# Women Peeing Standing Up **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 10, 2004, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304 "2004-04-10T10:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/1 "2004-04-10T10:39:59Z")
Now, I’m a bit lazy, and I’m a woman. I’ve heard it’s possible for a women to pee quite easily standing up into a toilet bowl (and with better aim than a man ;)) Now I don’t want to actually try and practise this, because I don’t think my roommates would appreciate it 😉 So what technique is best? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/2 "2004-04-10T10:57:48Z")
> [@Who Stole My Name?](#): > > Now, I’m a bit lazy, and I’m a woman. I’ve heard it’s possible for a women to pee quite easily standing up into a toilet bowl (and with better aim than a man ;)) Now I don’t want to actually try and practise this, because I don’t think my roommates would appreciate it 😉 So what technique is best? 🙂 LOL - 😃 As a man I wouldn’t know. The closest I’ve ever seen to it was in the movie Mrs Doubtfire, when Robin Williams was dressed as an old woman, and got caught urinating while standing up. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/3 "2004-04-10T11:08:11Z")
[http://dailyconfession.com/displayfeatures.asp?CID=56251&ConfPageNumber=&CatID=13&TotalPages=](http://dailyconfession.com/displayfeatures.asp?CID=56251&ConfPageNumber=&CatID=13&TotalPages=) One eye witness account, and of course it was in the Full Monty as well 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/4 "2004-04-10T11:14:09Z")
Who Stole My Name? : You could try it out at some public toilets or when your flat-mates aren’t around. I can imagine a woman standing with her legs either side of the toilet bowl, but I’m not sure how well they’d be able to do it if they stood in front of the bowl like a man. Perhaps it depends on the woman. ---
**Author:** ![Vaioman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ecccb3/32.png) [@Vaioman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaioman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/5 "2004-04-10T11:23:42Z")
saw this on another board… [http://www.magic-cone.com/animation1.htm](http://www.magic-cone.com/animation1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Newton\_meter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@Newton\_meter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newton_meter)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/6 "2004-04-10T11:29:00Z")
I think it’s a little like learning to take your hands off the handlebars on a bike. The results are predictable, but you just have to learn to have faith to “let go”. The women I know who pee standing up are backpackers. Perhaps you should practice outside (probably without an audience), or in the shower. I have observed that the pee leaves in a straight line downward and slightly forward (depending on posture and variations in anatomy, probably). Think of the hypotenuse of a right triangle, not of the graceful arc of a man’s peeing. It doesn’t appear to be necessary to spread the legs too far apart, except to avoid splattering the feet (when peeing outside), but that will depend on how close you need to stand to the bowl (you may have to straddle it somewhat). When you finally get it, you may be disappointed by it. I’m a man, and lazy like you, and I pee sitting down half the time anyway, so I don’t have to bother with cleaning the toilet as often (a whole lot less splattering), and so I don’t have to fully wake up and turn on a light in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/7 "2004-04-10T11:29:21Z")
Once could always buy a [Whizzy](http://whizzy4you.com/). _The Chicago Reader_ even had an [item](http://whizzy4you.com/utnewhiz.htm) about it in 1999. For that matter, the company is located in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/8 "2004-04-10T11:52:53Z")
You’d be wanting to go [here](http://www.restrooms.org/standing.html). ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/9 "2004-04-10T11:53:59Z")
Or you could check out [A woman’s guide on how to pee standing up](http://www.restrooms.org/standing.html). It always seemed like it would take too much concentration to me, but have at it, if you want to. ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/10 "2004-04-10T12:04:53Z")
> [@Who Stole My Name?](#): > > Now, I’m a bit lazy, and I’m a woman. I’ve heard it’s possible for a women to pee quite easily standing up into a toilet bowl (and with better aim than a man ;)) Now I don’t want to actually try and practise this, because I don’t think my roommates would appreciate it 😉 So what technique is best? 🙂 Using [The Magic Cone](http://www.magiccone.com/). Actually, once you get over the initial shock (well, I was introduced to it by the instructional Flash video), it’s a damn good idea I’m surprised nobody thought of sooner. A paper cone that folds flat for carrying in your purse and is flushable. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/11 "2004-04-10T13:23:59Z")
Or there’s the TravelMate, it’s a bit more complicated than a paper cone, and washable. And the best place to practice is probably the shower, gross, but more hygienic than the bathroom floor. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/12 "2004-04-10T15:38:52Z")
I tried peeing while standing once, when I was about 10 or so. It did not end well. I remember a club I used to go to in Pensacola had something called a “She-inal” in one of the stalls. No, I didn’t try it. I do remember wondering why they didn’t call it a “Her-inal”. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/13 "2004-04-10T17:19:47Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Mathochist_ > Using The Magic Cone. > > Actually, once you get over the initial shock (well, I was introduced to it by the instructional Flash video), it’s a damn good idea I’m surprised nobody thought of sooner. A paper cone that folds flat for carrying in your purse **and is flushable.** (Bolding mine) This isn’t correct. I watched the flash video, too, and the video specifically says “Throw it in the waste basket; do _not_ flush it”. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/14 "2004-04-10T17:21:14Z")
The link that GuanoLad and Lsura have provided are on my “favorite places” list. One day I’ll have the guts to actually try that. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/15 "2004-04-10T19:11:16Z")
The standing position to Ps Is _not_ exclusively Hs But a woman’s foray To try it that way, Most likely will cause her to Ms ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/16 "2004-04-10T21:22:57Z")
Samuel R. Delany described the technique in **Dhalgren**. But the, how would he know it worked? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/17 "2004-04-10T21:46:55Z")
I had a rather sheltered childhood, and I couldn’t understand how my older brother could pee standing up (I think I was 5 or 6 at the time), so the next time I needed a \*wee-wee \* (as we used to call it) I stood in front of the toilet [as he had done] and made a dreadful mess. Didn’t get one drop in the bowl - it all went out behind me, garden sprinkler style. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/18 "2004-04-10T22:03:22Z")
I once saw a Disney Made-for-TV movie about a family from Cambodia who came to stay in the US in the 1970s. They didn’t know how to use a toilet, so the one girl would stand on the seat and pee into the bowl. I would think you’d have to straddle the bowl and pee standing up, bending yourself at the knees ever so slightly. You know, the thing you do when you have to go REALLY BAD and the public restroom is beyond disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/19 "2004-04-10T22:33:39Z")
After all the yoga and Pilates I’ve done, I can pee standing up without too much trouble. I can even do it in a straight line. – **viva** , who is too old for inhibitions. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304/20 "2004-04-10T22:44:22Z")
Try practicing in the shower 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-peeing-standing-up/239304.md?page=2)