Vienna is famous for imperial palaces, its classical music heritage, and vibrant coffeehouse culture and is known as the "City of Music" and the "City of Dreams". But its women say it discriminates against them by charging them to use toilets.
Vienna, Austria - A Viennese woman is suing the city council for discrimination over access to public toilets, complaining that women must pay to use cubicles while men can use urinals for free.
"I was in a park with a friend and we both needed to use the bathroom. He could go for free, but I had to pay 50 cents (R9.34). I thought to myself: How is that possible?" Melanie Gradik, 27, told AFP in the Austrian capital's Augarten park.
"I want everyone to be able to use the bathroom on an equal footing. Either we all pay 50 cents or no one pays 50 cents," she said.
It's not about the money, Gradik added: "It's a small thing, but it's also an example of how women are treated unequally in everyday life."
