# Sometimes, in the winter, I hate being female **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 23, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593 "2005-02-23T22:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/1 "2005-02-23T22:09:28Z")
Fucking cold toilet seats. :mad: :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/2 "2005-02-23T22:14:42Z")
Cold-assed seats know no gender bounds. We guys don’t poop standing up ya know. Fucking seats. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/3 "2005-02-23T22:23:04Z")
I know. It’s just that we have to do it every frickin’ time. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/4 "2005-02-23T22:30:26Z")
I thought you were going to complain about nipping out due to being cold, and then I was going to come in here and claim superiority since I have a smallish chest and can get away with padded bras, which hide that sort of thing. But you didn’t. But after saying all that I still feel a little bit superior. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/5 "2005-02-23T22:43:49Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Fucking cold toilet seats. :mad: :mad: :mad: My suggestion is to have vigorous sex beforehand, since most people having post-coital bowel movements care little for the temperature of the toilet seat. You might want to be in there after sex anyway 😛 ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/6 "2005-02-24T00:55:03Z")
I stayed at a FOAF’s house in New York on New Years Eve one year. It was freeeeeeezing out. I got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, plopped myself down on the toilet seat and…bliss. The water in the toilet was heated so that the seat stayed nice and toasty warm. Aaaaaahhhhh. I’ve dreamt of having a toilet like that ever since. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/7 "2005-02-24T01:00:28Z")
Forget toilet seats. How about the gender unfairness that is peeing in the woods in winter? And no, I’m not getting a Freshette. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/8 "2005-02-24T02:47:05Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > My suggestion is to have vigorous sex beforehand, since most people having post-coital bowel movements care little for the temperature of the toilet seat. You might want to be in there after sex anyway 😛 And any and all desire for sex tonoc ended abruptly just south of Chicago… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/9 "2005-02-24T02:49:50Z")
I honestly don’t know what to say to \*\*Incubus’ \*\* post. So I’ve chosen to ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/10 "2005-02-24T02:54:20Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I honestly don’t know what to say to \*\*Incubus’ \*\* post. So I’ve chosen to ignore it. Discretion being the better part, eh? wish I had had your wisdom! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/11 "2005-02-24T02:55:36Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Discretion being the better part, eh? > > wish I had had your wisdom! > > 🙂 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/12 "2005-02-24T03:57:14Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > Forget toilet seats. How about the gender unfairness that is peeing in the woods in winter? So pee on the toilet seat before sitting down. That way you don’t have to put up with the cold of peeing in the woods, and you don’t have to put up with the cold of a cold toilet seat. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/13 "2005-02-24T04:39:26Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > So pee on the toilet seat before sitting down. That way you don’t have to put up with the cold of peeing in the woods, and you don’t have to put up with the cold of a cold toilet seat. 😕 But then if it’s _really_ cold, you’ll freeze your butt to the seat! Explain _that_ to the paramedics! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/14 "2005-02-24T06:57:51Z")
Where I was at school the toilets used to be in an outside block and it had not long stopped being a common punishment for junior boys to have to warm the seats for others. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/15 "2005-02-24T07:16:15Z")
Well with guys its a different story depending on your… ahem…schedule I am a morning guy, so I get to take care of this in the morning. That cup of coffee I drink really “gets me goin” if you need to know. But cold toilet seats? I can’t really complain about it. But it sucks to be a girl in this instance I suppose. Of course you could always buy yourself some of those “female-standing-up-peeing” devices. It lets you pee without sitting down. Apparently… ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/16 "2005-02-24T09:04:18Z")
Install a wall-mounted blow heater in your bathroom. Saves freezing when you shave your legs or get out of the shower too. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/17 "2005-02-24T10:14:50Z")
Apparently, women can pee standing up, it just takes lots more practice. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/18 "2005-02-24T10:24:32Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I honestly don’t know what to say to \*\*Incubus’ \*\* post. So I’ve chosen to ignore it. Prude! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/19 "2005-02-24T14:13:43Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > Prude! 😛 I’m not very prudish regarding sex. However, I am extremely prudish regarding post-coital bowel movements, or indeed, any bowel movements at all. I won’t ever be posting a poop thread, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/20 "2005-02-24T15:06:31Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > I thought you were going to complain about nipping out due to being cold, and then I was going to come in here and claim superiority since I have a smallish chest and can get away with padded bras, which hide that sort of thing. But you didn’t. But after saying all that I still feel a little bit superior. Might I add that, as a guy, I personally have no objection to women nipping out in the cold? Or in the warm, either. Thank you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593.md?page=2)