The University of California, Davis is facing backlash after it was revealed that the college is replacing its men’s and women’s locker rooms with “universal” all-inclusive locker rooms that will be shared by everyone, regardless of gender. The locker rooms are projected to reopen in September 2025 under the new system and many people aren’t exactly thrilled.
“All Campus Recreation members can use our universal locker rooms, regardless of who they are or how they identify,” the University of California, Davis wrote on its website announcing the plan. “These spaces are inclusive of members with disabilities and members of all gender identities.”
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Naturally, one of the first questions on many people’s minds upon hearing the news is, what about privacy?
According to the University of California, Davis, “This renovation will transform the locker room facilities into a space that offers more privacy for all members.”
How? The new “universal” locker rooms will have (1) individual private cabanas with floor-to-ceiling doors, shower, and changing area, (2) individual private changing rooms with floor-to-ceiling doors and seating, and (3) individual private toilet rooms with floor-to-ceiling doors.
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“I’d really like to know. Are there ANY women who would go shower and change in a locker room with men? Why even have a locker room? Just put the lockers in the middle of the quad. If everyone is changing in front of everyone what’s the point?” one person wrote on X (Twitter) in reaction to the announcement.
One female student at the University of California, Davis expressed her concerns in a Reddit thread that has gone viral.
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Someone claiming to work in the center where the “universal” locker room will be located wrote that the university “consulted many of the colleges that have these universal bathrooms and found that incidents within universal bathrooms within colleges were very uncommon and asked for general recommendations on how they design the bathrooms,” adding, the school “put in serious effort to make what incidents that could happen, preventable.”
* Original Article:
California University Replacing Men’s And Women’s Locker Rooms With All-Gender Locker Rooms