Because they're afraid the other guys in shop class will call them a p@#$y.
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My girlfriend gave me a hard time about it. I told her I was pro-choice
Just tell her you're going to start making rules in the bathroom she has to follow.
I always prefer to sit unless I'm in a huge hurry. It's called a restroom for a reason. I'm going to take a break, browse Lemmy or something, and otherwise "rest". I'll return to work when I'm ready.
What really pisses me off is when I hear someone enter another stall to take a standing piss. They rarely put the seat up and always get pee all over everything. If you're going to stand, use a urinal. There's nothing more pathetic than being afraid to whip your dick out beside your fellow man, and instead, choose to piss on the place where others want to take a sit.
Because the toilet touches your ass therefore automatically making you gay, bro. Same reason some men don't wipe their asshole.
I wish I was kidding.
I'm sorry some men think wiping their ass is gay? That's the weirdest thing I've heard this week
Not gay but fucking gross. Why do I want to sit in someone's piss?
When I was in medical school, I had to drop a deuce during a break between lectures. While I was in there, performing spectacularly, some other guy came into the restroom (situated just outside the lecture hall) and shouted "Is somebody takin' a shit in here!?"
and I was just like, "...yeah, where else would I do it?"
But I feel like that guy who openly questioned why someone would shit in a bathroom, is exactly the same type of guy that would question someones masculinity over how they choose to take a piss.
And I suppose he's a doctor now.
The single greatest take-away I got from medical school, is that some doctors can be incredibly stupid. They'll examine you, then step out into the hall and google your symptoms. I wish I was being facetious.
Because it's cute how embarrassed they look!
I'm a cis-bi man married to a cis-gay man: I had to tell him to sit his ass on the toilet to piss because the area around the toilet was constantly filthy. I cannot believe still to this day how difficult it was to convince him why it is a good idea to just sit down to piss. If you cannot control the stream direction and shape perfectly when you piss (spoiler alert, you cannot), then sit down where you can spray the toilet bowl.
That's not quite true for everyone. With good hygiene and, if necessary, making sure to roll things loose, you can make sure you pee perfect every time.
At least, I can. And I'm certain I'm not alone in that
That was exactly my reasoning when I switched to sitting every time. Sometimes the stream just decides to pick some unpredictable direction to start, if I sit down I've got a hemisphere of protection and no need to clean my piss off the floor (or worse, leave that for someone else).
Why don't you just grab his dick and show him how to aim?
Can't pee when it's hard ;)
Guys who do diss other guys for not peeing standing up have major self esteem issues or insecurities.
I'm a man and I pee sitting down because:
- it's more comfortable
- it doesn't splash pee water everywhere all over the toilet bowl and the floor or my pants.
- can access the toilet paper easier to wipe clean instead of just shaking it and having a wet pee stain on my underwear
- I have my hands free to use my phone
- I can also fight anyone that might barge in an try to assault me while I pee without peeing on myself so it's a tactical defense position.
Real men sit to pee so they don't have to clean their own piss up later.
Whenever I talk about this, some asshat will come along and make a comment about sitting on a tree. No, dumbass, I don't sit to pee on a tree. Or a urinal. I sit to pee on my toilet at home so I can tell you what an idiot you are while I'm pissing just to prove how manly I am.
Real men pee however they want and make sure not to leave a mess for the next bathroom user. Standing or sitting has nothing to do with masculinity.
I don't know who really makes fun of how other people pee, 12 year olds on the Internet?
Usually I stand, but if need to shit I sit or if it's the middle of the night and I don't want to turn on lights or sometimes I just feel like it.
I clean the mat in front of the toilet every week and clean the toilet every few weeks. I do spot wipes daily.
Don't think I've ever heard of someone dissing anyone over this. Sitting is objectively cleaner; micro droplets.
Oh I have. A while ago like, 20 years ago maybe. If a male was suspected of being gay, some assholes would ask him if he sat to pee.
