side benefit of communal all-gender restrooms is that they may be our best chance to shame cis men into washing their hands

i was in a communal all-gender restroom today and as i was washing my hands a middle-aged man came out of one of the stalls, started to make for the door, clocked me standing at the sinks, and changed course to wash his hands with a real hangdog look on his face

Not to excuse his poor training, but I do think Kakashi expected that the kids would never have to be independent on missions for a long time. During land of waves, he is constantly thinking about how he can support them, telling them, “Don’t worry. I’ll protect you with my life, all of you.” The chunin exams are a different story, but to be fair, in his time period, there were obviously less stakes/standards for designating ranks. Zabuza and Haku were a fluke; it was meant to be a non-serious mission. Compared to the ones his own team were clearly assigned to, (“If it weren’t for Rin, you and I would have died in the field a long time ago!”) during active warfare, he simply didn’t think they would need the serious skills to take care of themselves so long as he could take care of them. After Sasuke leaves the village, he freaks out and goes after them, even though Tsunade assures him that the genin have it handled, after all, they have Shikamaru. He doesn’t teach Sasuke the Chidori until his life is in danger from Gaara. And, in a way, he probably wanted them not to become independent because of how early he was made to be. Minato would have been there to stop Rin from being captured/save her immediately if Kakashi had never been given discretion.

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