# Why do women hold folded toilet paper, not leaving it on the roll, when using a public toilet?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 27, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-hold-folded-toilet-paper-not-leaving-it-on-the-roll-when-using-a-public-toilet/651540 "2013-02-27T19:01:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-hold-folded-toilet-paper-not-leaving-it-on-the-roll-when-using-a-public-toilet/651540/61 "2013-03-05T16:18:05Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> And folds? Scrunches?
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> A real man wraps toilet paper around his hand like a mummified boxing glove and works his arm like a jigsaw.

Oh great now my screen is full of orange juice and I have a lot of esplainin’ to do… damn you cmyk 😛

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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-hold-folded-toilet-paper-not-leaving-it-on-the-roll-when-using-a-public-toilet/651540/62 "2013-03-05T20:47:51Z")

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“And yet most women seemingly don’t even think about getting their money out of their handbag until the cashier rings up the final total at the checkout.”

And there’s always at least three levels of opening/removing before they get to the little wallet or purse. Then they have to put it all back. Arrrgh!

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