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[–]MarkTwainiac 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for answering my question. That is so interesting! I grew up with brothers, participated in toilet training of little boys as a big sister, baby sitter in my youth and as a mom/aunt/nursery school parent volunteer assistant in my adulthood, and I attended a uni that at the time was nearly all male - and this is the first time I've heard that some males have been taught NEVER to pee sitting down - and to think doing so is physically difficult or impossible.

So when these guys need to pee and poop at the same time, they carry out two entirely separate operations in two different positions - rather than accomplish both whilst sitting on the can? What do they do when there's an electrical blackout or other situation that requires them to pee in the dark? What happens when they get elderly and have very poor eyesight and balance, or have a disease like Parkinson's that causes tremors or MS that causes loss of muscle and control? Or when they're in hospital and confined to bed, but aren't so sick that they need a catheter? (Rhetorical questions, so I don't expect an answer, LOL.)

I feel sorry that these fellas don't realize they can pee sitting down - whether on a toilet or on another kind of seat. Fact is, in long-distance trips in cars, trucks, planes, tanks, troop transporters etc, it's always been customary for males to pee into vessels whilst remaining sitting down. When I had young sons, they and their male friends all did this whilst remaining sitting in the back seats of cars - that was often much easier than making a pit stop, especially for kids who couldn't hold it. All the pilots I know (including dad in WW2) always did this, and it was no big deal.

Companies that cater to the aviation industry, the military, long-distance race car drivers and people who car pool long have manufactured portable devices made expressly for this purpose - you can find 'em easily online including on Amazon. These sorts of devices are routinely used by male wheelchair users, and in nursing homes and hospitals as well.

Also, back in the day before indoor plumbing when "chamber pots" were used for "night water," there's no way that men would stand up to pee in them in the middle of the night darkness. Especially when it was cold. Instead, they'd bring the vessels close to their dicks so they could pee into them sitting or still lying down.

In many parts of the world, it's more customary for males to pee sitting down than standing, in part because it's been proven to be far more hygienic: https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-09-05/peeing-while-standing-how-medieval-you

Also, in the West, many urologists and men's health publications recommend that males over 50 - the age at which most begin to develop prostate issues - pee sitting down to help them fully empty their bladders. And because worsening aim goes hand in hand - or rather, penis in hand - with the reduced stream volume and velocity that occurs with age. For many elderly men, even those who have no problem standing or seeing, peeing standing up is impossible because their urine come out more in a weak spray or dribble than a strong steady torrent or gush.