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undeterred

(34,658 posts)
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:14 PM Dec 2012

Sweden's Left Party wants men to pee sitting down

The Left Party in Sörmland is taking a stand to ensure men take a seat when emptying their bladders in the county council's own toilets. According to the party, there are two very important reasons for the proposal encouraging men to sit instead of stand when they urinate.

One reason has to do with hygiene and a desire to ensure that no one who uses the toilets at the county council's offices will be required to walk through puddles or residue left by stray urine which happens to splash out of the bowl and onto the floor when male employees pee standing up. The Left Party also cites medical research it claims shows that men empty their bladders more efficiently when they are seated.

The improved bladder evacuation not only reduces the risk for prostate problems, according to the party, but also helps men who sit rather than stand achieve a longer and healthier sex life, the local Folket newspaper reported. As a first step in its quest to get men to take a seat, the Left Party proposes labeling toilets which are designated for men who absolutely want to remain standing when they pee.

The Left Party's Viggo Hansen, a substitute member of the county council and the man responsible for the proposal, wants the office toilets to be genderless and as a result, is pushing for the "sit-down only" requirement. He insisted, however, that the move doesn't represent political meddling in people's bathroom habits. "That's not what we're doing. We want to give men the option of going into a clean toilet," he told Sveriges Television.

http://www.thelocal.se/41358/20120611/#.UMkb8XfkJ1E



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Sweden's Left Party wants men to pee sitting down (Original Post) undeterred Dec 2012 OP
The thing is OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #1
Men need to memorize this simple rhyme that we women use: LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #6
lol! I have heard that OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #7
I do. Mel Content Dec 2012 #43
Just go to squatting toilets as I've seen used in a number of countries... yawnmaster Dec 2012 #2
Or grow lost back hair? undeterred Dec 2012 #3
shhhhh...without a bit of propaganda, how will we get people to accept it?!! eom yawnmaster Dec 2012 #5
No thanks Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #30
Same thing in India..... AnneD Dec 2012 #33
Perhaps this is a sneaky way of training men undeterred Dec 2012 #37
Ex left the seat up once... AnneD Dec 2012 #40
I could use the improved sex life, and a return of some lost hair. A Simple Game Dec 2012 #44
Hopefully, we can make this the #1 issue of the 2016 election Kaleva Dec 2012 #4
What happened to "peeance freeance"? aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2012 #8
Or the neo-peeons BainsBane Dec 2012 #10
Best post I've seen in months! OrwellwasRight Dec 2012 #13
How about installing urinals? BainsBane Dec 2012 #9
This is the Swedes taking equality to a place it doesn't really need to go. undeterred Dec 2012 #11
Women's toilets in Brazil BainsBane Dec 2012 #12
wait, you don't think women do The Hover everywhere in the world? TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #34
This is way worse BainsBane Dec 2012 #35
I love this story! OrwellwasRight Dec 2012 #14
How come bears can crap in the woods and I can't? 47of74 Dec 2012 #15
You excluded polar bears, you know RedCloud Dec 2012 #16
because bears, apparently, don't require toilet paper... yawnmaster Dec 2012 #32
Classic outhouse poems disagree! RedCloud Dec 2012 #17
I just learned a LOT more than I wanted to know about men's urinal habits. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #18
Here I sit.... Broken Hearted.... waddirum Dec 2012 #29
You thought your paint could stop my pen.... 47of74 Dec 2012 #36
i was bullied because i pee sitting down datasuspect Dec 2012 #19
Urinals, my friends. Urinals. MineralMan Dec 2012 #20
Great pitch or selling urinals, but... TreasonousBastard Dec 2012 #42
lol! So, how is 'sit down only' HappyMe Dec 2012 #21
This is an issue worthy of a Federal grant for a study JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2012 #22
Harrison Bergeron here we come! Taverner Dec 2012 #23
I've done it that way for years Ron Obvious Dec 2012 #24
HA HA HA! Lasher Dec 2012 #46
um, no thanks dufan_from_tx582 Dec 2012 #25
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #26
What are they going to do, have a person there to watch? backscatter712 Dec 2012 #27
I already pee sitting down. Chan790 Dec 2012 #28
My husband was raised that way as well!! 3 older sisters (who did the cleaning) trained him to pee riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #41
I know this is an issue in Germany.... TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #31
Somebody need to take a stand on this issue. Remmah2 Dec 2012 #38
Larry David should probably fall in line. Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #39
That's it!!! I've had enough!!! A Simple Game Dec 2012 #45

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
1. The thing is
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:21 PM
Dec 2012

whether the toilet is clean or not, if I stand to pee I'm going to remain relatively clean. If I have to sit, who the hell knows what I'm sitting in? Every men's room toilet seat I have ever seen was peed on....or worse.

Sweden can kiss my pee-free ass.

 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
6. Men need to memorize this simple rhyme that we women use:
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:35 PM
Dec 2012


"If you sprinkle when you tinkle
please be neat, and wipe the seat!"

Thank you.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
7. lol! I have heard that
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:38 PM
Dec 2012

but does anyone follow it?


Cuz I'm betting men won't...


I work in a pretty nice office building - four stories of professional people all working for the same company. If a sit-down situation arises, I go home.

