Neither do the hands of most men. 
Oh Snap!
Never ever in my personal history of over 40 years of wiping while sitting has this ever happened, nor have I ever been in fear that it might, despite having to reach around my massive appendage.
I think what might help end some of the confusion in this thread is the following question to the sitters:
Are you wiping between the legs, back to front, or reaching around to your side, wiping front to back?
Lean forward, reach around and wipe front to back. Never never ever back to front, for women that’s a very bad idea.
I don’t have that problem, but my partner does. If he’s not careful his junk winds up in the water, even when he’s not wiping. So he has to stand to wipe.
I’m not sure it’s such a great idea for men, either, although I follow your meaning.
A - stand first, although I’ve been aware for a long time that I’m in the minority. See for example The Scoop on Poop.
I’m a nurse and I’ve seen a lot of people finishing up their bidness lately. Older folks mostly stand, then reach around back and wipe. I think it has something to do with back problems and flexibility. Younger folk tend to remain sitting, and reach around back to wipe. A few remain sitting, reach between their legs and do a back to front wipe and I get to do my “you must wipe front to back” spiel for them.
Stand first. I can’t grasp the mechanics of wiping while still seated. It doesn’t seem like you could do a very good job wiping while seated.
So, people actually stand to wipe, eh? I have NEVER heard of this. Not that I’m a keen observer of people crapping or anything, but I’m totally confused on this one.
This place never ceases to amaze me.
Perhaps it depends on the individual butt topography.
Maybe the standers have really flat asses or something.
Do you mean you reach between your legs? That honestly never would have occurred to me. I’m going to try it next time just for fun. (No massive appendages to worry about. Unless you mean my hiney.)
Yeah, I’m confused on the massive appendage thing, too. Unless yours is both massive and on backwards, it wouldn’t seem that you’d have to do any reaching around it. And I sort of half-stand, then wipe, i.e. by bottom leaves the toilet seat, but I don’t stand straight up, either.
Valete,
Vox Imperatoris
Stand.
Fat woman, short arms.
This thread was significantly more successful than I had anticipated. This makes me vaguely disturbed.
Yay, we have an expert in the house!
Oh, i imagine back to front is bad (especially for women) because of UTI?
Yeast beasties are the most common reason I’ve heard for the front to back gospel.
You standees are weird.
Yes
And my answer is B.
I wonder about the flat butt theory, too. This baby got back. If I stood up I’d just get residuals squished between cheeks. Much more work than necessary. I scoot forward a couple inches and then lean forward for the reach-around and front-to-back wipe. If I were to “stand” it would still be a crouch in order to keep the cheeks spread apart, so really almost the same position but with the effort of doing a squat instead of keeping my weight on the front of the seat - really, easier just to stay on the seat.
I also keep flushable wet-wipes next to the TP, very handy and nice, I highly recommend!
Stand…to wipe?
Never heard of it and am still having a hard time visualizing it.
Weirdies.
I stand on my hands and wipe with my toes.
Not really, but I thought you might have fun trying to visualize that.
I’m very large, so I stand. When I was slimmer, I sat.
Joe