Give pee a chance: Why German men urinate sitting down

BigThink ^ | 5.24.2023 | Frank Jacobs

[libh8er]

..... One such word is Sitzpinkler, a man who pees sitting down. Not only do the Germans have a word for it, they are remarkably more proficient at it than most other nationalities.

Recently, UK-based pollster YouGov published the results of a 13-country survey of men’s urinating preferences. This map shows the eight countries surveyed in Europe — the others were Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Singapore, and Australia. Of all 13 countries, Germany was the one where most men sat down “every time” to urinate (40%). Add those who do so “most times” (22%), and you get the result shown on the map: nearly two-thirds are Sitzpinkler (without final “s”: the word is both singular and plural).

Sitzpinkler statistics That puts German men well ahead of their second-placed counterparts in Sweden, where only 22% of men sit down “every time.” More Swedish men sit down “most times” (28%). Danish men place third overall (44%), ahead of Australians (39%) and Canadians (35%). The streams of French (35%) and Italian (34%) men almost cross, but despite the overall closeness of the result, a considerably larger share of French men are Sitzpinkler of the “every time” variety (19% vs. 13% in Italy). Dangling at the bottom of the European league are Poland (27%) and the UK (24%), with only 10% of Polish men and 9% of British blokes sitting down “every time.”

The U.S. is on the lower end of the scale: only 10% of American men sit down to pee “every time,” with an additional 13% “most times.” Still, this is not as low as Mexico or Singapore, where 6% and 5% of men respectively sit down to pee “every time.”

[ansel12]

The ADA mandates the urinal to be low.

[Triple]

I think this sitzpinkler stat is a proxy for the effeminate/ socialist / greenie percentage of men.

[SJackson]

Many parts of asia urinating sitting down is 0%. Pooping too.

How to Use an Asian Toilet

Picture is a really clean one. Usually gender specific.

And then there's Holland and other parts of Europe.

Since we're on urinals for men, lots of places in Europe they're 100% stand up. The one on the right, three at a time. I'm sure everyone knows to bring their own toilet paper, everywhere.

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[SJackson]

The next survey will find out how many men shit while standing up, in various nations.

See 143, does squatting count.

[Jamestown1630]

'Today you could throw Cheerios in there and tell them to use their laser to shoot down the UFOs.'

Now, that's funny...