[scottmandue]

A few years back there was a gal here at work that broke up with her longtime boy friend who she had a child with... she was very distraught so I spend a lot of time talking with her... In one of those conversations she described a previous job where she watched over small children and that she would make the little boys pee sitting down so as to not make a mess. At first I was taken aback but after some thought I couldn't think of a good reason why men/boys shouldn't pee sitting down.

The other night my wife and I were discussing that her mom, who lived in rural southern Oregon and was very 'pioneer women' in that she did cooking, sewing, babysitting to take in extra money... she also made the little boys sit down.

This launched my wife and I into a philosophical discussion of why the heck do men pee standing up? The best I could come up with was "they make special toilets for us so we can stand up." but I suspect that is only for logistics, you can fit more urinals into a small space and it makes for quick and easy entrance/exit.

I suspect there is some deep historical and/or physiological reasoning behind men's stance on urinating?

What think ye?