Battle of the bog: Those who fought for access to the bathroom

Yesterday was World Toilet Day, a battleground for everyone from the Suffragettes to the freedom riders, who have fought for access to the bathroom for people of all persuasions, races and genders. Caomhan Keane reports.

When it comes to mapping the continued inequality and social paranoias of society, the jacks is a battleground that is every bit as historically rich as the Somme.

While defecating and urinating is a basic human need, it’s treated by many as a weapon of class destruction, a fantastical threat to privilege, unleashing racist and homophobic arguments to demonise those already on society’s ropes.