# Female Urination **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 13, 1999, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-urination/3921 "1999-10-13T19:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-urination/3921/21 "1999-10-15T15:24:00Z")
Round holes give straight streams: o Vertical holes give ribbon streams: ! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-urination/3921/22 "1999-10-15T15:44:00Z")
Hm. But if one is pouring Kool-Aid from a pitcher, the pitcher’s spout-slot isn’t necessarily veritcal, but the flow is ribboned. I also am not convinced that a woman’s urethra is veritical in shape. Haven’t called a urologist yet, but I will soon. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-urination/3921/23 "1999-10-15T18:51:00Z")
A woman’s urethral opening is not vertical in shape, like the male’s. It’s more of a junction of three slits that sort of iris open to form a more-or-less round hole. This produces a stream that, while it doesn’t ribbon, doesn’t exactly form a “straight, steady stream”, either. Go ahead. Ask me how I know. * * * Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-urination/3921.md?page=1)