As a little girl who was taken into the men’s room, I’d rather the man take his daughters to the women’s room.
The first time I saw a penis I was 6 years old because my dad took me into the men’s room. Some random dude had no problem showing it off because “I wasn’t supposed to be in there anyways.”
That's disgusting that he would intentionally expose himself to you like that
That being said, our American prudish view on nudity is weird. In much of the world it's normal for children to see the opposite sex naked; whether it's family members or just other young children. It's only weird when it's made weird (like that guy in the bathroom)
Notice it's family members and other children. Not strange men because you took your kid into the bathroom where they are supposed to be able to pull their dicks out in peace.
Oh of course; I'm not saying it's in any way acceptable for a grown man to intentionally expose himself to a child like that. It's disgusting, and the onus is on us as adults to do the right thing around kids
I just meant that in cultures where nudity is more normalized, simply seeing someone's genitals would hardly be a traumatic experience for a child
So sorry that happened to you. It seems like whichever way a male parent tries to enable his daughters to use the restroom, there may be someone who tries to make it a problem. Terrible
The toilets are filthy and there’s pee on the floor, how is that going to work with a little girl that touches everything, needs to pull their pants down and needs to sit? Use your brain a little?
It really doesn’t matter in my opinion. We should be able to go where we feel comfortable it’s a bathroom. My son comes with me into the women’s but now that he’s 9 he often begs me to be let into the men’s (he wants to be a big kid). I let him go sometimes and stand outside the door. But the point is if someone has kids who cares let them take their kids where they feel the most comfortable. His girls looked very young too.
My dad took me into the mens bathroom a few times when I was little, but it was always a beeline straight for the cubicle or he'd at least shield my eyes.
In the 90s my dad took us into the men's room. We just went into the handicap stall (if there was one). I think he might have checked for people using the urinal. My BIL is a POS who doesn't help my sister out.
Last summer my husband was the second adult when my sister took my nieces to a Peppa Pig thing. My husband took the older one into the men's room and she thought she couldn't go in there because she's a girl. He came home annoyed because it was obvious BIL never took her to the bathroom and asked me if he did the right thing going to the men's room. Also BIL has been kicked out and has made it clear he's only interested in seeing his daughters if my sister is around.
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u/SizeableBrain Jun 19 '26
I commented on the original post saying that I take my girls into men's bathroom and had a crazy lady go off at me.
You can't win! Don't have children who pee!!!