Current Events > Japanese men increasingly opt to sit to pee

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https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/10/16928cf66852-feature-dont-stand-and-deliver-more-japanese-men-opting-to-pee-sitting.html

Japanese men are increasingly deciding that sitting on the toilet while urinating is the way to go instead of standing where their aim is less accurate or they inadvertently cause a mess due to unintended "splashbacks."

A June poll found that just over 60 percent of men prefer to sit, with nearly half having made the switch from standing but over a quarter of men in their 20s saying they had from their earliest recollection always been "native toilet sitters."

The online survey by Japanese toiletries manufacturer Lion Corp. collected answers from 1,500 men aged 20 to 60 and found that a total of 60.9 percent of men prefer to sit.

The survey covered only postures for urinating at sit-down toilets and did not consider situations where urinals are also available.

Of the men who sit, 49 percent of respondents said they had switched from standing to sitting, while 11.9 percent of the total said they were "native" sitters.

Of the latter, only 2.7 percent were men in their 60s, compared with 25.7 percent who were young adults in their 20s.

The most common reason for those who made the switch was witnessing the mess they made, with 37.3 percent saying they had seen the ill effects of urine splashbacks with their own eyes.

Other reasons were consideration for others who clean the toilet, at 27.9 percent, because they began cleaning the toilet themselves, at 19.3 percent, or because someone close to them had convinced them that their urine spray -- mainly unseen to the naked eye -- is a real issue, at 16.6 percent.

Lion even conducted an experiment using ultraviolet light that revealed that splashbacks occurred on the inside rims of toilets and under seats even when a person sits to urinate, although peeing standing up by men results in splashes outside the field of play -- a violation usually involving sprinkles on the floor or adjacent walls.

Tomoyuki Isowa, a 53-year-old business owner in Nagakute, in central Japan's Aichi Prefecture, recently began taking a seat to relieve himself after years of standing. The change came after his son requested that he sit to pee when he visited the son's home. He was also persuaded by TV programs about men's bad urination habits.

"I was also being considerate of my wife, who always does the cleaning. And I learned that sitting down while I relieve myself allows me to relax more than standing," Isowa said.

Although advocates of "tachi-shon," a play on words in Japanese which is a combination of "tachi" (stand) and "shonben" (urine), argue "suwari-shon" (sit to pee) restricts urine flow, Isowa said he solves this by using toilet paper to make sure he wipes away any stubborn droplets after he is done.

And for those who wish to eliminate the trouble of messy toilet cleanups but find it hard to tell their male houseguests or family members to sit down when they urinate, businesses are introducing products that do the talking for them.

Since 2015, Aichi-based retail company Tech Tech has been selling illustrative stickers that instruct men to sit down when urinating. In addition to family households and restaurants, Tech Tech says it receives orders from men who live alone.



The sticker shows a figure standing and urinating into a toilet inside a circle with a line drawn diagonally through it and another circle next to it with a figure seated on the toilet as properly instructed in a caption written below. An English caption also reads, "Please sit down."

Some more inventive stickers proclaim that men who are popular with women are toilet sitters, protecting ladies from their displays of inaccuracy.

Marketing analyst Yohei Harada says increased awareness of good hygiene practices among parents influences boys from an early age such that they become more inclined to sit down when they pee as they grow into adulthood.

"The younger generation has a good relationship with their parents, so they tend to listen if they are told to keep a clean toilet," Harada said.

He also thinks today's young men being able to use their smartphones while peeing is a big plus.

"It's probably true that for young people who don't want to spend a moment away from their smartphones, sitting down on a toilet seat and being able to handle their phones easily is a bonus," he said.


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Madness, I tell you.

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*Camille Paglia doesn't like this*

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I feels wrong, I tell you!

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This aggression will not stand - Big Urinal

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I don't want to sound insensitive buuuuuuuutttttt methinks it works for them cuz of their dong sizes?

Otherwise idfgi. How is aiming and firing less convenient over tucking your peen inside the toilet >____>

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They just want to use the heated toilet seats more.
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Welp, I fit in this demographic. Doesn't have anything to do with smartphones though, it's just more relaxing and less prone to... mistakes.

I sit down when I pee there ain't nothing wrong with me

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I mean if you are living with women, and aren't cleaning the toilet, I get it.

Every man should clean after himself regardless though after use, and aim.

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Jagr_68 posted...

I don't want to sound insensitive buuuuuuuutttttt methinks it works for them cuz of their dong sizes?

Otherwise idfgi. How is aiming and firing less convenient over tucking your peen inside the toilet >____>

I always feel dirty having my dick within the toilet lid area.

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I'm kind of philosophically against using my phone on the toilet.

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ProfessorKukui posted...

That's why installed a suction funnel system. Once I work the kinks in my Pee Suck Dick Dock I'll patent it.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and Edison the fuck out of you. Later, sucka!!!!

