You're confusing women learning not to feel shame pleasuring themselves, and therefore empowerment, with the very different male practice of using images of women to demean and assert themselves over them.

I mean, no one here is taking photos at an adult toy store of foam rubber vaginas, are they? Big difference.

Dear god... I'm not sure if that picture was the most disturbing thing I've seen all day, or the most hilarious. Probably both.

The sick thing is, in a way, these kinds of things are more degrading to men than women. Imagine the message it sends. "We think you males are all savage brutes who prefer dismembered female body parts in your bathrooms as opposed to, you know... being in a civilization."

Equity

Are you not aware there are different toys men use that resemble vaginas? They even make replicas of porn star's asses which men can buy to have sex with. I wouldnt call that degrading in anyway, just like I wouldn't call using a dildo degrading. Just as fatsweatybetty said, the difference is the context. Masturbation is sexual, so of course the toys you buy are going to be sexual. But why do we need to show a woman's lower half bending over when washing your hands? Do you think they have any statues like this in a woman's washroom that resemble dismembered male body parts? I doubt they would ever have something like that.

Though from now on I'll keep a look out for women's restrooms with faucets shaped like penises that dispense water through the urethra.

Though from now on I'll keep a look out for women's restrooms with faucets shaped like penises that dispense water through the urethra.

These remind me of that part in Clockwork Orange in the milk bar, where the woman statue dispenses milk from her nipples....
but there it was to prove a point about that society. What does this say about ours? And also, why are all these bathrooms in Korea?

It's no article but they say a picture is worth 1,000 words. I have seen these so called fancy toilets and sinks but the one I have always seen were flowers, see-threw or something unrelated to the female body. Yet these sinks and urinals are to degrading its sickening. If you go to the article and click on the different links that are given there are more pictures than just what I have posted. The sinks with what appears to be a female’s ‘behind’ in front of it has a little boy standing over it trying to wash his hands. These sinks are extremely suggestive in the way they are placed. There are also urinals of full, red lips and shine white teeth. Anyone may say that the mouth simply has no sex but it’s clear that the mouth appears to be wearing lipstick further making it a female’s mouth. As if women mean nothing and should be ‘pissed’ upon. I am all about funky, fun toilets and sinks but 110% against anything remotely relating to women being ‘pissed’ on or suggestive for males open humor and fun-play. What is done in the bed room should be kept in the bed room! Sexual intercourse is a very personal and should be a very private matter. I do not believe it should be joked about around in the public men’s restroom.

It's no article but they say a picture is worth 1,000 words. I have seen these so called fancy toilets and sinks but the one I have always seen were flowers, see-threw or something unrelated to the female body. Yet these sinks and urinals are to degrading its sickening. If you go to the article and click on the different links that are given there are more pictures than just what I have posted. The sinks with what appears to be a female’s ‘behind’ in front of it has a little boy standing over it trying to wash his hands. These sinks are extremely suggestive in the way they are placed. There are also urinals of full, red lips and shine white teeth. Anyone may say that the mouth simply has no sex but it’s clear that the mouth appears to be wearing lipstick further making it a female’s mouth. As if women mean nothing and should be ‘pissed’ upon. I am all about funky, fun toilets and sinks but 110% against anything remotely relating to women being ‘pissed’ on or suggestive for males open humor and fun-play. What is done in the bed room should be kept in the bed room! Sexual intercourse is a very personal and should be a very private matter. I do not believe it should be joked about around in the public men’s restroom.

It's no article but they say a picture is worth 1,000 words. I have seen these so called fancy toilets and sinks but the one I have always seen were flowers, see-threw or something unrelated to the female body. Yet these sinks and urinals are to degrading its sickening. If you go to the article and click on the different links that are given there are more pictures than just what I have posted. The sinks with what appears to be a female’s ‘behind’ in front of it has a little boy standing over it trying to wash his hands. These sinks are extremely suggestive in the way they are placed. There are also urinals of full, red lips and shine white teeth. Anyone may say that the mouth simply has no sex but it’s clear that the mouth appears to be wearing lipstick further making it a female’s mouth. As if women mean nothing and should be ‘pissed’ upon. I am all about funky, fun toilets and sinks but 110% against anything remotely relating to women being ‘pissed’ on or suggestive for males open humor and fun-play. What is done in the bed room should be kept in the bed room! Sexual intercourse is a very personal and should be a very private matter. I do not believe it should be joked about around in the public men’s restroom.

Life must be pretty sweet if you can get your boxers in a twist over this one. Should we eschew bloody female ghouls in our Halloween decoration too? It's a stupid bathroom--there are no "dismembered" female body parts in there--just some tacky, kitsch art. Read about the Congo if you want something to be upset about.

darwin 66, here trolling again.

It's very much possible to be upset about both major human rights violations and the sexual objectification of women in men's bathrooms, all at the same time. Or is your brain not evolved enough to handle all that?

Bloody ghouls at Halloween are not intended to be sexual objects, methinks, unless you're looking to attract necrophiliacs.

I'm pretty sure the average male (or female) can look at these statues in the picture, and understand they're meant to be sexual.

And male sexuality is bad when comically alluded to in a men's room?

Just because I'm critical of some aspects of gender feminism doesn't make me a threat to you---lay off the name calling.

I've had a dual appointment in anthropology and women's studies for 9 years now. I read this website becuase I find some useful links. I've debated you before and you didn't play fair--always falling back on accusations of my person. Kindly fuck off.

I mean whenever people go off like you, darwin, I like to know what /you're/ doing to help these perceived greater humans rights violations. It's incredibly condescending to act like you think feminists only have one interst/one thing they care about.

Personally, I'm currently interning with an org to help some indigineous peoples gain a politial voice. Where are you devoting your time and energy to help people, oh righteous one-darwin?

darwin66,

As I recall, the last time we debated one of the first things that happened was that you called me a liar about rape statistics before you bothered to do any research into the matter (which I still find astonishing for someone who spent years studying women's issues).

And now you post just to essentially call Jessica "spoiled" (to paraphrase) and then you get defensive when I reply to you...

I don't follow.

"And male sexuality is bad when comically alluded to in a men's room?"

I guess it all depends on whether you think sexual objectification of women is bad... because making it socially okay to view women as sexual objects in some contexts tends to affect people's mentality and leads to them being viewed as sexual objects in other contexts as well (kind of like the way some naive teenage boys are surprised/upset when their first couple of girlfriends don't act like pornstars). Or the way that men who spend a lot of time in certain subcultures (e.g. fratboys, who tell sexist jokes, etc.) are a lot more likely to sexually harass women.

Since when does health male sexuality involve wanting to grind up against sinks shaped like dismembered women's bodies? It's amazing--all the men I've slept with and been friends with, and not one has ever expressed the urge to ass-fuck a sink. They must be totally holding out on me.