# When only public bathrooms are available, do women act on their urge quicker than men? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 5, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333 "2012-07-05T18:10:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333/42 "2012-07-06T12:33:08Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > “who’s last?” (this being in Spain, our queues tend to be nonlinear). This makes Baby American Jesus cry. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333/43 "2012-07-06T16:37:33Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > But it is not more acceptable, or not everywhere: it is more frequent, because it tends to happen when there is a line at the women’s and not at the men’s and there tends to be a line at the women’s more frequently. I’ve seen guys come into the ladies’ when their room was being cleaned; nobody said anything other than “me” in response to “who’s last?” (this being in Spain, our queues tend to be nonlinear). I’d say it is more acceptable. 9 out 10 men (made up ratio) would be okay with a woman quietly doing her business in the bathroom. A male going into the women’s bathroom quietly may just want to pee, but there is a societal pressure to see him as a pervert. And in truth, 9 out of 10 women may not have a problem, but people may assume that this is not so. Most bars have narrow hallways. What does that look like in Spain (and Italy and China etc.)? ---
**Author:** ![AuntPam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AuntPam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntPam)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333/44 "2012-07-06T17:54:07Z")
Why is there a line at the women’s john? Check out [Bladder - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_bladder) In particular, click on the Gray’s Anatomy imeages (Umm Grey’s? anyway…) for the male and female bladder size and locations. Gosh. Women do NOT have the same bladder size as men–far less, in fact. I’ve read various statistics on this, but a fair number claim that women have 1/2 to 3/5 the average bladder capacity of men. Obviously, there’s room for individual variation. But the reason we always need to pee is simple: we DO, actually need to pee more often! ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333/45 "2012-07-06T19:34:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > For guys there is also always the option of pissing in the bathroom sink. > > Man, I need to hang out in classier bars. Women hop up and pee in the sink all the time. Ditto bathtub. Ditto, in a pinch, urinals. Your second statement is debatable.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333/46 "2012-07-06T20:19:31Z")
Women are more liekly to be helping small children too. That’s what holds up the big stalls for hours on end. . . ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333/47 "2012-07-06T21:07:31Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Women are more liekly to be helping small children too. That’s what holds up the big stalls for hours on end. . . Another reason to keep tykes out of bars. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333/48 "2012-07-08T11:38:52Z")
n/m (already covered) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-only-public-bathrooms-are-available-do-women-act-on-their-urge-quicker-than-men/627333.md?page=2)