Me, neither, and I’m pleasantly surprised that it hasn’t been derailed yet. (No threadpissing, either!)
It occurred to me that some women might flex or push while peeing, creating a stronger stream that’s a bit easier to control. If you just relax & let go, the urine flows at more of a dribble, which is WAY more likely to run down your thighs if you’re not sitting on a toilet. So the ladies peeing in more of a jet would have an easier time peeing while standing or squatting than the relaxed dribblers.
Imagine pouring from a coffee mug into a narrow jar. (No spout.) If you tilt fast and pour hard, you’ll get most/all of it into the jar … but if you slooooowwwwly tip the mug, the contents will run down the side of the mug and all over your hand & everywhere else and make a mess.
… and, just like listening to rain or thinking about Niagara Falls, reading this thread makes me gotta go pee.
I don’t know why I know this, but they do make female pee funnels, both disposable and reusable. So it’s something that’s been given decent research. [Insert “indecent research” joke.]
It makes no difference for me if I’m peeing slow. I tried peeing with like no force because I thought maybe that’s how some people pee, but it still didn’t run down my leg. Some of it drips down the buttocks, but it stops there. I don’t know why it stops for some people, but with others it keeps sliding down. Some of it drips down the buttocks even when I’m sitting.
Try this: Take some newspaper and lay several sheets on the ground. Then put a few drops of food coloring in a water bottle with maybe a cup or two of water in it. Then pour from the height of you crotch at about the rate a person pees. If you want to carry this experiment further, wrap you legs in newspaper as well and pour near your private bits. I’m betting that you will notice there is more splashing than you originally thought.
Also, do all guys’ have urine that shoots straight out from their penises? Isn’t it possible because each one is a little different, the pee angles just a tad to the left or right? Imagine having inner labia and hair possibly getting in the way and, yeah, I can see at least some urine running down one’s legs.
I really don’t feel like describing the exact configuration of my labia, etc. on a public forum. You know I got 'em, but the general public doesn’t need more detal than that.
Fun fact: : the urine stream corkscrews as it leaves the penis.
OK, that’s men, and we’re talking about women. Turns out there are a lot of reasons why some women have urine streams that split (so that one or both streams go down the leg(s)) or are not perpendicular to the toilet bowl or ground.
Strictures, STD, and anatomical abnormalities can all cause this, but also
Some of these don’t require medical intervention, and you might not mind if pee runs down your leg. If it hits your forehead, though, urine trouble.
Given the age of this board, the curiosity and brazenness of its members and guests, and the fact that this topic is really such a mundane event in the daily lives of at least half of us, it’s a rather impressive accomplishment to post such an original inquiry.
Hey, since you’re down for this, Beck, I thought of something else. Instead of using a water bottle, use a dish soap bottle instead, since the nozzle will let you more closely imitate the urine stream and you could experiment with different amounts of pressure, too. :D:D:D
Hey, if you don’t do the sudoku puzzle, cut it out for me, OK?
Pre-experiment, please.
The male meatus has a couple of lumps of flesh that normally press together to hold it shut when not in use. They can be substantial enough in bulk that the pressure of the stream is not enough the separate them completely, so the stream exits at the less bulky areas above and below them, which results in the split-stream effect. This will tend to be more noticeable in men whose foreskin has been removed.
There are a number of pages on the 'net that discuss the art of women peeing while standing. It appears that one key to doing this is to rock your pelvis back, so that the stream is somewhat less vertical. And, of course, pull the inner labia away from the urethra to expose it (which should be done with very clean fingers, to avoid UTI risk).
As a man, I should probably stay the hell out of this thread, but I will observe that men with enlarged prostates have weak urine streams and, in plain language, they dribble.
Of course, women don’t have prostates, but isn’t it possible that some women have weaker streams than others, and thus have more problems with, umm, “trickle”?
