'Why are women too scared to poo?' blog discussion

worbikeman

As much as we all think we're superior to animals, the discomfort arises from the fact that, subconsciously, defecation is still a means of marking territory. This is why we dont like doing it in other peoples' houses or the workplace - we dont want to incur the wrath of the resident alpha male/female!

Flat_Eric

I don't have an issue using the bathroom either at home/work/elsewhere but will say that my toilets at work are single toilets - if they were row upon row of cubicles then I might feel differently.... I prefer not to do a number 2 in a public toilet but more because of the cleanliness of said toilet than the embarrassment of it.

joeypesci

sazz1006 wrote: »

A friend of a friend(honest) had her fairly new fella over to stay and needed to go in the middle of the night. She was so terrified he would hear/smell it she did it into a carrier bag so there were no plopping noises! He woke up when he heard her going downstairs to put the offending bag in the bin - not sure what would have been more embaressing -the noises or explaining why you were going to the bin at 0400!!

To you and everyone else. Here is my tip which I mentioned to someone years ago. I'm not a fan of the splash noise either. So simply break off some loo roll before hand, drop it in the pan. Enough that it doesn't totally soak up. Then it will land on that and be super quiet works a treat.

Afraid of blocking the loo due to large usage of loo roll like me? Another tip, that sadly wastes a bit of water. Although there are two ways of doing this. Do your business and flush after, then wipe your bum (nice). Drop the roll in the loo once you've finished and use the loo brush to push it down quickly. It should disappear into the U bend, if not totally but partly. Upon flushing it will then disappear easier and not stay behind floating

Sometimes it can still fill the bowl as if blocking but most times the pressure means it gets sucked down and the block clears. If you're unlucky, then I'm afraid you're going to have to get wet. This is why best to flush before hand so if there is a blockage you don't get poo all over your hand Because to free it without the loo brush you have to dip your hand in and push on the stuck loo roll that it's the U bend. You'll fell it free and the water rush away

katyboo123

I'm going to sound disgusting here, but I really couldn't care less - yes it's embarrassing, but if I need to go, then guess what? I GO!

A great tip, when you're in the initial stages of a relationship and you stay over at someone's house, pretend you're really hygenic and need a shower first thing on the morning (i.e. when you need to go), then, whilst in the bathroom turn on the shower (go) and then jump in the shower. The steam and scents of the shower gel will cover up the smell from the toilet. HTH someone with a poo-fear.

System

For those worried about the smell, a great tip is to light a match after you've gone to the loo.

Let the match burn all the way down.

Don't know exactly what it does, but it greatly reduces any smell. (Or the smoke after it's blown out may be masking any smell?)

I've read that a considerate host will leave a box of matches in the bathroom - although not practical if small kids are about.

ailuro2

Got here via Martin's weeing blog....

to the person who says light a match... then everyone will know you've just had a poo and the smell was so bad you had to light a match.

I read somewhere about 50% of people have Methane in their "wind" so the burning match thing will work because it's burning the methane out of the air.

If you have guests coming you could leave a lighter next to a scented candle, that way they could use the lighter to burn off the methane without leaving behind a burnt match smell. If they don't know the trick then light the candle.:rotfl:

tara747

Or just open the window, then take ages washing your hands!!!! :rotfl:

Air fresheners are particularly bad, they absolutely stink. Furthermore, they do not REMOVE the poo smell, they only ADD to it. Urgh. :eek:

Hi ailuro2, long time no see!

bargepole

A few years ago, I was on holiday in Spain with my wife and daughter, and one night we fancied a change from the local cuisine, so we found an Indian restaurant where I enjoyed an excellent chicken vindaloo.

The next morning we drove down to Torremolinos for market day, and by 11:30 am the pressure build-up in my bowels was such that a public toilet needed to be found urgently.

There appeared to be no toilets in the market square, but there was a large cafe with a toilet, so daughter and I went in, she joined the queue for the ladies, and I was able to go straight into the single cubicle for the gents.

The change of diet must have had a strange effect, because instead of the normal deposit of several small packages, everything had fused into a single, monstrous log, about the size of a nuclear submarine.

Flushing the loo had no effect on this leviathan, and after waiting for the cistern to refill, the second flush failed to shift it either. By this time there was a knocking on the door, and as I opened it a desperate-looking Spaniard pushed past me straight into the cubicle.

I rejoined my daughter at the counter, bought a couple of cokes and we sat at a table as far away from the loos as possible. The aforementioned Spaniard then emerged from the toilets with a horrified expression and spoke to one of the staff.

While my daughter sat and watched over my shoulder (I was sitting facing away from the toilets, I couldn't look) several of the cafe staff were rushing back and forwards with bundles of toilet roll, mops and a bucket. They were gabbling away in Spanish, and were casting disapproving glances at the Spanish guy, who was now sitting on his own at another table. Eventually they put one of those yellow "caution" type signs on the floor in front of the gents.

Daughter and I finished our drinks, and sidled out of the back door without a backward glance. She is never going to a public toilet with me again, and I won't ever be going back to Torremolinos market.

Queenriderbrekke

I have no problems pooing when peeps can hear and I have irritable bowel syndrome so it can be noisy, lol!

full-time-mum

I don't have too much of a problem with it but I know that people do. I think it stems from primary school - children forget to pull the chain and wee on the seats - and the issue of peeing/pooing in public starts to become an issue.

I have to say that primary school toilets can be disgusting and secondary school ones even worse.

I always feel a bit of a panic when the chain won't flush and you have to wait for it to fill up again before trying again. I'd hate to leave an unflushed loo especially a number 2 or at that time of the month. I'm not sure I'd necessarily describe the feeling as embarrassment but not very pleasant for the next person if the loo hasn't flushed properly.