Urinals with Lips
“Virgin Atlantic Airways on Friday scrapped plans to install bright-red urinals shaped like women’s open lips at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, saying it had received complaints they were offensive. ‘Virgin Atlantic was very sorry to hear of people’s concerns about the design of the ‘Kisses’ urinals to be fitted into our clubhouse at JFK Airport. We can assure everyone who complained to us that no offense was ever intended,’ Virgin spokesman John Riordan said in a statement. Riordan said the British company received several dozen complaints from people and groups including the National Organization for Women after its plans for the urinals had been made public. NOW had posted a message on its Web site urging members to complain to Virgin chief Richard Branson. ‘I don’t know many men who think it’s cool to pee in a woman’s mouth, even a porcelain one,’ said NOW President Kim Gandy on the group’s Web site.” — Yahoo (US)
It seems disingenuous for Virgin to assert that it never even thought these urinals might cause a little controversy. Corporate representatives noted that the urinals were conceived by a woman designer, as though that should remove any suspicion of their innate sexism.
Conversely, the reasoning is just as specious on the side of the shocked and offended. The National Organization of Women president says she doesn’t “know many men who think it’s cool to pee in a woman’s mouth…” Well, duh. Men who think it’s cool to pee in a woman’s mouth probably don’t hang out with people like you, lady. But that doesn’t mean they’re not out there — nor, for that matter, that there aren’t plenty of women who like to be on the receiving end of a golden shower.
Besides which, how do you know the mouths are female anyway? Just because they’re lipstick red? But then would they be acceptable if they were painted black instead? Or would that just end up offending all the goth girls in the world? Probably there’s an organization out there somewhere called NOBLE, the National Organization of Black Lipstick Enthusiasts, who’d find offense in urinal mouths that resemble the lips of Marilyn Manson.
If you really want to be a social critic, the interesting thing about this story is the fact that the urinals were to be installed in the first-class lounge. It seems to imply some correlation between wealth and coprophilia. Like, the richer you are, the more you enjoy having people eat your shit…
o my I thought it was Mick Jagger
funny thing is, manson has of late also used a brilliant red on his smackers (not to say he doesn’t still indulge in the basic black from time to time). i prefer the red on him, it’s a little more bold and not quite as boring as black has now become, red is just racier.
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