# For women only: Pee standing up? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256 "2000-08-05T16:31:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/1 "2000-08-05T16:31:57Z")
I found this Web site: [http://www.restrooms.org/standing.html](http://www.restrooms.org/standing.html) It tells you how to pee standing up. The only time I’ve ever done this is in the shower but they swear it an be done. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/2 "2000-08-05T16:33:47Z")
I’m sure it can be done, but I’m not gonna. Like you, only in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/3 "2000-08-05T16:39:42Z")
I’ll just sneak in here for a moment then leave quietly… Does this mean that you ladies will be able to write your names in the snow? You have now taken away the last thing that men could do exclusively. I hope you’re happy with yourselves. BTW… looks like a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/4 "2000-08-05T17:30:14Z")
Oh my… My first question is who in the world founded [restrooms.org](http://restrooms.org)? And why? I think I’ll practice this just to startle the hubby when I master the technique. I’m giggleing (sp?) like a loony just imagining the look on his face… Now if only we could write our names in the snow! ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/5 "2000-08-05T17:37:59Z")
I tried to pee standing up once when I was a child because I saw my brothers do it and wanted to try it. I was, let’s say, unsuccessful. I remember pee running down my leg and never tried it again. The way this site explains how to do it makes sense but I doubt that I try it. I’d rather squat above the toilet than pee standing up! ---
**Author:** ![Skummet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Skummet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skummet)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/6 "2000-08-05T17:38:17Z")
First blue m&m’s… and now THIS? For the love of god has the world gone MENTAL??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/7 "2000-08-05T17:39:03Z")
You mean… there’s other women who pee in the shower sometimes??? ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/8 "2000-08-05T19:10:52Z")
Oh oh!! The lady at [http://www.restrooms.org/device-assist.html](http://www.restrooms.org/device-assist.html) shows you a “device” that um… seals around your urethra and lets you direct your stream!! Perhaps writing my name is snow would NOT be an impossibility after all!.. [does anyone else think the device looks like a children’s liquid medicine dispenser?] ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/9 "2000-08-05T19:52:25Z")
I actually mastered a standing up pee technique many years ago, when we were first stationed in Japan. To paraphrase the great Dave Barry, the standard Japanese public toilet is basically a hole in the ground that someone forgot to put a toilet on top of. Not so bad normally, but when I became heavily pregnant, manouvering and squatting became basically impossible, so I just stood and let fly. With a little muscle control, it’s not really hard to avoid a mess. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/10 "2000-08-05T20:00:58Z")
I couldn’t resist being the first guy to post here. Peeing standing up? C’mon, ladies, this doesn’t take any special skill. Aiming standing up, that’s a different story. ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/11 "2000-08-05T20:28:59Z")
It can be done, or so I’ve heard. This is just crazy though. There used to be balance. Women had the joy of giving birth, and men had the ability to pee standing up. Now women get to have babies and pee standing up? What the hell is going on here? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/12 "2000-08-05T22:54:26Z")
My, my, we talked about this before but I haven’t found it in the archives. Sure it can be done, few, very few, woman want to do it. ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/13 "2000-08-06T00:30:23Z")
Hey!!! Great idea!!! Now women won’t have anything to complain about if we leave the seat up!!!Yeah :):):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/14 "2000-08-06T00:48:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baglady \* > \*\*Oh oh!! The lady at [http://www.restrooms.org/device-assist.html](http://www.restrooms.org/device-assist.html) shows you a “device” that um… seals around your urethra and lets you direct your stream!! Perhaps writing my name is snow would NOT be an impossibility after all!.. > > [does anyone else think the device looks like a children’s liquid medicine dispenser?] \*\* Oddly, about 2 hours before your post here, I started a thread on this exact thing on the 3FMB! [http://fff.fathom.org/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000209.html](http://fff.fathom.org/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000209.html) I think it IS a medicine spoon, with a hole in the bottom. As for it saying “TravelMate Device” on it… I also found a site that sells medicine spoons that will put your logo on them. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/15 "2000-08-06T00:48:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baglady \* > [does anyone else think the device looks like a children’s liquid medicine dispenser?] Oh yes! My first thought when I saw it was, “Hey, I can make one of those!” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/16 "2000-08-06T01:22:47Z")
That’s exactly what it is. That’s how the site got started. Do not ask me how I know this. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/17 "2000-08-06T01:58:13Z")
I emailed them asking “isn’t this just a medicine spoon with a hole drilled in the end?” Their email was a cryptic “There is more to it than that” Uh huh. There sure is. The _price_ Medicine spoon: $1-2 Pee device: $4, or $11 with carry case. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/18 "2000-08-06T05:05:24Z")
Wasn’t there another thread on this very recently? Oh well, I’ll say it again: **Women can pee standing up. Easily and neatly. No device required.** Here is the technique: Drop trou. Bend over a bit. Pee. (You pee out the back, not the front.) You do it all the time, gals. You just don’t think of it as “peeing standing up” because you are facing _away_ from the toilet. When you go into a grotty rest room, and you pee without sitting on the revolting toilet seat, _you are peeing standing up_! With a little practice, you can learn to aim. As for writing our names in the snow, I guess that’s still out. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/19 "2000-08-06T05:45:45Z")
A good friend of mine says that she’s mastered the technique (she briefly posted here, actually). I’ll try to get her to come back and let y’all know how it works. As for writing in the snow… with guys, we have a little hose in order to maneuver the urine stream… women would have to maneuver their whole bodies in order to do it. Meaning that even if a couple a’ gals managed to make some designs, their peemanship wouldn’t be as clean as men’s. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256/20 "2000-08-06T14:30:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* > pee_ **man** \*ship Sexist! Bigot! Chauvinist! It’s tinklewomanship. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-pee-standing-up/28256.md?page=2)