"I wonder why in this day and age it is deemed okay for unisex toilets."

Surely the opposite is true. In this day and age where sex and race discrimination & segregation has been outlawed, it has always seemed strange to me that segregated toilets have remained in this country (as opposed to the much of Europe where unisex toilets are the norm).

The "separate but equal" policies regarding race have been ruled illegal but remain between the genders. It is also inconvenient for everyone to be required to find the toilets designated for your particular gender.

On regards the safety front, I don't think saying unisex toilets are unsafe makes any logical sense. If a sexual predator wished to attack a women in an isolated women's toilets he could simply wait in a cubicle to commit the attack. Indeed, making them unisex would probably increase safety for women as the risk of the attack being interrupted (obviously the biggest worry for the attacker) is increased.

I look forward to the introduction of the unisex toilets.

Lack of cleanliness is by far the biggest concern of mine (as I bet with most people) when it comes to public toilets. Obviously 1 block of toilets should be better maintained and cleaned than two.

Not to mention the doubling of available loo's!