There are many places in this world I would not like to go. Some of those places include a Nickelback concert, a pork-processing factory, and the Bob Jones girls’ bathroom. You may think that a high school bathroom doesn’t deserve to be listed among a horrendous Canadian rock concert and a slaughterhouse. However, the repulsing condition of the Bob Jones girls’ bathroom warrants placement among these very undesirable locations.
Before I begin, it should be known that the purpose of this rant is not to deride the maintenance workers of Bob Jones. This is a rant scolding the subhuman behavior of the students that seems to take place in the girls’ bathrooms. The behavior I speak of includes absolute disrespect of surroundings: trash thrown everywhere, bodily fluids smeared on the walls of toilet stalls, and a lack of flushing and disposing of waste. Note that this is the girls’ bathroom. In society, girls have been associated with daintiness and cleanliness. The Bob Jones bathrooms negate such stereotypes.
When I discussed this behavior with friends during lunch, senior Adam Woelke commented, “I’ve had to clean bathrooms before. Girls’ bathrooms are always the worst.”
Are the conditions of the girls’ bathrooms actually a strong feminist statement against stereotypes? Perhaps the gross behavior is an act of rebellion, or an act of regressing to a more primitive state.
Although I appreciate creativity, if you must make a feminist statement, do it elsewhere. If you’re just trying to be one with your inner primal self, join a football team. Do not punish our hardworking faculty with your feminist/caveman desires. It’s inconsiderate. It’s simply not okay.
Regardless of the reasoning behind the filth in the Bob Jones bathrooms, something has to be done. Thoughts of fear and dread should not pervade people’s minds when they consider using the restroom. So, feminists and cavemen, express your ideals freely outside of the stalls of a Bob Jones bathroom. Please.
