and feminist political party, in Sormland
County Council, Sweden, is pushing to make
standing while peeing illegal for men using the
county council's public restrooms.
Party officials are pushing to make public restrooms
in the county council "sitting only."
Supporters of the proposal say sitting while urinating
is more hygienic and promotes sanitary restroom
habit for male users.
It will help to eliminate the problem of puddles on
the floor and spray stains on toilet seats.
They also argue that urinating while sitting will help
to promote male health because it allows men to
empty their bladder more effectively.
Sitting while urinating according to advocates will
reduce prostate problems among men.
As a compromise, the party has proposed that some
toilets could, in the interim, be designated
exclusively for men who must remain standing while
peeing.
The Left Party's Viggo Hansen, who made the
proposal, said that ultimately he wants office toilets
in the council to be genderless and would thus like to
see only "sit-down" toilets in county council offices.
He said that the move should not be seen as
meddling in the bathroom habits of people.
He said: "That's not what we're doing. We want to
give men the option of going into a clean toilet." But
proposals across Europe to enforce "sitting only"
regulation in public toilets have been criticized.
Dr. John Gamel of Louisville University noted that the
push to enact legislation banning men from standing
while peeing in restrooms is spreading in Europe
with feminists pushing similar legislation in
Germany, France and Holland.
"The liberated women of France and Germany and
Holland have vowed to put their men down – on the
toilet. They carry placards showing a huge red X
scrawled across a man standing to urinate.
They shout: "Laissez tomber votre pantalon, et
asseyez vous! (Drop your trousers and sit)!":
"Behalte deine Tropfen fuer dich (Keep your drips to
yourself)!"; "Toch niet weer een vieze plas op MIJN
badkamer vloer (Not another filthy puddle on MY
bathroom floor)!"
Gamel argues that legislation cannot force men to
adopt more supposedly sanitary habits while peeing.
He told The Huffington Post that the spray and
spatter during "shake off" will not be prevented
because "no man will want to shake off" while sitting
on the toilet to avoid sticking the hand inside the
toilet.
Gamel writes: "...most of the stray "sprinkles" that so
enrage European women occur not during the act of
urination itself, but immediately afterward, during a
ritual men learn as part of their potty training. The
various maneuvers required to discharge the urine
remaining in the urethra.
A man who tucks away his penis without performing
these maneuvers will dribble half an ounce of urine
into his underwear, causing an embarrassing stain in
the crotch of his trousers, or an even more
embarrassing streak down his trouser leg.
To avoid this debacle, every sentient male, after
every urination, carefully squeezes or "milks" his
member to assure that no stray drops remain within
the urethra. "Unfortunately, some men pursue this
goal with excessive vigor, indulging in what can only
be described as "shaking off the last drop."
It is precisely these movements – and not the free-
falling stream itself – that deposit most of the
unwanted urine on lavatory floors throughout the
world."
"As a result, forcing men to sit while emptying their
bladders will serve little purpose, since no man wants
to shake himself off while remaining seated on the
toilet."
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