Posted on 10/17/2013 8:03:11 AM PDT by tom h
When Viggo Hansen, a county counselor from the Left Party in Sormland, Sweden, tried passing a law that required that men sit down to pee when using the public bathrooms, his motion caused a flood of reactions. Hansen argued when men sit down to pee it is better for public health because it reduces the splatter around the toilets and stops the spread of disease. Hansen is one of many—including the head of the environmental protection agency in Taiwan, Stephen Shen, who also tried mandating such an order—that believe errant urine is bad for public health. They argue that droplets of urine spread disease. But just how scientifically sound are these arguments? Is it actually better for men to sit down and pee?
“Urine is actually sterile,” says Benjamin Davies, an associate professor of urology at the University of Pittsburgh. “There is no bacteria in it. You can drink urine.” (Though he's not advocating that anyone does take a swig of urine.)
So puddles of urine might smell bad and look gross, but they won’t cause disease. But Hansen has another argument: Hansen claims that men who pee while sitting will fully empty their bladders, which is better for their prostates—and means they'll experience a longer, healthier sex life.
But again, Hansen's claims are totally off the mark. "This is total bullsh**," Davies says. "There is no relationship between voiding and sex life. I haven’t the slightest idea why it would improve your prostate. If you are a normal male your prostate muscles relax while you urinate.”
Bottom line: Completely healthy men experience no benefit by sitting to urinate instead of standing. Some conditions might mean it is easier for a man to fully empty his bladder if he sits down, but for the vast majority there is no difference between sitting and standing. However, some cultures prefer to sit rather than stand—almost half of all Japanese men sit to urinate.
Davies believes that sitting is a cultural or psychological preference, not a health issue. “If you are tired," he says, "go ahead and sit.”
I can envision the California legislature trying this -- the same bunch who passed that bathroom selection law for transgendered kids in grade school.
Thought I'd post it here just to remind y'all to keep your antennae up and never, never give the left an inch with your own children.
This is funny, because back in the 1960’s, in the early days of feminism, and the “equality” movement, some genius designed a female standup urinal, which most women hated.
Well, should ooollllld men sit down to pee, for fear of fainting at standing still for so long a stretch that their blood pressure drops?
men are pigs and need to learn to clean up after themselves
Not to mention the countless billions to be spent for unioned plumbers to remove all the urinals in the world’s bathrooms and put in stalls. Next step, unisex bathrooms, and the domination of males will be well advanced.
no one wants to clean your filthy pee off the floor dude
“...almost half of all Japanese men sit to urinate.”
Is that why they have cartoon porn with schoolgirls and tentacle monsters?
Sloppy men should. Men who can handle it right (no pun intended) shouldn’t.
Should? I know for a fact that Boehner, Cantor, McConnell, McCain, Graham, King ALL sit down to pee. There has never been a bigger bunch of loudmouth pussies in the Republican Party.
Many women, “hover” rather than sit so as to avoid contact with the seat and so, women’s bathrooms are far nastier then men’s. (Or so I’ve heard.)
“Should Men Sit Down to Pee?”
Why should men sit down? Why not ask women to stand up?...................I know, I know, but to me one question is as stupid as the other. Just my 2 cent.
On the other hand, sodomy is so great for public health, let’s enshrine it in law.
..and so the emasculation of boys (and men) continues.
German and Japanese men sit to piss. Perhaps there is a connection..
would depend on how drunk you are....better to sit than fall LOL
Hansen proposed this because he is unequipped to stand up the task.
But, mostly because he’s an idiot leftist, in an eternal quest for complete control of every aspect of our lives.
OBTW, at some point in life, many men can not adequately “void” while seated, and would find themselves returning in 30 minutes or less to complete the task.
FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!
And women are battleaxes that should stop browbeating men all the time.
See, it doesn't feel very good, now does it?
Everyone, man or woman, should clean up after themselves if they make a mess on or around the toilet, and teach their children to do the same.
Problem solved.
My son has pee’d more toilet seats off their hinges than I’d care to count. That boy needs to get bathroom cleaning detail. Then he’ll figure it out for himself.
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