[ExI] Circumcision

[BillK]

On 13 June 2016 at 21:47, spike  wrote:

> I was at the Exploratorium Wednesday and noticed something on the restroom
> doors.  Remember when they used to tell you which gender went where?
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> If you look at the photo on the right, below the triangle, you can see
> where they perhaps recently removed the sign which says which gender.
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> So OK then, suppose I really don’t remember which of these go with which
> (I really don’t.)  And suppose I go into my best guess and there’s an
> adolescent girl in there who shrieks and runs out terrified?  Is everyone
> still hip and mod and with it and all that?  Is not this whole thing
> introducing risk that her father might be standing outside the restroom
> ready to belt me?  Is not this scheme of mystery-restroom introducing
> risk?  Is there any remaining justification for removing all gender
> references on restrooms?  Does that apply to locker rooms?  And if we are
> really all one gender now, why do the blind get a break?  They can still
> tell which is which, since they learned those two symbols by feel.  The
> museum needs to put both symbols on both restrooms, ja?  And if so, do they
> install urinals in the one or remove them from the other?
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I have never seen those type of signs, so did some searching.
First searches didn't find them.
But eventually I found the solution. Apparently they are California ADA
standard signs. (American Disabilities Act).
But to comply with Federal statute, California requires two signs.
This two sign requirement evolved because the state adopted accessible
restroom sign requirements prior to the Federal Government adopting its own
standards in the 1990 ADA.

So there should have been another sign on the wall to the right of each
restroom door.

For the full story see:
https://www.compliancesigns.com/media/resource-bulletins/CRB-CA-Title-24.pdf

BillK
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