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Chickification: 40% of Japanese men sit down to "tinkle", survey shows
The Mainichi Daily News (Japan) ^ | 12/13/07

Posted on 12/14/2007 10:43:29 AM PST by llevrok

About 40 percent of adult Japanese men sit on the toilet to urinate -- a staggering figure almost three times the number recorded in 1999 -- according to a survey by Western-style toilet manufacturer Matsushita Electric Works Ltd.

The survey of 518 men and an identical number of women whose ages ranged from their 30s to 50s showed that the younger the man, the more likely he is to sit down while peeing instead of the traditional method of standing up.

The 40 percent of men who sit while urinating is almost three times more than the 15 percent of men who did so when the company first started surveying toilet habits in 1999.

"Women hate it when urine sprays, so there appears to be an increasing number who are asking men to sit down on the toilet when they have to go," a Matsushita Electric Works spokesman said.

Matsushita Electric Works noticed the increasing tendency for Japanese men to sit on the toilet while urinating and started three years ago to accommodate the trend in such ways as designing toilet seats with larger holes.

The survey showed that 46 percent of men in their 30s sat while weeing, 38 percent of men in their 40s did so and 37 percent of men in their 50s also followed the trend. Matsushita believes mothers getting their young children to sit on the toilet when they urinate are also getting their partners to adopt the same practice.


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KEYWORDS: sitzpinkler
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1 posted on 12/14/2007 10:43:30 AM PST by llevrok
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The bathrooms are probably a lot cleaner too. I say more power too ‘em.


2 posted on 12/14/2007 10:44:35 AM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: llevrok

That’s how Larry David hurt his back.


3 posted on 12/14/2007 10:44:45 AM PST by samtheman
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When I urinate I strip myself naked and sit on the toilet. I sit on it backwards so I can rest my elbows on the tank.

I’ve also tried laying across the toilet in the “flying superman” position. This is best when you first wakeup, for obvious reasons.

4 posted on 12/14/2007 10:45:37 AM PST by Jaysun (It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
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To: llevrok

I will do this if I get up in the middle of the night and don’t feel like turning on the lights.


5 posted on 12/14/2007 10:45:57 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: llevrok

Comfortable and clean......


6 posted on 12/14/2007 10:46:06 AM PST by Banjoguy (The stench that surrounds us, emanates from Washington, D.C.)
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To: llevrok

My ancestors didn’t spend millions of years becoming bipedal so I could sit down to pee.


7 posted on 12/14/2007 10:46:08 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: llevrok

I’m......I’m......I’m....

OK, I’m not going to say it.


8 posted on 12/14/2007 10:46:12 AM PST by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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of course the japanese squat to pee.........that little ole dart they have ain’t bigger’n’ a minute....


9 posted on 12/14/2007 10:46:41 AM PST by advertising guy (If computer skills namedo us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: llevrok

I have worked with women for the last five years and I am STILL TRYING to get them to leave the toilet seat up.


10 posted on 12/14/2007 10:47:07 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: llevrok

Who takes these kinds of surveys?? rofl


11 posted on 12/14/2007 10:47:12 AM PST by SueRae
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It’s a matter of splatter.


12 posted on 12/14/2007 10:47:15 AM PST by DoughtyOne (California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
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To: llevrok

See what eating all those soy products will get you. Miracle food my butt.


13 posted on 12/14/2007 10:47:18 AM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: llevrok

If they polled the male left in this country it would easily be twice that percentage.


14 posted on 12/14/2007 10:47:25 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: llevrok

It depends on how many drinks.


15 posted on 12/14/2007 10:47:30 AM PST by mnehring
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Man, that’s disgusting in public restrooms. I try not to touch anything.


16 posted on 12/14/2007 10:48:05 AM PST by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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On a related note...

German men told they can no longer stand and deliver (The "Sitzpinkler" rumors are TRUE!!)

17 posted on 12/14/2007 10:48:17 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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Take it out and let it rip....be a man Hideki.

it dosen’t sound like there is a rising sun amongst them.


18 posted on 12/14/2007 10:48:24 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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About 40 percent of adult Japanese men sit on the toilet to urinate -- a staggering figure almost three times the number recorded in 1999

Why do people study this?

19 posted on 12/14/2007 10:48:26 AM PST by HoosierHawk ("There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.")
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More shocking is the survey found that 40% of Japanese women now stand when they urinate.
20 posted on 12/14/2007 10:48:41 AM PST by stm (Fred Thompson in 08!)
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