# "Pee Shivers" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 17, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777 "2000-03-17T01:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skeptic23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@Skeptic23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeptic23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/1 "2000-03-17T01:21:00Z")
Just a moment ago I was relieving myself when I was overcome with a rather awakening case of the “Pee Shivers”. What causes this, and is it strictly a male thing. I know that I am not alone, but I have only brought this topic to the table when talking to the guys. * * * “To pee, or not to pee. That is the question.” ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/2 "2000-03-17T01:23:00Z")
You came to the right place, but you could have searched the archives. Cecil [wrote a column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_225.html) about this. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/3 "2000-03-17T01:24:00Z")
Cecil answers all: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/940722.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/940722.html) . And to the extent that Cecil hasn’t answered all, the Teeming Millions have finished the job: [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000354.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000354.html) . Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/4 "2000-03-17T01:25:00Z")
I’m female and I’ve experienced it too, so I’d be interested in the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/5 "2000-03-17T01:25:00Z")
Question answered, with a simulpost, in 3 minutes. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Lawmill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lawmill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawmill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/6 "2000-03-17T03:36:00Z")
I get it sometimes when I’m just plain cold. It’s sort of a minor spasm. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/7 "2000-03-17T08:06:00Z")
Billdo– A double simulpost, to boot! * * * -Dave “Violence is the last refuge of the ignorant.” -I. Asimov ---
**Author:** ![GasDr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@GasDr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GasDr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/8 "2000-03-18T01:09:00Z")
Blame the parasympathetic nervous system. ---
**Author:** ![Doctordec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Doctordec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctordec)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-shivers/8777/9 "2000-03-18T20:10:00Z")
Although Cecil discussed this before, I think it’s best described as “a tickling from inside”. The sensation is similar to what you’d get from having a feather lightly brushed against your body. That particular part of your body is loaded with nerve endings and responds to the passing of urine as a tickle. Just my theory. * * * “Everybody smokes in hell”