Bathroom Etiquette: Toilet Seat Up Or Down?
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I’m mad. I’m angry. I’m outraged. Why should I have to put the seat down for the opposite sex? At what point was it collectively decided amongst both sexes that after male use of the bathroom, that he would put the toilet seat in the down position? Was there an international conference on this dire issue that resulted in a global toilet seat act? If I were a betting man, which I am, I would have to bet that there is no such act, law, or any kind of written statement regarding the toilet seat drama.
What we are told by the opposite sex is that it’s common “bathroom etiquette” to put the toilet seat down and that we simply need to conform to this so called etiquette. But why? This isn’t about me not having any manners or being able to live peacefully with others. For example, if I’m walking into a building and someone is behind me, I’ll keep the door open, regardless of gender. This is what I call good general etiquette. If I’m eating at the dinner table, I chew with my mouth closed because I’m being considerate of everyone else at the table that would rather not see masticated food in my mouth. Again, this is excellent etiquette with obvious rationale behind it.
But where the hell is the rationale for men having to put the toilet seat down? How is it “good etiquette” for us to do so? Why are we condemned and harassed if we don’t? Why are WE made out to be the villain? You telling us that it’s good etiquette to put the seat down makes just about as much sense as me telling women that it’s good etiquette to put the toilet seat UP for men. Men don’t piss with the toilet seat down so why can’t women be respectful and put the seat up for us? Because you don’t care! So why the hell should we?
Women typically cite one of two reasons for wanting the seat down, and both are quite irrational, but what’s new for the opposite sex?
1) I can fall in the toilet if the toilet seat is up. All I have to say is seriously? Fucking look at the toilet before you sit down and maybe you won’t have that problem. If you were a small child learning how to use the toilet, I can see this argument holding some truth, but for a grown woman to say something like this makes me lose all respect I have for you. When you cross the street do you expect the street to be clear for you to cross? Or do you look both ways first? Yeah, thought so!
2) The toilet looks disgusting with the lid up. Again, are you kidding me? This is the same thing that we shit in. Shit aint pretty princess, so get over it. If you want pretty then go to your closet and look at your shoes and clothes. The bathroom isn’t meant to be an aesthetically pleasing place. Or do you expect the seat to be gold plated like everything else in your fantasy world?
So all I have to say is get off your high horse! Seriously who are you? Are you the queen of Britain? Are you the super model of my dreams giving me head every day? Are you my suga mamma paying my rent and car payment? Ha! Didn’t think so. If you’re a woman reading this and still thinking we need to put the seat down, then let me ask you this: Would you be willing to put the seat UP for us after finishing your business? If you are, then perhaps we can begin negotiations.
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4:55 am
word
5:55 am
I think you can definitely leave the toilet seat up if there are no females living in the house
2:06 pm
I wrote a post a while back on how to be chivalrous, you know the ususal stuff like opening doors, helping her out of a car etc, but this just takes the biscuit, it really winds me up that women think that they have some divine right to complain as to whether the seat is up or down! if there was piss all over it fair enough but your not the bloody queen love deal with it!
2:11 pm
Adam,
I’m glad we see eye to eye on this issue! What bugs me even more are the guys that agree with women on this. lol
8:17 pm
This guy won’t have any problem with this issue – or any other issue that involves a woman actually choosing to live with him.
9:54 pm
Double plus word!
8:53 pm
Triple word!
Some of the comments i have heard from women are “I don’t like to touch the toilet seat because of germs”
I reply – you do know that those same germs will be touching your ass when you plant yourself on the toilet? oh – and what do you think will be on your hand when you flush – if you even flush at all.
She says “It’s common courtesy”
My reply – Whats courtious about it? you expect it down and I expect it up but where’s that common courtesy – eh?
She says “it’s up to you if you ever want to have sex with me again.
