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Here's Why You Shouldn't Urinate in the Shower
newsweak ^ | Aug. 16, 2021 | KATE FOWLER

Posted on 08/19/2021 7:47:59 AM PDT by PROCON

It might not be easy to admit, but a lot of people pee in the shower. In fact, a 2020 survey by Showers to You found that 76% of people let loose in the cubicle.

However, pelvic floor therapist Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas says that showers aren't the place to pee, for legitimate health reasons.

Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas, who has a doctorate in physical therapy, told her 400,000 TikTok followers back in April that there are two main reasons urinating in the shower isn't a good idea.

The video can be seen in full here.

Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas explained that the first reason applies to everyone and cited the famous "Pavlov's Dog" experiment, in which dogs were conditioned to associate various stimuli with getting food, and so would salivate at the sound or sight of them alone instead of the food. Instead, Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas said we humans are essentially conditioning ourselves to associate the sound of running water with needing to urinate.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: pee; peeing; shower; takealeak; urinate; urination; urine; yellowflow
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I didn't even finish reading the article, got stuck on 'pelvic floor dysfunction'.

It is amusing to watch as the insanity of wokeness defiles our language:

Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas claimed in the video that only those assigned female at birth will need to be concerned. People with vaginas can't fully relax the pelvic muscles

1 posted on 08/19/2021 7:47:59 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: Larry Lucido; SaveFerris; Gamecock; Rebelbase

2 posted on 08/19/2021 7:48:48 AM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: PROCON

It is not the “sound” of running water...it is being hit with warm water.


3 posted on 08/19/2021 7:49:49 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: PROCON

Different pipes go to different places! You’re going to mix them up!


4 posted on 08/19/2021 7:51:11 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas claimed in the video that only those assigned female at birth will need to be concerned. People with vaginas can't fully relax the pelvic muscles

So people born with vaginas who self-identify as Men shouldn't pee standing up?

5 posted on 08/19/2021 7:51:11 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: PROCON
I don't anticipate ever having the urge to pee in the shower until I reach the same level of brain function that The Big Guy now exhibits.
6 posted on 08/19/2021 7:51:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: PROCON

Newsweak, Newspeak, has been famous since the 1970s for making ‘science’ stories up whole-cloth.


7 posted on 08/19/2021 7:51:36 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PROCON

My urine, my choice.


8 posted on 08/19/2021 7:51:40 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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those assigned female at birth?
People with vaginas?

This is a reminder, we are NOT supposed to think that one is born male or female, but rather, such sex designation is “assigned” at birth. They make it sound as if such assignment is an arbitrary decision made at birth. I’ve always thought there are certain observable characteristics which lead to the assignment/designation of sex at birth, but I guess I’m behind the times.

And when contemplating the vagina, here I thought that a female would have a vagina. I thought by definition, a female has a vagina. Silly me. Again, I’m just not up on the latest fads.

For these and other reasons, I will be sent to re-education camp someday.


9 posted on 08/19/2021 7:52:15 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: moovova

Urine trouble now.


10 posted on 08/19/2021 7:52:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PROCON

Isn’t urine sterile?


11 posted on 08/19/2021 7:54:32 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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12 posted on 08/19/2021 7:54:40 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Her followers on tic toc? Well there you go.


13 posted on 08/19/2021 7:55:25 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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...pelvic floor therapist Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas

I'm sorry, what?

14 posted on 08/19/2021 7:56:33 AM PDT by Egon
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There are few pleasures left after getting old.

One is a cup of hot coffee first thing in the morning...and another is taking a relaxed pee in a hot shower.

They can take my shower pee away from my cold dead...something or other...what was the question?

15 posted on 08/19/2021 7:56:33 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Night Hides Not

From bacteria if the kidneys aren’t compromised. Not against virus infections.


16 posted on 08/19/2021 7:56:36 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“ This is a reminder, we are NOT supposed to think that one is born male or female, but rather, such sex designation is “assigned” at birth.”

Queers and people with gender dysphoria demand to be considered normal. They are not normal. They are crazy. Stay away from crazy.


17 posted on 08/19/2021 7:57:26 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: PROCON

But I just spent a bunch of money having shower floor tiles installed with pictures of Democrat politicians on them ...


18 posted on 08/19/2021 7:58:52 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: PROCON

I never pee in the shower. I also rarely use the toilet. My contribution to saving water is using the woods surrounding my house. I learned that from Moshe Dayan and my yellow lab.


19 posted on 08/19/2021 7:59:08 AM PDT by Spok (Those who can compel you to believe absurdities can compel you to commit atrocities.)
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To: PROCON

When I went to boot camp in Great Lakes Illinois, they told us to pee on our feet, because it’s sterile and it will kill fungus infections.


20 posted on 08/19/2021 7:59:33 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (... to the Republic for which it stands ...)
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