Comments on: To Sit or Not to Sit: Gendering How We Pee

By: Tom Birkland

Tom Birkland — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:17:00 +0000

My wife heartily approves this message.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:49:00 +0000

Cis little girls who aren’t intersex and pee standing up often lives the same thing, so that’s just your interpretation.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Well, it is important because people lie to women and little girls about their bodies and their ability to pee standing up. In consequence, when people see a woman peeing standing up, because they think it’s impossible, they can become violent. Also, some people use the fact that they think only men can pee standing up to “prove” sexist ideas, which is irritating. And, all in all, it’s bad to lie to people about their bodies. You wouldn’t like to be lied about your body as a young child, and then as an adult hear people who believe in that lie say you can’t pee standing up even though you do in public toilets, while putting yourself in danger if someone sees your feet aren’t facing the door. It’s happened to me to almost get assaulted because of that, but I’ve knee joints problem so even with clean toilets it’s still difficult for me to squat or sit on low toilets. Little girls who learn to pee standing up by themselves or not are in danger too if their parents/adults they know are assholes, thankfully my mother just grounded me when I was little. It’s important because people police how others pee and they can get violent.
It’s like if someone tells you you can’t, well, snap your fingers? All the time, and in medias and conversations the idea of women who’d snap their fingers is held as ridiculous, impossible, laughable… and if someone see/hear you snapping your fingers and you’re a woman, you can get assaulted. Except with a biological need, so it’s worse.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:48:00 +0000

I am totally catheter-dependent and find it much easier to drain my bladder when I am sitting down. Draining a large bladder takes time, so I sit down 99% of the time.

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:58:00 +0000

What a topic you folks are discussing about, “sit or stand and pee”! So let me tell you some thing then, not bad if you know that in my culture the male people avoid peeing while standing! In my country it’s so, as my religion has recommended not to pee while standing, and to do it while sitting or squatting. I know there, they teach the kid when he can stand up, how to pee while standing, but it’s not so here. However, I am a man and quite healthy, but I don’t pee while standing. You should consider that there are many different ways and theologies around the world.

To my own, peeing while standing is nasty, also it does not feet a man’s character, that’s like you imagine a respectable man standing up still some where, his penis is out and his pee flow in front of him! Who made the rule that males MUST stand up while urinating? And don’t relate it to the nature, potentially many things are natural as an ability; one can bring it out (gun), aim and kill, but he has choosing power, although he has the ability, but he may not do it if he is sane; one can just bring it out, aim and piss, but does it mean he can not do it in a way but that?

Why stand to pee? Why aim? Aiming is for the time when you are distant to your target and can’t be close to it, but when you can be close to it, and if you are sane, you prefer being close to your target than aiming to the target. So sit down and be relax, the name of the place you are doing that in, is rest room! And why you waste your time and energy in cleaning bathrooms? You can save it for more useful affairs by reducing the need of bathroom to be cleaned!

As for those who say “peeing while standing is of a few pleasures of a man!”, I should say that a man is more valuable than way of peeing places as his pleasure and property! It does not fit a man to consider that as his worth! Men have more valuable special abilities to be mentioned! And as for those who say “peeing while standing is much easier than doing it while sitting or squatting”, I should say that bending over and pulling down pants, and keeping a part of panties down for a while and aim for a while both need an attempt; and the fact that which one is easier for a person depends on habit. The way in which one’s habit is based on, is easier for that one, and to which you habit, it will be easier for you! As God has made the ability of peeing while standing easily in guys, it must have an advantage, and yes it has. In men’s jobs some times urgent situations happen, and some times they have to do some thing in a short time when the speed is important, and some times men have situations that they can’t sit or squat or are in places where sitting or squatting is not easily possible; in such times they can use their ability of peeing while standing easily. But these urgent times just some times happen, not always! So I think there should be a project for men to stop, or to say better, manage peeing while standing. One group are already doing that and their site is: http://www.mapsu.org . As I mentioned, there are some occations when it’s needed to pee standing up, then it happens for both men and women! So what should women do? So easy, they can instantly pee standing up using a small device, one is here: http://www.travelmateinfo.com/page002.html .
However, it will be great if the current way of peeing of guys in toilets and bathrooms, in the most parts of the world changes.

By: Ohchristherewegoagain

Ohchristherewegoagain — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:50:00 +0000

That’s his breed of satire. That’s what makes it funny, to him and other halfway intelligent adults that understand that women aren’t “sissy bitches.” He’s making a statement about our society that should’ve been used as ammo to back up your article…. Do some research on the society that you’re writing about before you start spewing bullshit in a position of visibility so you don’t blind the masses any more than they already are.

By: Yourefuckingdumb

Yourefuckingdumb — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:46:00 +0000

Standing to pee as a man is not a culturally learned thing. It’s a natural thing that men did in the wild before we shit in holes. If you let him, the average man would piss in his backyard, too.

By: Blix

Blix — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:51:00 +0000

Isn’t it rediculous how we make such a huge deal out of something so small and common? I would ask a person who uses catheters if they care how a person situates…doubtful.

By: A Beetle for men « Memoirs of a SLACer

A Beetle for men « Memoirs of a SLACer — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:06:07 +0000

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By: Anthony Tantillo

Anthony Tantillo — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:31:00 +0000

Muslims [and most people east of the Middle East] also use their left hand to wipe their ass after defecating.

I’d much rather pee standing up, which I’m fairly good at and never get this fabled “splash back” that I keep hearing so much about. But I usually only do that in a rush. Or in a public restroom. I also pee sitting down.

IMAGINE THAT.

So stop glorifying the “orient” for being superior. Their left hands are widely known for their wiping hand. I imagine you would prefer standing while pissing than that mental image.

By: Andrew J Hill

Andrew J Hill — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:13:00 +0000

I posted this to the oatmeals facebook page for giggles this was his response “I didn’t know so much could be said about what is essentially a pee pee joke”.

By: How to Pee and Not to Pee – That is the Question « Bozin’s Weblog

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:44:24 +0000

[…] GENDERING HOW TO PEE I was just sharing the story of the previous blog regarding gender socialization in messages on clothing with my class today and I could tell by their lack of response that they either did not make the connection or did not see the importance. Second thought, I would hypothesize that they are unable at this point to make the connection between gender socialization and the consequences thereof, and as a result, did not make the connection and therfore see the importance of the response of some conscientious individuals to this clothing. I was scanning the internet today for additional examples and came across this blog which I will definately be sharing with them. […]

By: To Sit or Not to Sit: Gendering How We Pee : Ms Magazine Blog

To Sit or Not to Sit: Gendering How We Pee : Ms Magazine Blog — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:53:44 +0000

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By: Lilac

Lilac — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:58:00 +0000

Anything important or worthwhile you had to say pretty much got canceled out when you started calling names.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:58:00 +0000

And to think it is the feminists who are always accused of having no sense of humor…
This was a joke dude. A tongue in cheek example of a larger sociological concept. Get over yourself.

http://feministing.com/2008/01/08/fun_with_feminist_flickr_lolca/