[Year 12 IT Apps] For 2016 - Gender inclusivity

[Laurie Savage]

Damn those scots!

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Laurie Savage
https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home

On 23 May 2015 at 17:43, ken price <kenjprice at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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> 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/
>>
>> --
>>
>>  "The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog." Mark Twain
>>
>> Mark Kelly
>> mark AT vceit DOT com
>> http://vceit.com
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