Gender Neutral Urination

Women often complain about how much easier it is for men to go to the bathroom. These complaints are most often heard when in the outdoors after a few drinks, i.e., on the golf course or camping. After a few beers, men can easily walk into the bush and relieve themselves. Women, on the other hand, have to find the perfect bush to hide behind while hitting themselves on the head for forgetting T.P. and taking deep breaths so their legs don’t give out as they squat for what feels like an eternity. It’s a fucking chore.

The Thais have developed a system of urination that is gender neutral, and when done correctly, quite easy. May I present the pee hole (which is the usual bathroom throughout Thailand).

In this picture you can clearly see what is simply a porcelain hole in the ground (What you can’t see is that I’m also standing in about an inch and a half of sewage water covering the floor). With nothing to hold on to, the easiest way to tackle this is to simply pee standing up. I’m convinced this is why most of the women in Thailand are accustomed to wearing skirts. And with women in Thailand growing up peeing this way, it’s solves the age-old problem of gender neutral urination. You simply lift up your skirt, straddle the porcelain, pull aside your knickers (or just take them off) and have a go. Not pictured is the lovely tub of murky water with a sponge provided for you to clean yourself off with. How thoughtful.

When I received information about the dorm I will be staying in when I get to the school (next Wednesday) it said a seat toilet was included in the room. I didn’t understand why they would include this bit of info. Now I do.