# Guys: Your penis, peeing, and your handedness **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928 "2000-07-08T03:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/1 "2000-07-08T03:07:12Z")
(Seemed more appropriate for here than GQ …) :: “GATTACA” MOVIE SPOILER COMING UP (as if you’d care at this point) :: In the movie, Ethan Hawke’s character is discovered to be non-genetically altered by the guy who administered physical tests to him, because he held his penis with the wrong hand while peeing. The test guy pointed out that you hold your johnson while doing Number One with whatever is your dominant hand. Is this universally true? It is in my case, so it has me wondering. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/2 "2000-07-08T03:33:58Z")
I use both, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/3 "2000-07-08T03:39:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*I use both, myself. \*\* Yes, it takes all the muscle power I can muster just to keep the mighty beast under some semblance of control. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lswote](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lswote/32/5737_2.png) [@lswote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lswote)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/4 "2000-07-08T03:39:41Z")
True for me. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/5 "2000-07-08T03:40:48Z")
It’s true for me. I use my dominant left hand. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/6 "2000-07-08T03:41:31Z")
Don’t you guys really sing a song … right hand… left hand… here we go! ---
**Author:** ![Xgemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@Xgemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xgemina)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/7 "2000-07-08T03:55:17Z")
Um, I’m right handed and use my left hand to ah, direct the spray. Does this mean I’m a mutant or something - or did I win the big prize? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/8 "2000-07-08T04:55:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanadianSue \* > \*\*Don’t you guys really sing a song … right hand… left hand… here we go! \*\* Never heard that song, but as far as the OP goes, I’m true to that, too. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/9 "2000-07-08T05:29:04Z")
I’m mostly ambidexterous, with my right being dominant. But I hold with the left. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/10 "2000-07-08T05:34:38Z")
Right, my dominent hand. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/11 "2000-07-08T05:50:45Z")
My plumber’s helper is my right hand, but my erection handler is my left. ---
**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/12 "2000-07-08T06:13:59Z")
True here, dominant right hand. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/13 "2000-07-08T06:24:59Z")
I’m right handed, but I use both when peeing (when the crane’s in the shop, that is). Interestingly, despite my handedness, I can only brush my teeth with my left hand. If I try to do it with my right hand, it’s all awkward. ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/14 "2000-07-08T06:29:38Z")
I use either hand, but I’m always conscious that more than three shakes constitutes a wank. ---
**Author:** ![JBurton99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@JBurton99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBurton99)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/15 "2000-07-08T06:58:09Z")
True for me, right hand dominant. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/16 "2000-07-08T07:09:39Z")
I’m right-handed, but I use my left hand to aim and fire at the toidy. (Yes, “toidy” is the official word.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/17 "2000-07-08T07:14:01Z")
Generally the right hand (dominant) gets the job. Every now and again I let the understudy stand in. It’s probably the only thing I’m ambidextrous at. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/18 "2000-07-08T10:29:14Z")
I use my right hand when peeing, but I am an ambidextrous masturbator. That should be a university degree. “Matthew McLauchlin, Ambidextrous Masturbator.” ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/19 "2000-07-08T10:55:56Z")
Apparantly I’m a mutant as well, but enough allready about my large penis. I’m right handed but my left does the aiming, go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928/20 "2000-07-08T13:17:20Z")
Righthanded in script and urine. However, when I kick a football, I kick a lot better with my left foot then with my right - but I can do both. Not sure what the penis angle is in that last bit, but there you go. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-your-penis-peeing-and-your-handedness/24928.md?page=2)