# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/21 "2005-02-24T15:43:04Z")
Ok, so we’re not the only toilet seat users, but what about skirts in the winter and the wind that blows up them, huh? _shiver_ ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/22 "2005-02-24T15:51:23Z")
See, you think regular toilet seats in the winter are painfully cold. I still remember having to stop at a rest area in California in January/February and discovering that their toilets are one piece of stainless steel. I understand that’s for ease-to-clean issues and such, and while I didn’t actually freeze to the seat, I think my scream disturbed people a couple of counties away. ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/23 "2005-02-24T15:53:44Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > See, you think regular toilet seats in the winter are painfully cold. I still remember having to stop at a rest area in California in January/February and discovering that their toilets are one piece of stainless steel. I understand that’s for ease-to-clean issues and such, and while I didn’t actually freeze to the seat, I think my scream disturbed people a couple of counties away. AAAAAAAAAAA! ---
**Author:** ![Nahk\_Ila\_Dihahs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Nahk\_Ila\_Dihahs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nahk_Ila_Dihahs)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/24 "2005-02-24T15:56:30Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > “post-coital bowel movements” “Ahem…” “BAND NAME!!!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/25 "2005-02-24T15:56:57Z")
squat. ---
**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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/26 "2005-02-24T16:01:35Z")
**Nahk Ila Dihahs** : Stop it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/27 "2005-02-24T16:45:51Z")
My apartment is heated. The toilet seat feels normal to me. Unless you’re living in an abandoned building, why is your toilet so cold? ---
**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, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/28 "2005-02-24T17:34:07Z")
No heater in the bathroom. And I don’t live in an abandoned building, thank you. Is that the only other option? ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/29 "2005-02-24T17:35:35Z")
Unheated women’s restroom at the end of the wing, or nice warm unisex in the main office a quarter mile away. It’s a tough decision this time of year. Our toilet seats at home don’t cause me any problems. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/30 "2005-02-24T17:45:39Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > No heater in the bathroom. And I don’t live in an abandoned building, thank you. Is that the only other option? I just don’t go anywhere that the toilets are cold. I hear this from time-to-time and wonder what’s going on that it’s so cold in people’s bathrooms. Don’t you freeze when you take a shower? I’m all about some cozy. If my apartment isn’t 73, then it ain’t right. I can’t deal with cold. Here at work, the toilets are warm, and anyone I visit seems to have a warm toilet, so I’m just curious. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/31 "2005-02-24T17:50:02Z")
[Ahem!](http://www.us.kohler.com/pr/n_seamless.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/32 "2005-02-24T18:19:26Z")
**Incubus** , have you ever tried to have sex in a bathroom? Unless you’re in the shower, it’s not very fun… ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/33 "2005-02-24T19:05:50Z")
**Indygrrl** , I just don’t have a heating vent in my bathroom or kitchen. The rest of the apartment remains nice and toasty but the bathroom is always several degrees cooler than the rest of the house. As for the shower, yes, it’s cold to undress but I’m not actually plastering any part of my skin to anything except my feet to the floor. And then I just jump into the shower. Most of the time, I don’t mind it, but I tend to get home and hit the bathroom before anything else, and I don’t leave the heat on all day when no one’s home. So the house is cold when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/34 "2005-02-24T19:25:35Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Most of the time, I don’t mind it, but I tend to get home and hit the bathroom before anything else, and I don’t leave the heat on all day when no one’s home. So the house is cold when I get home. It doesn’t have to be. A set back thermostat will only set you back about $25 at the hardware store and is easy to install. It can turn on the heat for you half an hour before you get home so that you come home to a nice warm house without wasting the energy that would be required to heat the house the whole day. ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/35 "2005-02-24T19:30:22Z")
> [@Kaitlyn](#): > > It doesn’t have to be. A set back thermostat will only set you back about $25 at the hardware store and is easy to install. It can turn on the heat for you half an hour before you get home so that you come home to a nice warm house without wasting the energy that would be required to heat the house the whole day. But it’s OK. I don’t mind it. I don’t want to buy anything extra, except maybe a fluffy toilet seat cover, and considering we both despise those, it’s not happening. The only part of my cold apartment I can’t deal with is the toilet seat. Remember, I \*chose \* to live in the Northeast. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/36 "2005-02-24T19:43:17Z")
How about one of those padded plastic toilet seats? Those are probably a bit _too_ comfortable - I might never see my husband again if I got one. ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/37 "2005-02-24T21:06:30Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > **Incubus** , have you ever tried to have sex in a bathroom? Unless you’re in the shower, it’s not very fun… Actually I was talking about the post-coital afterglow effect…where your skin feels nice and tingly and all your muscles are relaxed- a cold toilet seat doesnt feel quite so uncomfortable. Of course, I could always pee all over the seat to warm it up 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/38 "2005-02-24T21:14:47Z")
Peeing on the seat is not the answer. Peeing on the seat is _never the answer._ ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/39 "2005-02-24T22:12:46Z")
Memo to self: NEVER visit **Incubus** at home OR have \*\*Incubus \*\* over to my home… :eek: My toilet seat is occasionally cold. We keep the house at 69, but the bathroom just never really warms up (nice in summer). We keep a space heater in the bathroom, for really cold winter days, but even that doesn’t warm the seat. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593/40 "2005-02-24T22:13:05Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > 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. Seconded. To begrudge us the smuggled raisin, when it brings so much joy to so many, is churlish to say the least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-in-the-winter-i-hate-being-female/291593.md?page=3)