Why don't men's bathrooms have stalls for their urinals?
The question about bringing a child into the other sex’s restroom made me think about this.
People with vaginas get to pee in privacy- why don’t people with penises get the same luxury? When did this start? What are the benefits? Does it bother men to pee in front of other men?
And yes, I know men can choose to pee in a stall.
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Well, there is this: http://blog.xkcd.com/2009/09/02/urinal-protocol-vulnerability/
The basic issue is that you can generally pee without really exposing yourself.
Basically, putting barriers between the urinals decreases the efficiency (you need an extra, say, 3” between urinals for the barrier, vs. maybe 1” between urinals).
It doesn’t bother me to pee next to someone, and in places like airports and theatres, you’ll see all urinals occupied.
men dont mind whippin out their…...
it doesnt bother them in the least.
The important part is to avoid the splashback from adjacent peers. Thus the partition is essential.
The worst is the trough. You get those at sporting events. That’s just foul. You almost need a couple of beers in you to use one without getting completely grossed out.
Some places don’t even have urinals. They have long troughs. I have seen these mostly at sports arenas. Mostly.
More money & more space needed is my best guess. Plus, I have never met a guy who is embarrassed to whip it out.
Many men probably just don’t mind. Plus, they always have the option to use the stall. I suppose if there were a great demand for them, something would probably change.
I just don’t use urinals in the first place. I’m a stall-person.
:)
I learned something about men when I first became the Librarian-in-charge of a special collection in the Central Library Services. During my first week, the cleaners came to complain that the men did not “raise the seat” in the men’s room and they were sick of cleaning up the mess. That’s when I really appreciated the point of a urinal.
men dont have to pull their pants and underwear down and show everything.
Every man is always up for a pissing contest.
It gives’em a chance to compare “Schloggs”
well where i come we just wipe it out
urinals never needed to be so close to each other it’s that men invented urinals and they install them and they love them so close to each other cause they love being naked next to each other.
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