Getting Bullies out of the Bathroom

Unisex lavatories with frosted glass walls could be the key to curbing bullying in the bathroom, according to some school design experts in the U.K. A commission charged with making newly constructed middle and high schools more safe and efficient is recommending blurred glass walls in his-and-her loos. They think unisex toilets will discourage students from lingering. Students had told the commission that they avoided the bathrooms, sometimes not going all day, for fear of being harassed. “There are always people in there smoking, and they are bullies,” one 13-year-old student told BBC News. “I don’t want my head dunked down the toilet.”