squat toilets

[matty]

Awesome.

Arguments against:

* Difficulty of use for the physically handicapped or inebriated.
* Potential for splattering of urine or feces on the feet.
* Potential for urine or fecal accidents with the clothes. People who are not used to squat toilets usually remove their pants and underwear completely before going.
* Potential for leg cramps, or discomfort for users having osteoarthritis.
* Potential for the development of foul odors as a result of incomplete flushing.
* Pantyhose must be lowered while using a squat toilet.

[mrjohnchimpo]

well, i think i would just have a problem with the fact that people can't aim.

for dudes, what i would like to see is bathrooms with natural stuff growing in them...i.e., you walk into a bathroom and there's trees and rocks and whatnot and you can pee on whatever you want.

hey, a man can dream!

[Lori Burger]

FYI - the aiming problem is not exclusive to men. It's too frequent that I've sat on a toilet that I assumed as safe (say, the faculty bathroom in my school's office), and was less than pleased to have done so. Also, the floors around the toilets in women's bathrooms always seem to be wet. Is this water from a leaky toilet? I'd venture to say that many times, it's not.

[poofdogg]

FYI - the aiming problem is not exclusive to men. It's too frequent that I've sat on a toilet that I assumed as safe (say, the faculty bathroom in my school's office), and was less than pleased to have done so. Also, the floors around the toilets in women's bathrooms always seem to be wet. Is this water from a leaky toilet? I'd venture to say that many times, it's not.

chicks are sick!!! :)

[matty]

I've had several jobs where it fell to me sooner or later to clean a public restroom, and I have to say that nasty bathroom habits go both ways. At Toys R Us, the ladies' restroom was consistently more thrashed than the boys' room, but generally I would consider it 50/50. Every time I hear a girl talking about how nasty boys' restrooms are, I always think of the multiple times I found "sanitary" napkins on the floor, on top of the toilet, or on one memorable occasion, stuck to the wall. I never felt like I had to call in a Hazmat team for the boys' restroom....

[bighead_42_1090]

And the arguments for...
Proponents of squat toilets argue that:

* They are less expensive and easier to clean and maintain.
* They are less vulnerable to vandalism.
* The splashing of water on the buttocks after a heavy defecation does not occur.
* They do not involve any contact between the buttocks and a potentially unsanitary surface.
* Squatting might help to build the required pressure more comfortably and quickly.
* Squatting makes elimination faster, easier and more complete.
* Elimination in squatting posture protects the nerves that control the prostate, bladder and uterus from becoming stretched and damaged.
* Squatting relaxes the puborectalis muscle which normally chokes the rectum in order to maintain continence.
* Squatting securely seals the ileocecal valve, between the colon and the small intestine. In the conventional sitting position, this valve is unsupported and often leaks during evacuation.
* For pregnant women, squatting avoids pressure on the uterus when using the toilet. Daily squatting helps prepare the mother-to-be for a more natural delivery.
* Squatting may reduce the occurrence or severity of hemorrhoids and possibly other colorectal disorders such as diverticulosis and appendicitis.

[Soul Queen]

Yeah I don't know why some girls are dirty. I really think its women who NEVER clean there own bathroom and typically must feel other people should serve them. Otherwise why would you do that to another human being. Everyone knows Someone has to clean the bathroom.

Ladies in Miami were the dirtiest that I had EVER seen. I'm paranoid now where I step, always inspect where I'm going.

I'm serious, WORST!

[meatball]

Squat toilets? You mean the squatty potty holes in the ground like in not so developed countries or is this a new invention?

[slam]

SQ, the only place i've ever been that had squat toilets was rome. perhaps that has something to do with my perceptions of the city.

[Lori Burger]

SQ, the only place i've ever been that had squat toilets was rome. perhaps that has something to do with my perceptions of the city.

I used one once in France at a rest stop. I had accidentally entered the mens room, too, and didn't realize this until a man walked in on me while I was ... going.