# While on a toilet, do most men allow the penis to rest against the inside bowl? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980 "2008-11-04T03:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/61 "2008-11-05T15:37:53Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Oh, that’s nothing. Something like 30% of US men don’t wash their hands after using a public bathroom. [Cite](http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-17-hands-survey_N.htm) I was over at my friend’s house when he went to the bathroom, I could hear he didn’t wsh his hands, and then he made a meatloaf. I just hope the oven killed anything, and didn’t get sick later. I love meatloaf so I decided to put the skeeviness out of my mind. And yeah, after this thread, if I ever have sex again it’ll have to be after we both shower thoroughly each time. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/62 "2008-11-05T15:47:18Z")
C’mon, ladies- unless you make your guy wipe it down with Clorox before putting it in your mouth, you have to know that during the course of the day it’s been used to pee, has been nestled in the warm, sweaty confines of his underwear all day, and probably isn’t the most sterile thing you could be doing. It’s one of those things that men and women put out of thier minds before going downtown. If you haven’t picked Hep C by now, you probably won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/63 "2008-11-05T15:47:39Z")
I LOVE THE DOPE! I’ve been pondering what other guys do to handle this problem recently and had meant to start the thread. I for one dangle and just sit far back enough to avoid seat/inside of the bowl but keep the crap in the toilet… sometimes its a tight fit and I end up just holding myself up. The toilet in the house I am renting now is a bitch! Its so tiny, I almost end up just resting my whole business on the seat everytime. …As for double stream I have that every time I piss, I choose to sit down or go the bathtub/shower/urinal route. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/64 "2008-11-05T16:39:27Z")
f > [@corkboard](#): > > C’mon, ladies- unless you make your guy wipe it down with Clorox before putting it in your mouth, you have to know that during the course of the day it’s been used to pee, has been nestled in the warm, sweaty confines of his underwear all day, and probably isn’t the most sterile thing you could be doing. It’s one of those things that men and women put out of thier minds before going downtown. If you haven’t picked Hep C by now, you probably won’t. Isn’t pee sterile? And I’d rather get once sterile pee in my mouth than _Clostridium_ or _E. coli_ or just your run of the mill toilet nugget. Plus, we know it now! I did grill my boyfriend about this last night, and I obviously was expecting a “Oh…um, yeah, no…I totally don’t do that? What? Guys do that? That would be pretty gross, huh? But if they did, you know, beejes wouldn’t be out of the question would they? Not that I do that.” :dubious: I also, obviously, question his honesty on the subject and the next time I’m presented with the deed, his junk conoodling with the porcelain is going to be the first thing in my mind, and I’m gonna go with also breaking the mood… He can thank you personally **freejooky**! He mentioned something about guy-code… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/65 "2008-11-05T16:44:50Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > Is this standard practice, or do more people, like me, keep a hand down there to keep the dingus from touching porcelain? Not as a rule. The only time I’ll do anything of the sort is when letting it rest where it will might run the risk of me peeing between the seat and the rim of the bowl. It’s happened before, and I’m determined not to let it happen again. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/66 "2008-11-05T17:13:58Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > C’mon, ladies- unless you make your guy wipe it down with Clorox before putting it in your mouth, you have to know that during the course of the day it’s been used to pee, has been nestled in the warm, sweaty confines of his underwear all day, and probably isn’t the most sterile thing you could be doing. It’s one of those things that men and women put out of thier minds before going downtown. If you haven’t picked Hep C by now, you probably won’t. Uh, not helping!!! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/67 "2008-11-05T17:31:19Z")
Maybe the problem isn’t that they’re well-endowed penisly, but have a big midsection? I’m thin with slightly above-averge equipment. The only problem I have is it can hit the edge of the seat, but not the bowl itself. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/68 "2008-11-05T17:47:04Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Maybe the problem isn’t that they’re well-endowed penisly, but have a big midsection? I’m thin with slightly above-averge equipment. The only problem I have is it can hit the edge of the seat, but not the bowl itself. That’s what I said. I’m willing to bet that the guys that are making contact are just overweight. Of course they can’t fit on a toilet! We thin guys have no problems at all. Also, Whynot, are you considering that our junk shifts positions? It’s not in front of us, it’s between our legs. When lying on our back, a guy could close his legs and you couldn’t see anything. When sitting, we can lean forward and back and it’ll change orientation. If we were a clock, then it’d all hang straight down at a 6:00 angle from about 5:30 position. Is it so hard to imagine now? I personally don’t see how a guy could be hitting something. If my pelvis is over the opening, so is my junk. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/69 "2008-11-05T17:58:17Z")
> [@IntelSoldier](#): > > Also, Whynot, are you considering that our junk shifts positions? It’s not in front of us, it’s between our legs. When lying on our back, a guy could close his legs and you couldn’t see anything. When sitting, we can lean forward and back and it’ll change orientation. If we were a clock, then it’d all hang straight down at a 6:00 angle from about 5:30 position. Is it so hard to imagine now? I personally don’t see how a guy could be hitting something. If my pelvis is over the opening, so is my junk. I guess I’ve underestimated the shiftiness of the block and tackle. I’ve only noticed it out front, whether a man’s standing or lying. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/70 "2008-11-05T18:12:10Z")
