Toilet Seat Question? This is going to piss some off but I don't care...?

Question

I am a male. I have to put the seat down for my mother as a child I was trained to do this by my father who insisted upon this but I do not agree.

Men usually need it up, women always need it down... we are constantly having to (though it isn't a huge imposition) to bring it up and put it down.

I guess, what I need is someone to convince me WHY I should do this. I think that this is the same idea of cleaning out the dryer lint catcher in a community laundry room. I have the philosophy of self sufficiancy.

I check the lint catcher, its usually full so I empty it. I dry my things. Then I take my stuff out and leave if for the next chap. If I did get to the dryer with it empty, I still leave it for the next person because I usually have to do it anyway. It isn't a big deal, it takes only a few seconds at most but I suppose its the principle that I am pondering right now.. what do you think?

Answer 1

Funny question, but one that many homes have argued over. In our house, we share. If i'm in the bathroom, and I know my husband is coming in next, I lift the seat for him. And vise versa. Laundry lint is always emptied before the next load. There really isn't any rule to it. And if you consider some of the arguments over the years about the toilet seat...you'll find most women prefer the men to put it down when they're done. But why? Why should the man's fingers only be the ones to touch the icky seat? Of course, it could also be argued that when men urinate, they tend to 'splash' all over the place, or have bad aim. So why should a woman be forced to touch the seat? Do women ever splash? Not usually, considering their 'stream' is closer to the bowl than a man's is when urination begins. I'll ask my husband and son about their opinions. I told my husband once though, that if I have to clean the toilet all the time, he ought to put the seat down for me.

Answer 2

As a woman, for me, up or down isn't an issue, really. Yes it is a pain to sit on a toilet in the middle of the night without the seat on it. I think most women get all worked up because it is we who will get the infections from sitting on that dirtier part of the toilet. Like it or not peeing that way causes a bigger mess than sitting down does and the inner bowl harbors more bacteria. For men this isn't as much of an issue since you don't have an extra hole that very easily catches and breeds bacteria. Sitting accidentally on the porcelain part of the toilet can lead to very serious health issues. This is the real reason most women go nuts over this issue. No, it's not 'fair.' It just is. I think if more women would just remember to be more aware and not get all miffed, life would be simpler. The other option is for men to train themselves to sit to pee. I know several who do. From my point of view this is a much better compromise because it cuts down on the cleaning. Most males really don't pay attention to how absolutely disgusting a toilet area gets when you stand to pee. Since most women are the ones to clean the bathroom, this makes them more likely to get upset. I have trained two of my male friends about this. They didn't believe me at first and then there was a long time where they didn't share my toilet with me. During that time I didn't need to clean the floor around the toilet. After this happened twice, these men were a bit more willing to realize the mess they were creating, though still not very willing to clean it up -sigh.

Answer 3

Dude, it's not the SEAT, it's the LID. First, it keeps things from falling into the toilet. Second, the inside of a toilet is damned unsightly. Third, with the lid down, the toilet becomes a handy small table or convenient place to sit.

That lid is on your toilet for a reason, but like an umbrella or a brain, it only works if you USE it.

Answer 4

I can understand that from a man's perspective why it would get tedious having to put the seat up and down, over time. But here's the thing, they toilet manufacturers made the toilet with a seat-----not without a seat. The ladies do not want to sit on that nasty rim.
As long as you don't pee on the seat, then why not just leave the seat as it is. And if you do pee, kindly wipe up the pee-pee. And P.S.---Don't forget the seat is for your benefit too---when you take a dump. Bye.

Answer 5

Ok, about the toilet seat...honestly, THEY WORK BOTH WAYS. If I find one up, and I need it down, I'm perfectly able to put it down. So are most women (able).

It isn't about ability, really, it's about hygiene, appearance, and fragility.

1. Let's face it guys, even with a directional spout, sometimes your aim is, well, LACKING. Why should I have to touch your grossness when you can't aim properly? Bleah. Wipe it off yourself, and put the gross thing down.

2. Which side of the toilet seat looks "cleaner" 95% of the time, the top or the bottom? Put the cleaner side up, please! The bottom just looks nasty...

3. Toilet seats are kind of fragile. If you leave it up, and it falls shut and cracks (gravity happens), what do the rest of us have to sit on? Talk about a pinch in a bad place!

Dryer lint? Geesh, clean the nasty stuff out. Why be lazy about it? Do you drop your granola bar wrappers on the ground, too? "Everybody else does it" is a lame excuse. Be daring, be different, clean out your own lint!

Mama's done for now.

Answer 6

I'm not pissed, I see your point, but let me share:

1. Who the hell wants to be greeted by an open toliet upon entering the bathroom? That big gaping hole of toliet water. Yum!
2. Got pets?? I do and I don't want them playing/drinking out of the toliet.
3. There are germs in the toliet and doctors advise keeping the lid down, in general, and especially when you flush.
4. Do you store stuff above the toliet, like say, oh I don't know....hairbrushes, extra rolls of T.P. .....uh toothbrushes?? Ever drop one of those?? ~~~Splash!!!
5. Uh, toliet's came with a lid for a reason. Hello!!

Plus, just as a suggestion, leave the lid and seat up, then for fun, go to the bathroom around 4 a.m. but sit, don't stand. See, isn't that fun?? ~~~Splish splash.~~~

Answer 7

I guess it depends. I personally think the seat should be down so that at night time when you are groggy and can hardly stand up you don't end up pissing all over the place or trying to take a stool and finding yourself butt deep in water. Nothing wrong with taking a seat once in a while.

The lint thing pisses me off. My brother will wash load upon load without changing the filter. It just gets gross.

Answer 8

You know what, I have to honestly say I agree with u!
I'm a female, but my boyfriend always put the seat down for me. I never asked him 2 it's just what he was raised to do. No who says he should put it down just cuz I sit down when I use it. If this is true, it would only be fair if I were required to lift the seat up after use to accomodote men...

Answer 9

I think that if you learn not to whizz all over theseat, it wouldn't matter if you put it up or not. Its common courtesy for you to put the seat down for someone who isn't capable of going standing up, especially at night when that 2" of free fall onto a bare toilet can cause serious spinal damage. WE REALLY DON'T CARE IF YOU PUT THE SEAT UP, AS LONG AS YOU LEAVE IT DRY AND DOWN WHEN YOU ARE DONE.

Answer 10

Dude really! You shouldn't have to put the seat down. I agree and I never ask anyone to do it. However leaving the lint is sucky. It's your lint and just because someone else is a slob doesn't give you the right to be one too. Good luck with growing up!