I'm not usually one to get shy bladder in public restrooms. But there is one situation where I find it hard to "go," and that's when there's a guy next to me and there's just nothing between his urinal and mine. Why is male privacy/modesty regarded as not important there? I'm not asking for anything elaborate, just one of those little separation walls you see in a lot of places. Just so there's a barrier between you and the next guy so you don't feel like you're an animal peeing into a ditch next to some other animal. And what if you have reason to feel self-conscious about your penis? I mean, urinals with no partitions between them just seem uncivilized.
no barriers between urinals in public bathrooms
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Can't you just go into a stall, then?
I'll go in a partitioned urinal, an unpartitioned urinal, one of those trench urinals, or a ditch. I don't really see the big deal.
I'll go in a partitioned urinal, an unpartitioned urinal, one of those trench urinals, or a ditch. I don't really see the big deal.
So what if there's no barriers? Just don't look. Doesn't seem too hard to do. 
So what if there's no barriers? Just don't look. Doesn't seem too hard to do.
So, you're assuming that because it's not a problem for you, it's the same for other people? After attempting to pee in an urinal without barriers once, I had trouble visiting any public toilets for a while. I had convinced myself that peeing in the stall is unmanly, so in this occasion I tried to pee in the urinal six times in a row, all of which were unsuccessful. Since it was emergency at this point, I ran into the stall... but for my utter shock that also didn't work for me. I had to take a quite uncomfortable one-hour trip home.
In the days that followed, any visit to a public toilet was too hard. 
I had to take a quite uncomfortable one-hour trip home.
Can't have been that urgent then.
So what if there's no barriers? Just don't look. Doesn't seem too hard to do.
um, the issue wasn't me "looking," I just think it's degrading to be standing in a line with a guy or bunch of guys peeing inches away from each other. It just makes me uncomfortable. I'm fine with a partition, usually.
No barriers is the problem?
I'm more petrified by the frequent lack of any toilet paper in the stalls or the disturbing brown and yellow stains all over the walls. No stain in a public restroom should be that high up and I don't want to know how the hell they got at eye level.
I'm more petrified by the frequent lack of any toilet paper in the stalls or the disturbing brown and yellow stains all over the walls. No stain in a public restroom should be that high up and I don't want to know how the hell they got at eye level.
well, that stuff's just Human nature when you've got a public facility, and users who aren't responsible for the cleaning of it, combined with the nature of what goes on in a bathroom, that's what you're going to get. Sometimes, I'm surprised when they AREN'T as bad as I expected.
It's not so much that they're dirty. It's that they're dirty in weird places. Why is there poop on the wall?!
A couple of my friends stayed in a hotel recently and found pubic hairs on the ceiling above the shower.
What's so degrading about it? You're executing a normal biological function. And you're doing it in a public place, so you should expect to have company.
I have a close friend who once walked in on a man pleasuring himself in open view in front of a urinal. He noticed my friend enter, nodded and went: "Hey, how ya doing?"
My friend still laughs himself red and cringes whenever he tells that story. After hearing that, I often think twice about using a wall urinal unless there's no other option.
My friend still laughs himself red and cringes whenever he tells that story. After hearing that, I often think twice about using a wall urinal unless there's no other option.
Some people have shy bladders. It's actually pretty common. I usually have a hard time peeing if there is someone else in the bathroom with me. I don't know why, but I do.
^I do as well. I'll always try and use a cubicle. If there's no divider between urinals then it just won't happen.
in that case why have stall doors? Bowel movements are natural biological functions as well. And hey, no stall doors makes conversation easier while you're there anyway.
Rational or not, a lot of people are pretty self-conscious about things like this. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the ability to use a urinal rather than a stall and the ability to urinate while standing, I'd just like a little concession to modesty in the form of a divider. I don't think it's too much to ask.
I'm not a urinal fan at all. I always go for the stall; it's private and you can feel a little more relaxed. Now, granted, there's no way you can have a great trip to a public restroom but a little bit of privacy makes it better.
The difference is, you have to expose more of yourself when you're taking a shit (plus you have to wipe afterwards).
then your lucky, but not all of us are like that. As I said, I don't even have a bad case of shy bladder and long rows of undivided urinals still make me uncomfortable.
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