Women's urinals?!

[Puffpaw]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40899902
I don't think I could pee standing up. Is this for women or men? I also would not feel safe with my trousers round my knees and my bum out in a public place.

NOOOOOOOO! I can't think of anything worse. Post childbirth, I can't guarantee the accuracy of my wee direction, so prefer to be in private using a normal loo thanks. Also, what happens if you start your period suddenly? I often need slightly longer and more loo roll etc - I want privacy!

Also, what happens if you start your period suddenly? I often need slightly longer and more loo roll etc - I want privacy!

This might be too much information but I can't be the only person who on going to pee has involuntarily ejected a saturated tampon followed by... well you get the picture.

That is SO weird.

Women's loos don't work.
Yes.
Because they're not enough like men's loos.
No.

To be honest I doubt that they are intended for the people that frequent this board no offense

sooooo now my knickers will need slits in them like male knickers....
i'll have to grope at my nether regions to adjust the stream (I can imagine other vulval tissue getting in the way)
i'll have to tuck my dress into my bra or still have my trousers around my ankles....
then walk away with the last dribbles
sorry this is not progress

@Holowiwi who are they aimed at, and how are they different to the women posting here that would make these urinals actually helpful?

So I'm wearing full briefs and trousers, carrying 2 bags and have a toddler with me- how the fuck do I do this?

Honestly, if this is how the Germans feel they need to tackle inequality they simply do not understand the problem.

I am so confused
How do you use these if you don't wear skirts or dresses?

You carry a she-we everywhere of course. Although if you had a she-we you could use an ordinary urinal I imagine, which negates the need for these.

How are you supposed to use bog roll? I'm not carrying a she wee around, its ridiculous.
Just leave the womens toilet alone. Leave women alone. Make the mens all inclusive with urinals.

But what if you needed a poo? Obviously there are still closed cubicles.

The temptation would be to sit on them, especially after a day out shopping, which I rarely do now . Peeing standing up isn't ideal.

My son never uses the toilets in his school. He keeps it all in until he gets home.

Ffs when is all this nonsense going to end? I just don't even know what to say.

powershowerforanhour I want a wee not a quadriceps workout thanks

So, ideally you need to be wearing a dress that has fabric managable enough so you can hold or tuck it, no knickers, have no bags or small children because at least in a cubical they can't wander off or try to give you a running commentary on the other users and have perfected the shake to dry manoeuvre (which will be doubly important to get right due to the no knickers thing).

Flimp is spot on

@LassWiTheDelicateAir I have that EXACT dream! Usually I wake up needing a wee...

I do not want a line of people watching me pee squat.
I do not want to make eye contact with a stranger while trying not to piss on my trousers and/or ruin my dignity thank you very much

Total nonsense, for all the reasons mentioned above.

AND, they mention it'll save water, but what about the waste of thousands of disposable cardboard she-she's ?!!

They'd do better to just use the money they're wasting here on improving the size of women's cubicles so that you don't have to limbo backwards over the toilet in the struggle to close the door due to lack of space.

In most cubicles you have to squash against the toilet and sanitary bin to just close the door. It's even worse if you have a child with you.

Then you sit down and the sanitary bin encroaches into your leg space.

I'd rather see a bit of thought put into the functionality of the existing design.

No way am I ever going to use one of those things. Especially not in front of others. It's like a bad dream. Those bad dreams about toilets.

She-wee's.

I don't get what problem these urinals are intending to solve.
They certainly won't make it any quicker which I presume is the main aim of the men's urinals.

They are completely pointless because you would also need to have the option of a toilet in a closed cubicle just like they do in the mens, because someone might need a poo, change a tampon or might have a small child that can't reach the urinal etc. So they would have to get rid of half the toilets to make room for the urinals. I can't see anyone wanting to use one of these unless they are more private. That just means longer queues for the lesser amount of toilets.

I've also used squat toilets and they are better than this. Easier to actually squat than hover. Thinking about it, I don't think I'm physically capable of relaxing my pelvic floor/bladder enough to pee whilst also hovering in that position.

It makes no sense at all - what is the point? They've basically designed a worse version of what we currently have!

BaliBound They have women's urinals at Glastonbury. They're a little tricky to get used to but convenient if you don't want to queue for ages.

What makes them convenient? Simpy that there's not a queue? In which case just have more normal female loos!

Random question about shewees - what about loo roll? Cleaning the shewee?

Oh so how do the women's urinals at Glastonbury work?

I'm fine with regular toilets anyway, I can use those very quickly. Anyone who isn't able to use them quickly needs a cubicle.

Don't most men's have a couple of cubicles? I am so confused.

Are these toilets really meant for a different group?

Apparently she-wees are made out of a water repellent plastic so you can just shake them off and they're basically dry almost straightaway.

I am so confused
How do you use these if you don't wear skirts or dresses?

I think there are 2 versions. The one in the link I posted is basically a pared down loo but with no lid , cubicle or partition. If you are wearing a dress, use it in exactly the same way as a loo and your dress covers your front. If you are wearing trousers , the same but it means you are openly naked from waist down.

The other version seems to be one you stand and face. They only work if you have a she wee. She wees need to be held in place by tucking them into front of trousers and are useless for skirt wearers.

Using a she-wee or similar with trousers assumes that you have an openable fly, presumably? If you have trousers that don't have a fly, or leggings or similar, then you'd have to pull down the whole front area which would be pretty exposing.