POLITICAL ASPECT
Bathrooms, simple yet complex. Throughout history, bathrooms play a larger role than its original function: political arenas. When Apartheid was practiced in South Africa, it made laws forcing the different racial groups to live and develop separately. Thus, any forms of exchange, under any social or cultural lens, may be seen as “illegal” and highly “inappropriate”. Not only was the dilemma of separated bathrooms provoked by racial discrimination, it was also brought up by others, such as differences in ethnicity, social class, and sexuality. All of which constitutes “standards”.
SOCIAL CLASS AND OTHERED GROUPS
The segregation of bathrooms is clear evidence that pre-set standards exist. Dining etiquettes exist to tell you what angle a wine bottle should be held, and where your eyes should be when eating. Which dress to wear, which smile,... We live in a world where standardized norms tell us what to do. And it is those standards...​