{"id":5474,"date":"2009-07-15T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=5474"},"modified":"2009-07-14T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T15:33:30","slug":"walking-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/07\/15\/walking-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5476\" title=\"walking-woman-go\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/07\/walking-woman-go.jpg\" alt=\"Haarlem: Walking Woman\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I just got back from a trip to Europe, where I saw the first example I&#8217;ve seen of a walking-woman signal, in the Dutch town of Haarlem (I&#8217;ve seen pics of walking man-and-woman signals before, but not just a woman). I like the way her sex is indicated, not by the traditional skirt typical of washroom signs, but by a jaunty ponytail. It&#8217;s also clear that her body has a more female shape than the traditional walking man.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5475\" title=\"walking-woman-stop\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/07\/walking-woman-stop.jpg\" alt=\"walking-woman-stop\" width=\"500\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just got back from a trip to Europe, where I saw the first example I&#8217;ve seen of a walking-woman signal, in the Dutch town of Haarlem (I&#8217;ve seen pics of walking man-and-woman signals before, but not just a woman). 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