Sorry, but I don't know a polite way to ask this. How do you urinate while on a squat toilet without peeing all over your pants?
How bathroom posture affects your health.
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#12Sorry, but I don't know a polite way to ask this. How do you urinate while on a squat toilet without peeing all over your pants?
You've ideally got two independent flows occurring. Aim them in the same place... preferably not in your pants.
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#13I haven't sat on a toilet in years. I spend less time in the rest room and I've also got some good quad muscles to show for it.
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#14Sorry, but I don't know a polite way to ask this. How do you urinate while on a squat toilet without peeing all over your pants?
Found the answer to my own question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan#Squat_toilet
Turns out, you only pull your pants down to your knees, so the area between your feet is unobstructed for peeing.
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#15Sorry, but I don't know a polite way to ask this. How do you urinate while on a squat toilet without peeing all over your pants?
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#16There is something else to through into the argument- flexibility.
The use of western toilets reduces our ability to reach the full squat position and some reckon this is why pulled hamstrings and achilles injuries are more common.
When western people squat, we tend to go up on our toes to reach full depth due to our inflexibility gained from using toilets.
This inflexibility changes the way we do things- when a western adult wants to pick up something from the floor they bend over at the hip. Watch a young child that has recently started to walk do it- they do a full squat with their heals on the ground!
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#17Can't you just lean forward on the toilet to achieve the same result?
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#18six subjects had their rectums filled with a contrast solution and then released the fluid from a squatting or a sitting position while being filmed with X-ray video.
yikes.
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#19I was told once that in China, people squat a lot more than in the West. Both for toilet use, but also just for "sitting down" somewhere.
Example: I was told that upon seeing a bench, whereas westerners would normally sit on it, a Chinese person will squat on it. This supposedly also makes their legs much stronger.
Can anyone confirm this?
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#20I'm still holding out for the Three Seashells toilet.