Originally Posted by pondering_it_all
It is interesting to consider the parallels between gay and straight "hookups". In someplace like a US airport, there is almost no possibility of a casual sexual encounter between a man and a woman either being started or consummated in a restroom, just by the nature of airport restrooms. But there is a very high probability of such a straight encounter being started in a bar, ticket line, or waiting area, and then later being consummated in a private place like a hotel room or (rarely) an airplane restroom during a flight. Would anyone get arrested if such a hookup occurred between members of the same sex? Probably not.
Quite right... Although I do think that if if hetro's were having sex in some designated public area... that this behavior would be targeted for an enforcement response. And in most places, if gays somehow meet and go off to a private room, again there is no enforcement response. So again, I think the reason for the enforcement response centers on the fact that people are having sex in a public bathroom. It is a situation that most people do not want to even think is taking place. And certainly no one wants to be doing one's business and wondering what is going on next door.
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So at airports, there could be pickup bars with nearby Japanese-style micro hotel rooms that rent by the hour. If you meet somebody while waiting for a late flight, and are both so inclined, off you go to the micro hotel. Looking for paid companionship? Start in the gay or straight side of the bar. Limiting the pros to the bar keeps the kids out of it, and anybody making a lewd scene out in the public areas gets arrested.
I think this is a great idea. The problem is that John Q Public likely could not explicitly accept the idea that there would actually be places designated to semi-anonymous sex. And so it would be virtually impossible for such a thing to be approved... even though it would neatly solve the problem.

Actually, as airline delays become more numerous, I would think there would even be a general demand for such spaces to give people a place to sleep while waiting for some delayed connection or missed flight.

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