From "Restoom Ideas", HOW TO PEE STANDNING UP (if you're a chick) ================================================================= Using either hand, place your index finger on one side and your middle finger on the other side of your vagina (or labia) and spread those lips apart. Lift to get the desired trajectory, and then go. If you dont spread and lift, it might run down your leg. Jeans should be pulled down in front about 3 to 4 inches, skirts are lifted. The easiest are loose shorts (because you can pee through the leg opening) and bikini bottoms (because you can just move the fabric at the crotch to one side). If you experience any spraying or lack of distance (one or two feet is normal) try the other method in which instead of one finger on each side, you use your entire hand for better control. For other variations of this technique, visit the Other Solutions page. Best wishes! - Denise -------------------------------------------------------------------- Diane writes... Ive used urinals many times when working late at my office (at first, because the mens room is much closer, and now, because I find a urinal to be more convenient). I do it facing, and it works fine now that I know the posture (nothing extreme). I dont make any kind of mess, and dont even have to undress as much as to sit down. Last year in Europe I discovered French and Italian women do it all the time using urinals in ladys rooms. Im starting to think American women have been kept in the dark about this for a reason. Maybe Oliver Stone will do a movie... -------------------------------------------------------------------- MaryAnne writes... Thanks for the website; it was actually quite interesting and pointed out a couple of obvious flaws in my technique on previous attempts! I suspect I will have occasion to test this sometime in the near future...maybe Ill liberate a mens room at the Kingdome! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Debbie writes... One wonders what circumstances led you do know about this, and also just how many of us will secretly try this out! (And how few will admit to it afterwards?) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Janice writes... Well Im in college and youd be surprised to see how many college girls use mens urinals. I personally find it boring to pee in regular stalls, and its much more exciting and daring to pee standing up in urinals. Any woman can pee standing up, facing a urinal looking at the wall or whatever men look at. Down here in Texas at one of our stadiums, they are installing urinals for women in addition to the stalls. Usually there are long lines for the womens bathroom. My friend Judy and Karen will sometimes stand at the urinal and see who can get the furthest arc. It works best when we are all drunk! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabrielle writes... Heres a little about women using mens urinals (my personal experiences). I usually pee standing up in any location, and can use just about any type of mens urinal with ease. I have used troughs as well as the other types. I also use the same technique when going other places than a bathroom, such as outdoors. Its really a pretty easy technique, and I think a lot of girls could do it if they wanted. Basically, I stand with my feet slightly apart, about shoulder width, and my pants and panties pulled down about to my knees. I lean back slightly at the waist, with some arch in my back. When I start to pee, I push hard to start a strong stream, and push again at the end to keep the stream up until Im done. I find that I have pretty good control over where the stream goes, and its a pretty clean process. Sometimes I dribble a little when Im finishing up, but not too often. Most of the time I dont even need to wipe when Im done. Actually, I have found that this method is neat enough that if Im wearing pants with a long enough zipper, I can just unzip, pull my panties aside, and go through the fly. Once while doing this outside, another woman asked if I had a penis, and then asked how I could urinate standing up without making a mess. My, what our mothers never taught us!! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabrielle writes more... regarding drips: I dont really have any problems with drips, as I said, I can often get away without even having to wipe when I go standing up. I always seem to need a wipe when I go sitting down, however. Perhaps the lack of drips is due to 1)the fact that I give a hard push to get the last of the flow out as I stop, or 2) the fact that women simply have less length of plumbing between the bladder and urethra to contain urine, making it easier to drain completely. Regarding aim: It wasnt great when I started peeing while standing on a regular basis (probably 10 years ago), but it has improved over time. I am now precise enough that I can go through the fly in a pair of jeans. Aiming and stream control is accomplished mostly with the hips. When learning, a good technique is to place your hands against your lower abdomen, on the pubic hair triangle. By pressing with either hand your stream can be angled, and pulling up or pressing with both hands will point the stream up. Try this in the shower where it doesnt matter if you are sloppy the first few times. Eventually you may become good enough to be able to write your name in the snow (yes Ive done this) Hope this insight helps. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Emily writes: Fabulous page Ive stumbled on! I am 24 years old and single. Since I first started wearing jeans (my favourite garment!) I have worked on overcoming a womans problem, namely how to pee without having to pull your pants down and squat. I also developed a method which enables me to pee through the open zip of my jeans as conveniently as a man. It comes down to a strong start and a rapid shut-off finish (i.e. no dribbling). My technique is simple. At first I pinch myself shut until the pressure builds up, then as the stream starts to die, I push to keep maximum flow, then I can stop it fairly suddenly. From the age of 16 I have had this down to a fine art, never leaving more than the odd spot on my clothes -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisa writes: My secret to peeing without exposing myself is to press the edges of the fly down and around the labia so that in effect the labia protrudes through the fly. Then Ill spread the lips slightly and use my finger to pinch and pull up on the pants opening in order to direct the stream out front. The only problem is that Ill drip a few drops on my jeans when finishing. But it sure beats going the traditional way.