User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in South Dakota
| Public toilets in South Dakota | |
|---|---|
 Basement toilet room details RSM-122. - Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Officers' Quarters, Menoher Road, Blackhawk, Meade County | |
| Language of toilets | |
| Local words | washroom |
| Men's toilets | Men |
| Women's toilets | Women |
| Public toilet statistics | |
| Toilets per 100,000 people | ??? (2021) |
| Total toilets | ?? |
| Public toilet use | |
| Type | Western style sit toilet |
| Locations | ??? |
| Average cost | ??? |
| Often equipped with | ??? |
| Percent accessible | ??? |
| Date first modern public toilets | ??? |
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Public toilets in South Dakota, commonly called washrooms, are found at a rate of 35.4 per 100,000 people. The lack of public toilets along Interstate 90 caused problems for long haul truckers.
South Dakota
[edit]washroom is one of the most commonly used words for public toilet in the United States.[1] Euphemisms are often used to avoid discussing the purpose of toilets. Words used include toilet, restroom, bathroom, lavatory and john.[2]
A 2021 study found there were 35.4 public toilets per 100,000 people, the second highest among US states.[3]
History
[edit]The lack of public toilets along the western part of Interstate 90 during the 2000s caused problems for long haul truckers. Their solution was often to pee into bottles and then leave them along the road in bushes. Sometimes, road maintenance crews and mowers would run over them as they could not see them in the high grass, resulting in a shower of warm, stale urine.[4]
South Dakota was one of the first states to try to pass legislation saying transgender people needed to use the public toilet that corresponded with their sex and not their gender identity. The bill had passed but was then vetoes by the governor in 2016.[5]
Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming sued the Obama administration in July 2016 over the administration's requirement that children be allowed to use school toilets based on their gender identity instead of their sex.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Hess, Nico (2019-08-04). Introducing Global Englishes. Scientific e-Resources. ISBN 978-1-83947-299-2.
- ^ Farb, Peter (2015-08-19). Word Play: What Happens When People Talk. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-97129-1.
- ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Molotch, Harvey; Noren, Laura, eds. (2020-12-31), "Rest Stop: Trucker Bomb", Toilet, New York University Press, pp. 115–116, doi:10.18574/nyu/9780814759646.003.0013, ISBN 978-0-8147-5964-6, retrieved 2022-10-23
- ^ Sanders, Joel; Stryker, Susan (2016-10-01). "Stalled: Gender-Neutral Public Bathrooms". South Atlantic Quarterly. 115 (4): 779–788. doi:10.1215/00382876-3656191. ISSN 0038-2876.
- ^ "Ten states sue Obama administration over transgender bathroom policy". the Guardian. 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
