Bathroom Battlegrounds: How Public Restrooms Shape the Gender Order

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By Alexander K. Davis *16

Published June 17, 2019

Bathroom Battlegrounds: How Public Restrooms Shape the Gender Order (University of California Press) tracks the importance of the restroom across American history as a key location for cultural discussions. While the debate today revolves around transgender inclusion, the gendered American public restroom has more than 200 years’ worth of history and conflict, covering everything from gender difference to social status.

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