Why don’t men sit down to pee?

The men in my family pee sitting down at night as it's quieter and more accurate.

The leaving up of the loo lid seems just as common amongst the female visitors to our house as the male. I always put the lid down as my uncle told me a story about a rat coming up his loo!!

It's easier for them to simply unzip, do the necessary and be waiting impatiently outside the public loos for their womenfolk muttering about the length of time it takes females to have a wee...........?‍♀️

Quicker and easier just to whip it out and point at the pan (one hopes accurately!) rather than taking trousers and pants down, and having to pull and do them up again.

There’s a reason why interval queues at theatre loos are always much shorter for the blokes! Just one of life’s little unfairnesses.

Have you heard of the new women urinals, called ‘Peequals’ which will be mainly used at festivals? Six times faster than traditional loos!

I thought that a standing position helps to empty their bladder completely.

My husband sits and I hate seeing it, it doesn’t look natural but I understand that I’m wrong to think this

We had friends who lived in Switzerland for some time, and they were told that after 10pm, if you lived in a block of flats, men were expected to sit down to pee so as to make less noise. I sometimes wonder if that was true or if the neighbours were having them on, but perhaps someone who lives/lived there could enlighten us?

My parents had a don’t flush rule during the night so as not to disturb the neighbours. I never heard anything from the flat above so I have no idea what that was all about.

Lesley60

My husband sits and I hate seeing it, it doesn’t look natural but I understand that I’m wrong to think this

Want to swap husbands?

Given the state of the floor in some public loos, they (as indeed we) might be unhappy to have their trousers round their ankles!
Talking of which - have you ever used a public loo in a jumpsuit?
It can be fraught with danger!

If it's brown, flush it down
If it's yellow, let it mellow

Rules for saving water.

Love this!

Anyone who’s seen the film The Fully Monty will recall the woman urinating standing up. I believe it can be practiced, preferably not in my house though!

Squiffy

Love this!

I once saw a similar one which said
“We aim to please - you aim too, please”.

How do people know the toilet habits of their relatives?

Reminds me of the time that I was toilet training my son.
For most of the week, he was surrounded by women - me, my mum and my sister, who all sat down to pee - he'd seen it happen many times when he had barged into the bathroom !
My dad and brothers only used to be around at weekends, due to work commitments and no matter how many times I told DS that boys peed standing up, he wouldn't agree - until he happened to barge in on my brother one day !
Problem solved !
PS I don't know what he does now, in his 30s - he stopped me going in the bathroom at the same time as him when he was 13!!!

Good question BigBertha and why having put the seat and lid down for more than 30 years, is Mr. S. no longer able to do so.

Does anyone remember the fashion in the 70s for bathrooms to be carpeted?
OMGoodness!
We had moved into an exclusive development, and I insisted on a tiled floor. It didn’t take long for the carpets to be ripped out in the other apartments.

They get so used to spraying the countryside when out and about they automatically stand however I stand for public toilets I ve got strong thighs so I do a good old hover

I also hover in public toilets BlueBelle but when I started this thread I was thinking of male behaviour at home. It would be much cleaner/healthier if we trained boys to sit down, or am I missing something?

Is it to do with a primal requirement as cavemen to be on the look out for dangerous animals and aggressors... sitting down would make that more difficult...But I guess they would still have needed to squat for pooing so that doesn't make sense...lol!

Or those bathroom floor sets/mats complete with toilet lid cover, all in a matching colour. What must they harbour? Yuck.

We also moved into a house with fitted, carpeted, bathrooms.
One of the first things to be ripped out.

I'm sure if they are doing a No.2 they would probably do a No.1 at the same time, sitting down, not alternate between sitting and standing. Can't believe I am actually contributing that sentence to this thread.

Blimey ive never thought about it but now its mentioned I guess its coz thats the way it is.

I have a son and never gave it a second thought that it was something I should teach him, I guess I assumed he would learn soon enough and follow suit with all the other lads !

Im saying I never taught him, I may have done its over 35 years ago...

Convenience I’d say.