Sit down, please.
A Swedish political party is taking a stand against upright urination.
At a county council meeting Monday, the Left Party, or Vänsterpartiet, tabled a motion that would require office washrooms to be genderless with a sit-down-only requirement, reported the news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå.
For men who might refuse to comply, party representatives suggested a separate set of toilets clearly labeled for stand-up urination only.
Vänsterpartiet, known as a socialist and feminist organization, believes seated urination is healthier for men and more hygienic for both sexes.
Party speakers cited medical research they said shows men empty their bladders more efficiently while seated. Improved bladder evacuation reduces the risk for prostate problems, according to the party. It also helps men who sit rather than stand achieve a longer and healthier sex life, it said.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/06/stop-stand-up-urination-for...
I have been in plenty of private houses in Europe with signs to that effect, and if it pushed guys' macho buttons, I never heard about it.
Then of course, there are some who dig their heels in:
Ok, I tried this newfangled sit-down method at work, and I must be doing something wrong...
Somehow your work installed its drinking fountains upside down, Unionist.
Haha, I once met a guy at a party who seemed to sincerely believe that urinating sitting down was "emasculating".
Personally, I'm partial to it, but I'm surprised by their argument of its medical superiority
Funny...last year my 70-something mother searched out and bought a special tube so she could...pee standing up! Works fine apparently.
I usually sit to pee if I'm indoors. I'm not persuaded by the argument its healthier though, its just too easy to pee while standing, we males must be designed for it.
OH! France just scored.
Amelia Earheart had a gadget like that for during those long-distance flights.
And if it's the middle of the night, I generally sit down, because the house is pitch black; ditto for first thing in the morning, before coffee; otherwise it is six of one, half a dozen of the other.
I don't sit down, but I never use those stupid urinals. I don't know about anyone else, but after I pee, no amount of penis shaking, which is awkaward enough when standing inches away from a stranger, will prevent the inevitable small flow of urine from escaping after putting it back in the underwear. That drives me nuts, so I always go into a stall so I can "dab" with tissue afterwards.
Those urinals are de-humanizing.
The bathroom in my work area is a single stall, used by all genders. IMV women who perch are worse for pissing on the seat then men who stand, because the men lift up the seat 1st. There's one guy who keeps forgetting to put the seat down, but in a small workplace we know who it is and can pressure him to comply, and he's improving.
For the women who perch, management installed one of those disposable toilet seat cover dispensers. And I maintain the bottle of disinfectant wipes for the germ phobes.
With regard to the prohibition on men standing, I'm a bit creeped out about how they police that. CCTV? Coworkers lurking outside the door listening to the telltale loud stream?
The claims of health benefits sound dubious at best. Perhaps the next move by the Swedish parliament should be to force male dogs to stop lifting their legs, compelling them instead to squat to pee.
I could go either way on this issue.
Just don't let that leak out, Unionist.