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From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
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Subject: Re: This is *not* a silly question.
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Date: Thu, 31-May-84 03:08:33 EDT
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From Carlo Giuliani:

> It may sound silly, but I think Lisa has a good question -- but she has
> it backwards.  It is not "why don't men go to the bathroom in groups" but 
> "why do women go to the bathroom in groups." 

Might be that men's rooms have absolutely no atmosphere, while many women's
restrooms provide exactly that -- a place to rest; i.e. they have an anteroom
furnished with at least a bench, and often much more.  For instance, my mother
sometimes takes advantage of the couch in the restroom at her office if she
needs some rest on her lunch break.  I can understand women congregating in
restrooms where they can all sit down together and chat.  Men's rooms, on the
other hand, do not provide this feature; they tend to be very grim and
impersonal [except in bus stations :-)].

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-- Jeff Sargent
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