- cross-posted to:
- usa@midwest.social
- cross-posted to:
- usa@midwest.social
It would take 75 years for congresswomen to have any restrooms adjacent to the Senate floor. And in 2011, nearly a century after Jeannette Rankin became the first woman in Congress, women lawmakers got their first bathroom near the House chamber.
In recent years, women lawmakers have had to use the private quarters of the Speaker of the House just to find a restroom that reliably stocks tampons and pads. Banning trans women from women’s restrooms would continue a long history at the U.S. Capitol of women lawmakers being forced to find alternate ways to simply do their job.
And how do you prove you’re the “right” gender?
You show your junk to the toilet inspector and wait for the “duos habet et bene pendentes”.