I'm lucky I only live about 10 minutes away but I still try to make sure I'm all set before going to work. To put it politely...

yawnmaster

(2,812 posts)
2. Just go to squatting toilets as I've seen used in a number of countries...
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:27 PM
Dec 2012

essentially a porcelain hole in the ground that one squats over to do their business.
If one wants to stand to pee, fine.
Either way, no one sits on pee.

Squatting is much better for one than sitting.
According to everyone, it can improve one's sex life and grow back lost hair.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
30. No thanks
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 01:51 AM
Dec 2012

Here in Japan, there are squatting toilets and they are a royal pain. There is a reason why more and more of those things are being replaced with Western-style fixtures.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
33. Same thing in India.....
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 04:43 AM
Dec 2012

Try using them while holding a purse. There is a reason why this westerner wears saris and carries long handle purses when visiting.

But everyone peeing while sitting down would go a long way toward world peace...lol. Hubby sits, I guess because he dealt with western toilets later in life and didn't know better. It makes my life easier.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
37. Perhaps this is a sneaky way of training men
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 08:17 AM
Dec 2012

never to leave the seat up. Nobody really thinks that men sitting down to pee makes the world more equal... but women never going into the bathroom and sitting down on a toilet where the seat was left up is worth a lot.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
40. Ex left the seat up once...
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 02:36 PM
Dec 2012

I went at night and not wanting to wake him up, did not turn on the light. My thoughtfulness was rewarded by a midnight baptismal. Needless to say I woke him up to remind him of his thoughtlessness.

Imagine getting you nuts dunked in cold water during the winter and and they telescope straight up you can imagine what it feels like for the ladies. It is worse for the thin ladies.

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
44. I could use the improved sex life, and a return of some lost hair.
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 12:10 PM
Dec 2012

But I fear if I had to try to squat over a hole in the floor, a fair share of the time I would be laying in whatever didn't make it into the hole.

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
9. How about installing urinals?
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 09:50 PM
Dec 2012

Problem solved. I predict huge messes with men trying to pee while sitting down.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
11. This is the Swedes taking equality to a place it doesn't really need to go.
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 09:59 PM
Dec 2012

Women don't need to stand and men don't need to sit... pee however you want. Although I still don't understand why men have so much difficulty aiming.

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
12. Women's toilets in Brazil
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 10:04 PM
Dec 2012

Are worse than any male restroom here. They don't want to sit on the seat, so they crouch. The results are not good.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
34. wait, you don't think women do The Hover everywhere in the world?
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 05:25 AM
Dec 2012

It's either The Hover or The Toilet Paper Nest... I don't know any woman that sits her bare ass on a public toilet seat. Gross.


BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
35. This is way worse
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:11 AM
Dec 2012

Than anything you've seen in the US. At least it was in Bahia. Elsewhere in Brazil could be different.

yawnmaster

(2,812 posts)
32. because bears, apparently, don't require toilet paper...
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 02:25 AM
Dec 2012

a bear and a bunny are crapping in the woods together.
The bear asks the bunny if it has a problem with crap sticking to its fur.
Bunny says, "no, not at all".
Bear picks up bunny and wipes butt with it.

RedCloud

(9,230 posts)
17. Classic outhouse poems disagree!
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 11:27 PM
Dec 2012

Be like dad
not like sis
lift the lid
when you piss

-or-

No matter how long
you wiggle and dance
the last few drops
go down your pants

MineralMan

(146,318 posts)
20. Urinals, my friends. Urinals.
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 04:01 PM
Dec 2012

God created them so men don't water the floor. Install one in your home today. If you need the name of a good plumber, just let me know. In fact, if you have two baths in your home, put a urinal in one and make it the boy's room. It will change your life.

This message brought to you by Crane - Bringing Urinals to Every Home

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
42. Great pitch or selling urinals, but...
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 11:34 AM
Dec 2012

you know perfectly well what those puddles around the urinals are.

Guys with bad aim have bad aim everywhere.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,354 posts)
22. This is an issue worthy of a Federal grant for a study
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 04:19 PM
Dec 2012

We'll need volunteers to drink mass quantities of beer.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
24. I've done it that way for years
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:50 AM
Dec 2012

As a progressive "euro' pee'in", I've done it that way for years because my wife (Oops - I meant partner, honestly!) insisted.

It worked great until my balls fell off.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
28. I already pee sitting down.
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 01:35 AM
Dec 2012

It's easier to aim, cleaner, I can read while I pee, it made being shitfaced easier before I quit drinking, I was raised that way.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
41. My husband was raised that way as well!! 3 older sisters (who did the cleaning) trained him to pee
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 10:47 PM
Dec 2012

sitting down.

Now he prefers it. Says there's less "splash" back (at 6'4" I believe it).

He's utterly comfortable with it.

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
45. That's it!!! I've had enough!!!
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 12:20 PM
Dec 2012

OK, so now I am peeing in the shower because Europeans say we have to conserve and that will save one flush per person per day. Well if you exclude some parts of Europe otherwise it's one flush per week.

Now they want me to sit when I pee?

I'm done, I don't want Americans in my bedroom and I don't want Europeans in my bathroom.

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