On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 2:12 PM Zeke Farwell <ezeki...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The proposal currently states: > >> Meaning of the unisex <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:unisex> >> =yes is currently unclear: >> >> - gender neutral facility (as the "unisex" term in English); or >> - facility that accessible for men and women, either segregated or >> not. >> >> I do not understand what is unclear. The term unisex is well understood > among English speakers to mean "gender neutral". Unisex never refers to a > gender segregated facility. A tag gender=unisex meaning "gender neutral" > would be perfectly clear. gender=mixed would probably be understood, but > "mixed gender" is not a commonly used phrase so it would probably have more > potential for mis-interpretation. gender=neutral would probably be more > widely understood, but again, I don't see the issue with gender=unisex. > My hunch is that non-native speakers trying to understand the word "unisex" end up decoding its parts as "uni" ("one") "sex" ("sex"/"gender") and then confuse it with "single-sex". Unfortunately, this isn't a correct translation. While "uni" is a latin prefix for "one", the term "unisex" is better understood as "universal for all sexes". See: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unisex The term unisex aside, in my corner of the world (at an American university and surrounding town) the modern multi-toilet restroom setup utilizes individual stalls (with full-length-doors) that can be used by anyone with an open and shared bank of sinks that are also used by anyone. Both this multi-stall setup and single-person restrooms (which are not labeled for a particular gender/sex) are both termed "all gender restrooms" by advocates for the configuration and those maintaining the facilities.
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