It's one of those immutable laws of the cosmos: you can't travel faster than light, like charges repel—and there's always a queue for the women's loos. From the beachside to the bar, pop concert to theme park, it's a familiar sight every summer. Men stroll nonchalantly in and out of their conveniences, while women stand in a serpentine queue for theirs, going nowhere fast. Everyone knows why, of course: women spend more time in the loo. As worldwide studies show, women typically take 89 seconds to use the loo—more than twice as long as the 39 seconds required by the average man.
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