I sit to pee often and I was "wtf, should I not do it?", and decided I didn't give a fuck and that they were assholes.
Ohhhh, right, equating gay and effeminate. That would explain it being 20 years ago. Reminds me of old highschool days. I'm getting old!
Things change, though. That's good.
I just discovered the joys of sitting to pee this past year. I just never thought about it before, and only sat to pee if I had to poop too... though I can't say I ever cared whether someone else sat or stood to pee
But I had two separate fainting spells while standing to pee after getting out of bed (orthostatic hypotension), and almost really hurt myself the second time. Now, I often sit to pee at home because it's just more comfortable (and apparently safer). Live and learn I guess
I don't know who y'all hang out with, but my friends for decades have given each other shit for anything we can possibly think of. It's a form of male bonding.
Some people are like that, I've never understood it
Sitting to pee is normal, standing up is for public bathrooms and in nature.
"What is that? An umbrella? Are you afraid of a little rain? Are you gay? What's the umbrella for, so you can stick it up your ass?"
I'm ripping off Bill Burr here. Macho men are drooling morons who die at age 54. Why ask them their opinion on anything?
You're not going to hear from men who actually do this because they don't have a good reason and aren't typically comfortable with the kind of introspection the question demands.
Some people are exclusionary pricks who look for excuses to judge others. They don't have or need a reason. It's bullying.
I cant ever recall a time I have questioned, or been questioned, as to why a guy would sit to pee. I sit at home because its more comfortable. I stand at public toilets because the seats are gross
I had a toilet where the seat just wouldn't stay up. It was just easier to sit. And even when I didn't have this toulet I would sit in the middle of the night to keep the noise down and not have to turn on the light. I called this the "tactical piss".
But guys who are just super against it are weird. Doesn't make you any less of a guy my guy.
There is an argument for standing to pee since it empties the urethra more completely compared to sitting to pee. This is mostly relevant for 40+ people since they are more likely to have any issues.
Simple trick to shit/sit and pee and still empty everything is to push on the area between dick and butthole.
I think this has long since debunked and it's actually the other way. At the very least it's inconclusive.
Oh shit, didn't know that. Do you have the medical term for it so I can look it up?
Who care how someone else uses the bathroom.
Your questions.
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no. That’s silly. If you are doing #2, you do both sitting.
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yes, but decades of practice mean I can stand and pee in nearly any mental state
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reasonably clean. I’ve good aim and we clean the floor regularly
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to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women!
I will go ahead and be the only person to honestly engage with the terms of your question.
There is a movement that started a long time ago and continues today to "domesticate" boys. Boys are invariably more disobedient in controlled classrooms and group activities and so they need to be "broken in" and taught how to conform to the requirements of modern life and education. Girls tend to fit into this structure more easily as can be attested by the higher educational outcomes among women in countries that allow them to achieve it.
With this in mind there is a lot of resentment against this "breaking in" process. This metastasizes when boys hear all about how "toxic" they are by virtue of how they were born, how much more trouble they are to deal with etc. The emotional response is to resist all attempts to demasculinize them, even in the case of something as inconsequential as bathroom etiquette.
This is an honest representation of the perspective in question. Don't get all passed off at me for being capable of presenting it.
Just a note on the "toxic" thing - when folks talk about "toxic masculinity" they're generally not talking about men being toxic or claiming that masculinity is always toxic. Toxic masculinity refers to the perversions of masculinity; things like "I must commit violence to defend my honor" or "I must never express 'soft' emotions". Men and masculinity are good things that can and should be celebrated as much as all other identities.
The idea of it being girlie to sit down and pee far predates the "domestication" of boys. Additionally, the idea that "if you are a man you have to sit down to pee" is what is attempting to force some kind of social conformity. . . "pee how you like, it has nothing to do with how manly you are" is exactly the opposite.
As a man WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU TELLING ME HOW YOU PEE!?! What god damn conversation is going on!?! How the hell did this come up? We don't normally talk about this!
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