Toilet seat

Original link: https://blog.fivest.one/archives/6238

I heard in the program again that women complained about the inconvenience when men and women share toilets, whether it is with family members, shared rentals, or gender-neutral toilets outside. I basically agree and support this discussion. Sharing a room by myself or outside, I am often disgusted by men who urinate on the toilet. To save others, I am willing to sit and use the toilet as much as possible at home, or try my best to keep the toilet area clean. However, just like the previous ” female driver “, many discussions in this area feel that something is missing, so I list it as a supplement.

There is no doubt that there are many traces of gender power in the use of toilets by men and women. For example, who does the cleaning, who cares more about the cleanliness of the toilet area, and the arrogance of men when they are accused… From the perspective of sympathizing with the “poor side of the toilet”, I will respect women’s opinions more. But here, it is mainly on the basis that the man has the correct gender awareness and the two parties make concerted efforts to maintain the cleanliness of the toilet, and mention some things that the other party may not have noticed.

“Why can’t men sit and urinate?”

A lot of discussions bring this up, and then the girls skip the question with a sigh of mystery. ——Indeed, there is nothing that a man cannot sit and urinate. Some countries have also begun to gradually teach boys the habit of sitting and using the toilet from a young age. As for those reasons like “it’s inconvenient to take off my pants when I’m in a hurry”, it’s obviously gender arrogance.

However, there is one thing that needs to be mentioned: the toilet is not a design that is conducive to men urinating while sitting. Unlike women, when a man sits on the toilet, the protruding lump of genitalia protrudes into the toilet… Especially when the erection is caused by holding back urine, on the one hand, the chicken may rub against the toilet wall . ! ! On the other hand, during erection, the cock is raised upwards, and it is necessary to clamp the cock with the bottom of the thigh, or even reach into the small space between the thigh and the toilet seat, and press the cock down to urinate. to the toilet…

So, in most cases, I am also very happy to sit on the toilet to urinate and take a breath. But when the cock is hard, it is more convenient to pee standing up. ——Of course, this is not an insurmountable difficulty. I must sit, which is also possible; however, the psychological shadow of the chicken rubbing against the toilet wall, please understand…

ps, not only during erection; many toilet designs do not consider this aspect, so when you sit on the toilet normally, you are also worried about whether it will rub (this is not showing off the size…

In the public toilet outside, it is another situation: because the toilet seat feels unclean, so when urinating, it is basically standing (of course, the toilet seat will be lifted up). Of course, when the public toilet has a special urinal, I will definitely use the urinal. ——But speaking of this, I often see men who go to the toilet and urinate standing. When I sit and defecate in the men’s toilet, I often hear (or see feet) someone standing in the cubicle to urinate. There are people of all ages and races. Even if the urinal is empty, I don’t know what mentality it is?

What kind of plan is “put down the toilet seat after every use of the toilet”?

Many discussions have accused men of “why don’t they put the toilet seat back in place after urinating standing up”. This “put back in place” refers to keeping the toilet seat in a down state all the time. This puzzles me. It can be seen from the simple calculation below that the toilet seat is always put down, which is neither the most efficient solution nor the safest solution (– this way, it will eventually be urinated by men, or splashed by dirty water nearby. !), so why is that?

Consider the following four scenarios:

  1. Put the toilet seat down after each use;
  2. After each use, lift the toilet seat;
  3. Walk away directly after using the toilet, and the next user will change the state of the toilet seat according to their own needs;
  4. After each use, fully close the toilet seat and toilet lid together, and then flush.

Assuming that on a mixed-gender toilet, the probabilities of (women using the toilet, men standing, and men sitting) are (x, p, 1-xp), respectively, and then calculate the probability of the toilet seat being lifted and lowered in each scenario the number of times men and women touched the toilet seat separately.

At the same time, the “risk” of each option is calculated. Assuming that when a man urinates standing up, the probability of urinating ignoring the toilet seat is s, – it may be that family members have forgotten about it, or it may be that there is a fool who ignores the feelings of others. Depending on the occasion, the proportion of this s can be large or small. , here is simply to calculate the probability of such an “accident”.

Green is the minimum value for each column, red is the maximum value.

It is more intuitive to use specific values: suppose the toilet is used a total of 1000 times, 500 times for women and 500 times for men. Men urinate 300 times while standing. For every 10 times, 1 man urinates directly regardless of whether the toilet seat is lifted or not. At this point x = 0.5, p = 0.3, s = 0.1

It can be seen from the calculation that:

  • The solution of “1. Always put the toilet seat down” is the riskiest;
  • In terms of trouble, “1. Always put the toilet seat down” is not as good as “3. The toilet seat is adjusted by the next person”

Of course, this “level of trouble” is for men and women as a whole. For women themselves, “1. Always put the toilet seat down” is the least troublesome.

I asked other women what they thought, why should the toilet seat be kept down all the time? The answers include:

  • When women live alone, they are accustomed to putting the toilet seat down. If the toilet seat is not properly placed, when going to the toilet in a daze at night, they may sit down on the toilet. ——It makes sense, but men can also urinate in a daze and forget to lift the toilet seat.
  • Women don’t want to touch the toilet seat with their hands. – is indeed the biggest advantage of option 1.
  • “1. Always put the toilet seat down” is actually “4. Put down the toilet seat and toilet seat” and can’t do it (that is, unconsciously….), so it is the next best thing. ——Option 4 is really good, but it is a bit strange to ask for the second.
  • I think it’s a deliberate mirror image. Some families will educate the women in the family to lift the toilet seat after going to the toilet so that men can use it, so in contrast, putting the toilet seat down is equivalent to being convenient for women to use. ——Ah, this idea is very good! But “Option 2. The toilet seat is always raised” is not the optimal solution, nor is it even the optimal solution for men. So that kind of family is really a turtle!

And, in the process of asking questions, there were indeed some comments from local men who said “I’m just happy to stand and pee”…


Actually there is another angle. In scenarios 2 and 3, when the accident of urinating on the toilet seat occurs, the male responsible for the accident may quibble: “Who told you not to lift the toilet seat?!”, thus shifting the responsibility to the previous person who used the toilet . This person is usually a woman in the family, but it could be himself. Therefore, when “the toilet seat must be put down” has become a rule, women can be completely exempt from any responsibility when facing an accident. Then it can be extended to the fact that women have developed the wisdom of how not to be blamed in the long-term suffering… Of course, it is a bit punishing to say that this is also the reason for plan 1.

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