My reply – maybe i don’t want to have sex with you again,,, afraid i might get fecking “GERMS” haha
here’s a funny statistic – a servey was done in a london night club about which of the sex’s wash thier hands after using the toilet facilities – men came in at a whopping 71% women? 53% – and before you women nag,,, an equal amount of people were counted in each one of the toilets. close to the same percentage for showering daily also – men 70% and women 57% tut tut tut ladies – i repeat,,, tut tut tut!
On previous other serveys women claimed that they wash thier hands more than males but scientists were dumbfounded when they discovered that womens hands tend to hold twice as many bacteria than mens hands – they think this might be because of more acidity in mens hands – but lets face the truth – women you have been named and shamed so remember in the future when you are using the toilet – just do your busy and don’t cause a tizzy!
7:57 am
I would like to say to “James” that it’s also common courtesy (and courteous) to spell words right when posting comments. Maybe you should stop worrying about whether women have to right to expect the damn toilet seat down and concentrate on your grammar.
I only have one reason why I want the toilet seat down when I enter a bathroom: I refuse to touch the porcelain throne after it’s been urinated on by some male who obviously needs glasses since his aim leaves something to be desired.
That was my personal reason..now here is the hygiene reason: Germs and bacteria are less likely to be spread by flying water particles when flushed if the toilet seat(including the cover) is DOWN!
FYI: I work at a state university and have noticed everyday that the men’s urinal in the unisex bathroom is NEVER flushed..now who is more hygienic??
7:26 pm
Why am I replying to this?? But here we go anyway. I’m a woman and I somehow ended up here! To James: women don’t wash their hands in the bathroom as much as men, maybe because they can use the toilet without actually touching their genitals. And as for shower, men have much stronger B.O. than women do so they won’t stink as much if they don’t shower everyday.
About the toilet seat, well you know how under the seat gets nasty when women piss, with little drops of pee dried under the seat. If men live without women that doesn’t happen as badly. I think that’s at the core of the issue: that the nastiness of under the toilet seat will be put up for everyone to see as soon as they enter the bathroom, unless the toilet is washed or wiped every day.
6:34 pm
I am a women and I disagree….men pee all over the toilet seat and don’t sometimes have the decency to clean it.It goes both ways…putting the toilet seat down 10 times a day is a pain in the butt, especially when your really have to go to the bathroom. by the time you take your pants down you almost pee your pants and then to top it off you have to put the stupid toilet seat down because the other person was to lazy to do it…well hopefully you will understand my point of view
6:31 pm
When a male enters the bathroom one of a few things happens. If he has to take a leak and the toilet seat is down, he has to lift it up. If he has to take a shit and the toilet seat is up, he has to put it down. If the toilet seat is in the correct position for whatever he intends to do, it isn’t touched.
Men have to gauge the situation every-time they enter the restroom. The majority of the time they have to touch the seat. Some may want to call men lazy, but the opposite is true when it comes to toilet practices.
Women spout irrational rhetoric about “etiquette” when all they are saying is, “Please sir, could you leave the toilet seat down? My less than quick situational reasoning prohibits me from gauging my surroundings and not waiting till the last minute to go tinkle.”
Sometimes I question how useful the Women’s Suffrage Movement was.
8:38 am
was looking for article
9:54 am
This has been an ongoing question in my family, so I decided to look up if the was an actual “rule” or proper “proceedure” for the toiled seat. I am happy to see that a few people actually do care about this issue, but really people, is it that big of issue? Like the one guy said above…look before you leak, or sit or whatever. A man has the common sense to do this, (or he just don’t care, and he should I might add), but otherwise. This may be the dumbest question in the world. Toilet seat etiquette is ridiculous. And as for the woman who was worried about the proper grammer, maybe she should buy a dictionary and look up the meaning of “up” and/or “down” so she can recognize the difference. Yes, its a nice thing to do, but we should worry about the more important things in life, like AIDS, world hunger or the homeless, instead of some dumbass toilet seat position. Be for real ladies/men!