Sitting to pee in the mens room.

[Carolina1983]

I sit and always sat down when peing and I was born a male . So do not worry!

[Cindy]

I always sit to pee, even if I'm in male ID. Many many guys sit to pee. There was a newspaper article here that suggested that male toilets should abandon the urinals and replace them with stalls as urinals are just too disgusting.
Males are usually very conscious of male etiquette, if you say anything to a guy you don't know in the toilet then you odd.

[notyouraverageguy]

I sit.
Im more afraid of someone spying on me/watching me/recording me than rape, its less likely in my head.

[smooth]

Unless you get to the toilet shortly after it's been cleaned you might find sitting difficult. Mens toilets are quite often nasty, dirty places where guys P without lifting the seat or even looking and aiming. If you go into a cubicle and there's no mess on the seat you've struck lucky. Why different rules seem to apply in public toilets I can't imagine... Be careful about letting the backs of your trousers hit the deck as well because outside of the seat the floor seems to be another target for these dirty feckers.

[Felix]

Unless you get to the toilet shortly after it's been cleaned you might find sitting difficult. Mens toilets are quite often nasty, dirty places where guys P without lifting the seat or even looking and aiming. If you go into a cubicle and there's no mess on the seat you've struck lucky. Why different rules seem to apply in public toilets I can't imagine... Be careful about letting the backs of your trousers hit the deck as well because outside of the seat the floor seems to be another target for these dirty feckers.

If you wipe it down with some toilet paper to get the reflexive eww out of the way, it's not much dirtier than any doorknob or bus seat or theatre armrest. More germs travel through sneezes than toilet seats.

[Siobhan]

1.i've always used stalls, it's not odd. I just dont like to pee in sight of others.many feel the same.
2.no one speaks in there.
3.eyes straight ahead at all times.
4.in general male toilets are seriously gross.

Thats all anyone needs to know about male toilets.

[michelle666]

People just assume you're going to poop. Most of the time, we also pee when we do. No one would ever stand to pee THEN sit to do the rest, right?

I work with a guy who does this! I think he has some issues. I was at the sink one day trying to get something out of my teeth, you can see the urinals from the mirror at the sink. He steps up, unzips, takes it out and then puts both hands on the wall like he being search by the police, he does his pee and then zips and goes into the stall. It's really, really weird.

[N.Chaos]

I've been using the mens' room for at least a year and a half, always sitting, and I've had zero issues.

[smittyFTM]

LOTS of guys (cis) sit to pee! Don't sweat it!
I stand (in a stall with my STP) but will occasionally sit.

[dalebert]

LOTS of guys (cis) sit to pee! Don't sweat it!

I sit whenever I'm tired, like if I get up in the middle of the night to pee (which thankfully isn't very often since I switched to a paleo diet) and sometimes my first pee in the morning depending if I'm still tired.

[luna nyan]

I wouldn't worry about it.
The first bit of general etiquette is that you don't look at another dudes junk at the urinals, so even if you're using a STP and spoon that's neon green with pink polka dots, I doubt anyone would actually notice unless you're fiddling with it for a long time.  (Other guys might start thinking that you're not just urinating, but moving on to something else... *lol*)

As far as sitting down to pee is concerned, no one would blink an eyelid in my opinion - the only thing as others have said is that generally speaking, the cubicles are pretty filthy in the mens rooms - the aim of a lot of CIS men leaves a lot to be desired =)

[dalebert]

If you're sitting in a stall, guys are just going to assume you needed to do more than pee. We all use the stalls sometimes. It's definitely not attn-getting and it's just more private. I've always thought all public restrooms could use more privacy. I like the ones that have walls between the urinals. We all feel awkward standing right next to another dude while we're all peeing.

[Lee11]

I used to have an issue using the stalls in the locker room at the gym but now I realize no one cares. Plus a friend of mine, a big bodybuilder guy, can't use a urinal, he freezes....so that makes me feel better!

[Zerro]

I've been sitting more as of late, though I tend to switch back and forth. Really, whatever is most comfortable for you. Bathrooms are for doing your business man, if anyone stares or bugs you because you choose to sit down in a stall, then they have some issues to work out.

