Table · dataset · 2026
<b>Tracing Gendered Identities in an Unsanctioned Communicative Medium: A Semiotic Analysis of Latrinalia in Sex-Segregated Public Restrooms</b>
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<p dir="ltr">Public toilet walls, frequently dismissed as mundane peripheral spaces, operate as sensitive social barometers that document the unfiltered consciousness of a culture.
Description
Shielded from direct surveillance, restroom stall inscriptions -conventionally termed latrinalia- constitute an anonymous, unsanctioned medium of communication where performative gender identities and cultural myths are discursively intersect.
Grounded in Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity and Roland Barthes’ semiotic framework of mythologies, this study investigates how latrinalia reproduce, negotiate, or contest normative gender roles. Empirical data comprising 263 textual and visual inscriptions (128 male, 135 female) were gathered across five distinct institutional and leisure-oriented sites in Turkey and Northern Cyprus and examined through thematic analysis.
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Findings reveal divergent gendered discourses: men predominantly deploy territorial assertions, bravado, and overt aggression, reinforcing myths of autonomous dominance. In contrast, women frequently mobilize communal dialogue, solidarity, and affirmative support to subvert patriarchal constraints. Crucially, semiotic deconstruction demonstrates that while female latrinalia operates as an insurgent counter-hegemonic practice, it remains paradoxically entangled with naturalized myths of feminine interdependence and aesthetic worth.
Ultimately, latrinalia is situated as a critical socio-spatial arena wherein dominant gender scripts are both contested and inadvertently sustained.</p>
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- DOI doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.34022259.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
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- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
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| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/34022259 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| HKU DataHub | oai:figshare.com:article/34022259 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/34022259 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Loughborough Research Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34022259 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| UP Research Data Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34022259 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:520502 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Gender psychology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:520502 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Gender psychology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:520502 | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Gender psychology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:520502 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Gender psychology'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:materials-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:mathematics-statistics | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
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| license | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/rights |
| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |