[Year 12 IT Apps] For 2016 - Gender inclusivity

[ken price]

You may have noticed many new toilets marked RH and LH.

Eg
http://www.bronsonsafety.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/u/n/unisex-toilet-rh-shower.png
And

http://www.bronsonsafety.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/u/n/unisex-toilet-lh.png

Conveniently these can be misinterpreted as being for right and left handed
people.

It is surprising how gullible some students and staff can be about this,
especially if there are more RH than LH, because you can direct
right-handers to "their" toilet and they notice nothing irregular.

I leave this as an exercise for the reader.

Ken.

On Saturday, May 23, 2015, Robert Hind <robert at yinnar.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','robert at yinnar.com');>> wrote:

>  Sorry to tell you Mark that those toilet identifiers are still sexist.
> Perhaps we should work towards toilets that are just toilets rather than
> being for men or for women - just like at home or on the aeroplane.
>
> Robert Hind
> Retired
> Ex Traralgon and Ashwood
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Mark
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2015 11:29 AM
> *Subject:* [Year 12 IT Apps] For 2016 - Gender inclusivity
>
> Hi, toilet-door admirers.
>
> Part of 2016 KK is gender inclusivity.
> This article tells of the cunning plans for designing non-sexist toilet
> identifiers.
>
>
> http://www.wired.com/2015/05/redesigned-ladies-restroom-icon-cleverly-skirts-skirt/
>
> --
>
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>
> Mark Kelly
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Dr Ken Price MACS CP ACCE Professional Associate.
President, TASITE http://www.tasite.tas.edu.au
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