[KamTheMan]

My stp works great but I can only make myself whiz standing when I really, really have to go.

[Cindy]

I work with a guy who does this! I think he has some issues. I was at the sink one day trying to get something out of my teeth, you can see the urinals from the mirror at the sink. He steps up, unzips, takes it out and then puts both hands on the wall like he being search by the police, he does his pee and then zips and goes into the stall. It's really, really weird.

In a past life that is how drunk guys pee, hold on to the wall and hope If you think your boyfriend is drunk check his shoes when he comes from the loo. Very revealing if very disgusting.

[Fairy In Boots]

I've tried and tried with STP's. The issue isn't so much the STP, but the fact I can't get a good harness to work with it. ... Do any of you guys sit to pee in a stall? Has this ever been an issue for anyone? Thanks!

I can't use a STP thing, at least not conveniently, because my urethra is in a weird position, similar to Hypospadias of a cissexual man's penis (not exactly like that, obviously, but it technically opens up from just inside the vaginal canal).  I tried a few different DIY STP things, and frankly, it wasn't worth it to me.  I use the gents' lavvies with alarming frequency (since after surgery) and no-one bothers me about it.  No-one listens outside the stall and corners me about why my feet were pointed out and my pants came down and then tinkle-tinkle-pee was clearly audible.

Why?

The gents' lavvy is purely utilitarian.  Guys go in, do their business, (hopefully) wash their hands, and leave.  And plenty of cis men who lack a hypospadiac urethra also sit down to pee on occasion, for all sorts of reasons.  In the gents' its assumed to be no-one else's business why anybody sits to pee, though I suspect in my case (with impeccable hair and glittery nail varnish) it's assmued (if it's assumed) that I sit because I'm not only gay but effete and dainty --which doesn't bother me.

If you act like you belong in the gents' lavvy, no-one will bother you.  At first, I just down-pitched my voice at both times I was asked, and stated "I assure you, I belong here", which was responded with "Oh, sorry, my bad".


One thing I'll never understand, though, is the guys who will start in a stall, audibly take a dump, wipe, flush, and THEN get up to use the urinal --or the other way around.  If I only saw this every few months or so, I'd figure it was a case of "oops, now I suddenly have to do the other" --but it's like every other time I use a public gents' lavvy, and there are other people in there, there's always *at least* one man who has to go out of his way to make sure he pees standing and poos sitting, and never sit for both, no matter how much more convenient it might be.  Is the ability to pee standing up really so complex that failing to do it even once will cause some men to completely forget how to do it?

Unless you get to the toilet shortly after it's been cleaned you might find sitting difficult. Mens toilets are quite often nasty, dirty places where guys P without lifting the seat or even looking and aiming. If you go into a cubicle and there's no mess on the seat you've struck lucky. Why different rules seem to apply in public toilets I can't imagine... Be careful about letting the backs of your trousers hit the deck as well because outside of the seat the floor seems to be another target for these dirty feckers.

What men's rooms have you been using?  Maybe it's just the places I go to, but considering I go to a lot of punk bars and dives, stereotyping says the public restrooms I encounter should be the worst of the worst, but they're really not --most are cleaner than my own bathroom (but that's cos I've got a cat box in there, and a nineteen-year-old cat who's losing control of his bowels).  In all honestly, the "filthiest" men's room I've ever been in has been at Mac's Bar here in Lansing, and even that was considerably cleaner than the ladies' lavvy at The Elbow Room in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

I'd have to say that is a risk for anyone at any point and anyone can rape, not just men who were AMAB.  Are some at higher risk than others?   I'm sure they are.  Do I live my life in fear of something that could happen to anyone? No.

Ditto.

[MacKenzie]

  I sit to pee, it's more comfortable that way and you might have to do both #1 & #2 at the sametime so it's just more convenient to sit lol.  =P

[CJ]

I always go into the stall in the men's room to pee, never been an issue at all as I pass quite well even though I'm pre-T just don't look at anyone properly and there will be no problem

[Lee11]

I think it is really just an issue of our own self consciousness during transitioning. We always think other people are scrutinizing us...but in reality they really don't care:)