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Mixed toilets at school: “Boys are often immature,” says a 10-year-old child –

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Since the beginning of the week, the question on everyone’s lips is: Should we introduce mixed toilets in primary and secondary schools in Quebec or not?

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Education Minister Bernard Drainville has already said no. LGBTQ+ rights organizations believe this is a decision that only serves to exclude young people who question their identity. But what do those who are most affected by this whole debate actually think: young people?

QUB radio has collected several testimonials from young girls and boys who are currently attending school. Some attend secondary school, others attend primary school. It is their lives that are directly affected by unisex toilets. And her answer is clear: no.

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“I don’t want boys in my bathroom,” said Léa, 7 years old. They’re not very clean.”

“Girls in fifth and sixth grade often have periods and boys are often immature,” said Marie, 10.

She is afraid of being teased by the boys at her school.

“I think boys and girls have different needs,” said 14-year-old Philippe.

For little boys and girls whose bodies are changing, the concept of intimacy takes on its full meaning, according to Lounis, also 14 years old.

“I think it would be uncomfortable for men to know that a woman is next to them when they use the urinal,” the young teenager said.

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Anouka, 15 years old, shares her opinion and goes further.

“I don’t want to be in the bathroom and the guy I’m in love with walks in,” she shared.

Obviously, this is not a scientific survey. However,
QUB radio did not encounter any discordant voices. What some young people also said is that the toilets are like a refuge for them, a place where they can get together with their friends and discuss topics that cannot be discussed in front of everyone. world, in the middle of a gang.

*The names of minors have been changed to protect their identities.