"Sir, could you let the women use the men's restroom for a moment? The line for the women's restroom is too long..." Recently, beside a free public toilet in Guangzhou, several female university students staged an act of "occupying the men's restroom" to draw attention to the imbalance between male and female toilet facilities. (Guangzhou Daily, February 20th) Beside the public toilets, the men's restrooms are largely unused while female students queue up enthusiastically in front of the women's restrooms. As a social public product, the unequal distribution of public toilets has led to the phenomenon of "heaven and hell" for men and women using the restroom. What are the "highlights" of the Guangzhou female students' action to protect their own interests by occupying the men's restroom? Protecting rights relies on "action". There is no such thing as a free lunch, and rights will not be handed over willingly by others. Only through striving and fighting can they be obtained. The designers of the toilets failed to consider the physiological needs of women, resulting in an unbalanced allocation of toilet spaces. On one hand, men's restrooms are often idle, causing a waste of resources, while on the other hand, women's restrooms are extremely scarce, unable to meet demand. The action of female university students "occupying the men's restroom" is to fight for their rightful toilet spaces, asking male users to give up their spaces. They use actual actions to pursue their interests. If they did not take action or make requests to the men, would they have been able to obtain the toilet spaces? Actual action relies on unity. This time, the "occupation of the men's restroom" by female university students was not a solo effort but rather a joint effort among several girls who planned and performed together. From the news photos, some girls held up promotional signs beside the public toilets, while others made requests to the men. They had division of labor, cooperation, and common goals, forming a united whole. Unity gathers strength, and the common efforts of the girls achieved the practical effects of "occupying the men's restroom". If only one girl held up a sign shouting beside the public toilet or if only one girl asked the men to "give up their toilet spaces", the force would have been weak, and it might even lead others to think that the girl had mental issues. Friendly pursuit of rights. There are two ways to claim benefits: one relies on fists and physical violence, where the strongest rules, which is a savage and unreasonable way. The other relies on communication and exchange, seeking common ground while reserving differences, increasing understanding, which is a friendly and amicable way. In the "occupation of the men's restroom", the girls did not hurl insults at the men using the restroom but kindly made requests, explaining their reasons and gaining the understanding and support of the men. This reasonable and measured way of protecting rights maximally avoids conflicts of interest between both parties. Men giving up their idle toilet spaces to women results in no loss for the men, and women gain more convenience from additional spaces, achieving mutual benefit. The formation of a win-win situation does not rely on physical violence but rather on each other's reason, humanity, and tolerance. Unity, friendliness, and action can better protect rights. Should those who seek wages or those full of grievances, these disadvantaged groups whose rights have been infringed upon, learn from the girls who occupied the men's restroom? Unite and use actions to protect rights. Source: Mucheng Network