I think you guys solved the mystery of the little bits of tp stuck to the front of the toilet at work. I always wondered how/why. (even a little self-doubt - did I do that?) ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/71 "2008-11-05T18:47:36Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Agreeing with WhyNot: me neither. Good job, guys. We knew you weren’t necessarily that clean, but those of you who admitted that it touches the toilet or the water have completely ruined it for all the rest. I had never even thought about this before and now I am completely disgusted! For the record, I make sure it doesn’t touch either the water or the toilet, because that would be disgusting. For the ladies, though, who are horrified by this, isn’t there a somewhat similar problem on the female side? That is, due to the physical positioning of the genitalia, when you sit down to poo, don’t droplets of water (with fecal matter) splash onto your private parts? So, if there is any cunnilingus, the person giving it is being exposed to a similar “eewe” situation as the situation you seem to be complaining about with guys. The only sure way for both men and women to be sure that they are not exposed to small amounts of fecal matter and related pathogens is to have oral sex only after a shower. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/72 "2008-11-05T18:51:48Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > For the ladies, though, who are horrified by this, isn’t there a somewhat similar problem on the female side? That is, due to the physical positioning of the genitalia, when you sit down to poo, don’t droplets of water (with fecal matter) splash onto your private parts? So, if there is any cunnilingus, the person giving it is being exposed to a similar “eewe” situation as the situation you seem to be complaining about with guys. Ew, no. Unless the water level in the toilet is set way too high, I guess. Once or twice I’ve been splashed while pooping, but never while peeing. And a poop splash means I clean up, as I’m cleaning up post poop. But yeah, I’ve always thought of female genitalia as a little gross for oral, sure. Face it, toilet paper doesn’t really clean jack. (Or Jill.) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/73 "2008-11-05T18:52:19Z")
I don’t think any reasonably clean guy wants his junk touching the bowl. Since we’re getting all gross here, I put down a folded bed of TP in the bowl before a BM, just to stop the splashing. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/74 "2008-11-05T23:04:20Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > No kidding. This ranks right up there with ‘shrinkage.’ I don’t know how you guys walk around with those things. Ah it aint so bad, I usually just rest mine in a wheelbarrow and push the rascal around. Lordy, he does love his walkies;) ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/75 "2008-11-05T23:21:31Z")
Thank you for the answers, gentlemen. This thread has certainly been enlightening. :eek: Penises are fascinating and fun to play with, but I’m awfully glad I don’t have one. Too much hassle. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/76 "2008-11-06T00:12:10Z")
> [@Superfreaknduper](#): > > …As for double stream I have that every time I piss, I choose to sit down or go the bathtub/shower/urinal route. You wanna expand on this? As in why does it happen every time? 😕 > [@control-z](#): > > Maybe the problem isn’t that they’re well-endowed penisly, but have a big midsection? I’m thin with slightly above-averge equipment. The only problem I have is it can hit the edge of the seat, but not the bowl itself. > [@IntelSoldier](#): > > That’s what I said. I’m willing to bet that the guys that are making contact are just overweight. Of course they can’t fit on a toilet! We thin guys have no problems at all. How does this follow? Does your dick get fat if you’re fat? > [@](#): > > Also, Whynot, are you considering that our junk shifts positions? It’s not in front of us, it’s between our legs. When lying on our back, a guy could close his legs and you couldn’t see anything. You can also pull this off standing, of course. **WhyNot** , aren’t you married? Ask your husband to show you the mangina. He’ll know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/77 "2008-11-06T04:37:00Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > You wanna expand on this? As in why does it happen every time? 😕 > > How does this follow? Does your dick get fat if you’re fat? 1. It doesn’t happen every time because there’s not always something there to split the stream. It’s not a random freak of anatomy. It happens because some string or lint or cum has gotten stuck in the urethra. It causes the divide. If no sex, then no cum, no split. 2. It’s not because a fat dude’s junk is bigger, it’s because their ass is bigger. That makes them sit more forward on the seat. I checked it out today on a normal toilet. I sat normally and could still fit _a whole hand_ between me and the bowl. If I slid back far enough to shit on the seat, I have enough room in front for 2 hands! Again, I have no idea what these tubbies are talking about. Holding their package…preposterous. ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/78 "2008-11-06T05:25:25Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > If your dongle is in the center of the toilet your onus is not where it should be. Don’t try to shift the onus, my friend. The onus is on you. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/79 "2008-11-06T21:13:54Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > So, and I hope you’ll forgive me for having an opinion when I don’t have a penis, but I don’t get it. Yes, I actually spent time thinking about this while on the crapper, and for me to sit so that said crap actually goes in the crapper, my hypothetical junk would be up on \*top \*of the front of the toilet seat. Is that right? That’s not so bad at all. I just don’t see where there’s room for junk to hit the inside of the bowl on a standard round seat and not shit all over the seat! While my junk, under certain conditions, will sit on the edge of the seat (my rental has short round toilets, which I hate), sometimes you get pee leakage if you’re having a good shit and you want to be aiming with that possibility in mind. This entire thread has made me glad I’m a grower, not a shower–I hold onto it with one hand, guide it away from the porcelain, and am not generally long enough when flaccid to reach the water level unless the toilet’s seriously over-filled. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980/80 "2008-11-06T21:15:06Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > … The pee hard-on … When you’re at home, at least, you can sorta lean your forehead against the wall above the toilet and plant your feet further back so it’s kinda pointed in the right direction when you have this problem. At least that’s what I do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980.md?page=5)