There are a million untold stories in history. How people coped with normal bodily functions in crazy clothes is one of them.

I think the lack of modern indoor plumbing was probably a bigger issue than the petticoats.

TEN MINUTES??? I think your wife is in there surfing the internet, or something.

Internet? I thought you just had couches in there. Throw in some coffee and you gals would never, ever have to leave.

I guess once you had your layers of skirts, petticoats, etc., up and out of the way, you didn't have to worry about wrestling with anything else.

Were toilets in common use then?

Internet? I thought you just had couches in there.

WiFi.

IJS.

I occasionally envy the male ability to pee standing up, especially when I'm in the woods or whatever. But urinals seem like a nightmare to me.

Seriously. There's a reason that certain regions are called "privates."

I think the couches are/were for "female problems" originally.

Many of the TESC restrooms had cramp lounges. It was great for taking a quick between-lectures catnap.

Were toilets in common use then?

IIRC, Chamber pots in the book I read.

Actually some urinals have walls between them. Takes up barely any room too. It should be a law.

I'd rather have another stall or two than the sofa.

Chamber pots in the book I read.

You barely even need to move your skirts for those.

My paternal grandmother didn't have indoor plumbing. Well, she did in the kitchen/showers, but they weren't attached to the house. So midnight pee meant going across the way (towards the graves) to the outhouse in the dark (she only had electricity in her kitchen too), or using the chamberpot under the bed.

TRAUMA. I was such a little prima donna.

IIRC, Chamber pots in the book I read.

If I had to choose, I'd pick toilets over jeans any day.