I'm going for a 3D2N Cameron Highland trip tomorrow. Yay yay yay!!!
This P-Mate is not a new product; in fact, it has been in the market for more than 4 years and i heard that it's rather popular in the Europe. It was mentioned this morning on the radio and one of the DJs was talking about whether or not she would use it.
I only have one word for this thing: HUH?
Call me old-fashion or whatever but look at the background graphic on the Web site, of that lady in a standing-up posture peeing. I just find it so, well, em, so wrong!
I can understand where this idea came from. The bodies of the two genders were created differently and hence women normally take longer time in the toilet as compared to men.
For men, it's just unzip, pull out the tool, aim, shoot, and then zip.
For women (presuming wearing pants), it's go into the cubicle, close the door, unzip, pull down the pants, pull down the undies, sit or squat, pee, wipe, stand up, pull up the undies and pants, zip, open the door and then walk out of the cubicle.
Well, merely writing it is tiring enough, imagine actually doing it. No wonder the female toilets are always packed with people. Perhaps this product can help to cut short the queue in the female toilet.
Of course, there are also the concerns of dirty toilet seats lah, urinating in the bushes during outing lah, no toilet in sight on a long haul lah, incontinence caused by pregnancy lah, difficulties with movement due to arthritis lah... and the list can go on about why women may be better off to urinate while standing upright and thus the need of such product.
Would i use it then? I really doubt so unless i'm really desperate; for instance, if my bladder is gonna explode if i don't go or something like that. Under normal circumstances, i think i would rather stick out as long as i can.
I mean, c'mon, why would a woman wanna pee like a man? There may be many occasions when a woman wish to be more like a man, but pissing? That's one of the fundamental things that makes us different! I really can't see why i would wanna do that.
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