Potty Disparity - Toilet Discrimination Could Trigger Complaint

WASHINGTON - Nov. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 2,  2015): While "Potty Parity" usually refers to eliminating the additional time women are forced to wait on line to use restrooms compared with men,  students at Ryerson University in Canada are giving the term new meaning. says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, whom the media has dubbed the "Father of Potty Parity," and whose legal complaint forced the U.S. House of Representatives to provide a female restroom adjacent to the House floor.

        While it doesn't quite rank up there with the Pentagon Papers case, the Toilet Papers case at Ryerson University is rubbing many the wrong way, or at least with less protection against a breakthrough.

        The student newspaper has discovered that, while most students as well as faculty are expected to wipe with only single-ply toilet paper, administrators are routinely provided with the two-ply variety.

        "While it's widely claimed that college administrators are full of sh*t, that's no excuse for denying faculty members Equal Protection.  After all, many have Ph.Ds, which many believe stands for "piled higher and deeper," so they too have a compelling interest in having the most protection.

        Ryerson's president hasn't even tried to justify this gross discrimination, but he might suggest that administrators need tougher toilet paper because they spend some much time just sitting on their asses, suggests Banzhaf.

        Since both the World Toilet Organization and the United Nations regard toilets and sanitation as fundamental human rights, and the U.N. even celebrates World Toilet Day each year, students could raise a big stink about this infringement by filing a legal complaint with the World Court.

        They might claim, for example, that they must sacrifice valuable time during exams when they are forced to slow down and fold single-ply toilet paper into double-ply for the needed protection.

JOHN F. BANZHAF III, B.S.E.E., J.D., Sc.D.
Professor of Public Interest Law
George Washington University Law School,
FAMRI Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor,
Fellow, World Technology Network,
Founder, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
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