Pink Elephant

How familiar are we to those inscriptions on many Manila/Quezon City walls saying - BAWAL UMIHI DITO? These signs were meant to be deterrent to the male population who has to go - and would have to go NOW. Ang kinalabasan - naka-aangseg daytoy nga kanto ta kanayon met nga umisbo da idtoy.

The MMDA (Metro Manila Development Authority) came up with such an idea to install these "urinals" to provide a sense of privacy to these males. Note from the picture - awan met itti urinal da ngem adda itti takip na. These pictures were taken in an area close to Dimasalang where traffic is heavily congested.
I am not so sure what these urinals were supposed to achieve. Naangseg pay latta idiay bakod - ngem dagiti immisbo idiay ket naakepan da met. Which of these reasons is the lesser evil?

Maybe it is the absence of accessible public utility rooms in populated places that sparked this idea. Hindi naman lahat ng tao ay pwedeng pumasok sa Burger King para maki-restroom. O di kaya hindi naman pwedeng pumunta sa Trinoma para maki-CR (their term in Manila) dahil maniningil ang mga establishments na ito ng sampung piso magamit lamang ang kanilang palikuran. Sabi ni Erich , di bale one to sawa naman daw ang toilet paper.
Maybe gustong ipakita ng MMDA sa madla na meron konting dignidad or sense of propriety ang mga taong ito at imbis umihi na lamang against the wall ay umihi ang mga ito against a pink wall. Ganoon pa rin. From a cruder practise (the wall) to a government sponsored cruder practise (the pink elephant wall).