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KStateKing17 posted...

I always feel dirty having my dick within the toilet lid area.

>______>

Yes. Even after wiped down with disinfectant, shit still bothers me.

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most men in Germany sit to pee when not in their own home

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Count_Babula posted...

most men in Germany sit to pee when not in their own home

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I feel like you brought this up before.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30937492

If most German men pee sitting down, why is there a specific derogatory term (sitzpinkler) for men who pee sitting down?

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lmfao "sitzpinkler"

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I love how fuckin' on-the-nose German gets with its compound words.

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And thats why so many of their women want to bang westerners

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Infinite 2003 posted...

And thats why so many of their women want to bang westerners

Is this true?

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there is no reason not to sit when using a private restroom

in a public restroom though, all standing, all the time

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Jx1010 posted...

Is this true?

Small sample size, but my friends that spent a semester abroad over there both said that hitting on women was basically easy mode over there. All you need to be is moderately attractive and have a semblance of social skills, and they claimed it was a rare occasion when they didn't land someone when they were looking for tail.

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K181 posted...

Small sample size, but my friends that spent a semester abroad over there both said that hitting on women was basically easy mode over there. All you need to be is moderately attractive and have a semblance of social skills, and they claimed it was a rare occasion when they didn't land someone when they were looking for tail.

I don't think this is specific to Japan. Emma Watson's said similar about British men compared to Americans.

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It's because a pee break is now a pee and fuck around on your phone break

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Guide posted...

I don't think this is specific to Japan. Emma Watson's said similar about British men compared to Americans.

Eh, I haven't heard of dudes abroad basically slaying without even trying to that degree, tbqh.

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pogo_rabid posted...

It's because a pee break is now a pee and fuck around on your phone break

I used to work with a guy who would be gone so long, they'd have to go get him.

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K181 posted...

Small sample size, but my friends that spent a semester abroad over there both said that hitting on women was basically easy mode over there. All you need to be is moderately attractive and have a semblance of social skills, and they claimed it was a rare occasion when they didn't land someone when they were looking for tail.

I just dont want the yakuza coming after me for sleeping with alot of japanese women

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brestugo posted...

Reminds me of military Latrines in basic/AIT. No freaking stalls, just a circle of toilets. Held my poop for 5 days once during a 5 day FTX just so I didnt have to use those, but buckled on the 5th day lol.

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Most Japanese houses have bidets so that might also play a part. Get a wash while you're at it.

K181 posted...

Eh, I haven't heard of dudes abroad basically slaying without even trying to that degree, tbqh.

True, I've only heard that specific to Japan, but I think something about the American approach works particularly well.

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Gotta sit cause pee comes from my asshole

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sometimes sitting is better when you're unsure if you can control the spray pattern of the nozzle

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I sit at home, stand in public restrooms. Even if your aim is good, some fine droplets are splashing out into the floor and you

Sitting to pee is a more civilized way of relieving oneself.

People who still insist on standing to pee have poor hygiene, are science deniers, and are holding on to outdated concepts of toxic masculinity.

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When i was in prison i made everyone pee sitting down.

DrizztLink posted...

I feel like you brought this up before.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30937492

If most German men pee sitting down, why is there a specific derogatory term (sitzpinkler) for men who pee sitting down?

most Americans are fat so why do we make fun of fat people? durr

I have bad knees and I pee really quick so sitting down isn't worth the effort for me

I don't have bad aim but yeah splashback will eventually ruin any walls next to a toilet, or at leas the paint/wallpaper

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I like it because I can play video games or watch YouTube while doing it.

It just makes things simpler.

But when I'm in a hurry, it's faster to just stand.
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brestugo posted...

Damnit Ishmael

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SailorThomasina posted...

Sitting to pee is a more civilized way of relieving oneself.

People who still insist on standing to pee have poor hygiene, are science deniers, and are holding on to outdated concepts of toxic masculinity.

Just curious - how are they science deniers? I'm agnostic on the subject otherwise...

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The thing that sucks about standing is that even if your aim is perfect, toilet water often still splashes on you, your pants, or the toilet/floor if the flow is too forceful. It also sucks when the flow doesnt come out in a straight stream immediately.

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I stand in public and sit in my house. I don't think people realize just how much pee particles they're letting fly around everywhere. After a few months of not cleaning the floors, your bathroom starts to smell like a bathroom. A bathroom smells like a bathroom mostly because of the dried pee particles, not because that's what bathrooms are supposed to smell like lul.

Meanwhile public toilets are nasty af. Standing urinals are pretty convenient, and they usually have janitors, so

Though poo particles are pretty difficult to avoid infusing, but not much can be done outside febreezing or something

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I didn't know that I had stray droplets until I peed in a stadium toilet that had black floor tiles. I could see all the pee droplets that had already dried around the toilet.

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