Lowe discusses the gender differences inherent in using the bathroom. She introduces the concept of potty parity, referring to washroom design that takes the needs of women in account in order to create similar wait times for women and men.
Lezlie Lowe is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has been recognized for her long-form journalism by the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Atlantic Journalism Awards. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of King's College, where she also teaches in the Journalism department. No Place To Go: Answering the Call of Nature in the Urban Jungle is her first book.
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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.