This article is fascinating.
Toilet researcher Junichi Hirata blames the spread of Western-style toilets on the increasing prevalence for Japanese men to sit on the toilet even while only urinating.I guess people will research anything...
Sitters have also influenced changes in men's underwear. Where it was once normal to have men's briefs with an opening in the front to provide easy access at times of urination, now less than half the 20 types of men's undies available from catalog clothing seller Cecile Co. offer such access.Well, that makes it harder to get a blowjob from your secretary under the desk.
I mean...what? Did you say something?
"Men are structurally designed to piss standing up," Chiba Institute of Technology Prof. Yoshiyuki Ueno, who has studied toilets for more than three decades, said.Does Japan have enough people studying toilets? I propose a study!
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LOL. You're the best, AJ.
There must be a cultural reason. After all, as you point out, it doesn't happen here (or at least, not much).
There is an unspoken protocol in mens bathrooms, at least here in the UK. You try to maintain the maximum amount of room away from the other guys wherever possible. So if there's already a guy using a middle urinal, you'd go to one of the ends. The next guy in would go to the other end. Subsequent guys would fill in any urinals between the current 3. Or use the stalls. When all the urinals are full, you go to the first available one.
I think the unspoken urinal arrangement is universal. When the first urinal is taken, you don't go to the far end - that would show that you're uncomfortable with the situation. But in a respect of privacy and out of a sense of decency, it is only natural that you take the second urinal down. When there's two people and five urinals, they should be located at urinal 1 and urinal 3, so that the next guy can have his own spot as well. I wonder if the National Janitors Union has done their research on the most frequently used urinals, in order to discern which require the most attention when cleaning them out. My bet it's 1 and 3.
The jerks break it up by heading straight for number 2 when the place is empty, or, yeah, the middle one. By and large, though, the unspoken urinal agreement applies more for less crowded bathrooms. When you've got a long line, you take what you can get. But if it's you and one other guy, taking the urinal right next to him is just not appropriate.
Well, unless they have those dividers between them. But that's an entirely different story.
And so we can bring it back to subject: Pissing sitting down is for women. Even if you end up with a stall, you don't fucking sit down to piss.
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