Japanese Men Sit and Pee to Please Wives

The Mainichi reports that 40% of men in Japan sit down to pee instead of relieving themselves urinal-style. Apparently, the trend is more prevalent among younger men, which is kinda surprising. But even more surprising to me is the fact that the surveyors (toiletmakers at Matsushita Electric) attribute this trend to women telling their partners to do so. Why? Because if you've ever lived with a guy, you know that male pee splatter is a pain in the ass to clean. Sometimes it ends up on the floors and walls. Disgusting.

Three years ago, Matsushita Electric noticed this trend and actually started designing toilets with larger holes.

Comments

[vagrant]

I'm living in a house with three women at the moment. I don't even want to hear the noise, (even if it's in Japanese) so I sit before they even need to ask. A little discipline on my part benefits us all. (It's a wisdom I can live with.)

[AndrewM]

Also easier in the morning, when peeing is hit or miss for men, and often beyond their control (split stream - you just can't win).
Larger toilet holes are good. Also, the U-shaped seats. These little details do make a difference.

[enrique]

I'm a sitter, and damn proud of it! It's more comfortable -- and sure, it's less messy.

[pFry]

After years of my mother berating me for bad aim...

I now live in an all woman
(except myself) household and have discovered something I've never heard commented on: the encrustation of dried urine and pubic hair that can build up, unnoticed, under the front edge of the toilet seat. No doubt where it comes from...

Actually, the dried urine was something my daughter caused me to notice long ago but I thought that was just a childhood thing...

[chang]

Yeah, I sit. So what? It's made the lives of everyone I've ever lived with easier, particularly the women. Besides, even when I've had my own bathroom, I hated cleaning the pee-splatter. Hell, I hate cleaning at all. It does limit my at-home garb to the elastic waistbanded type, however.