A militant INDEPENDENT democratic socialist's attempt to expose the truth of our culture – in all its rich irony and absurdity.
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
MEN in LADIES ROOM at public library ?
I guess I'm old fashioned in even questioning this unisex use
of Providence Public Library restrooms -distinctly labeled MEN...
WOMEN. I observed two males being given keys to WOMEN restrooms because
the MEN rooms were all occupied. I had just returned a key to a WOMEN
restroom when I suddenly realized that I was not, after all, FEMALE
and I did not want to cause a scandal ( being seen entering a WOMEN
room might get a decent guy tagged as a pervert -especially nowadays !)
When I questioned a male employee about this unisex use
of library restrooms, he snarled at me. Then I went to get my coat
in the periodical room where three kids were at a READING table playing
cards.
On the way out a derelict friend of mine -known as Emo the Cat
Man- said that my mind must be degenerating for even thinking in such
narrow categories !
My sister , a day care school supervisor, must be even more
degenerate than me. She wondered why a LADIES ROOM in a local night club
had a condom dispensing machine . I guess she was not as liberated as
" Sally " .
How many female readers of this newspaper would use a
public library LADIES room more frequently used by homeless male
derelicts ?
It use to be a nice place to read and study -many years ago
-the Providence Public Library.