In public places, the door of the women's restroom seems to be always queued; in contrast, the men's toilet can go in and out.
Recently, the majority of female compatriots ushered in a good news:
The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests (Revised Draft) was recently submitted for deliberation that governments at all levels should ensure that there are more toilets for women than for men when planning, building infrastructure and providing public services, and rationally equipping public facilities such as mother and baby rooms.
Why is there always a long queue at the door of the women's restroom? Why does it take so long for women to go to the toilet?
Life Times (search for "LT0385" within WeChat to pay attention) analyzes the reasons why women take longer to go to the toilet from multiple angles, and tells you how to use public toilets cleaner.
Why are women's toilets always in line?
According to the World Toilet Organization, the average time spent on the toilet for women is 89 seconds, compared with 39 seconds for men, and women spend 2.3 times more time than men.
However, this difference of one or two minutes is not the main reason for the queue at the door of the women's toilet. The following factors have made women's time to go to the toilet a "longer version".
Ability to hold urine
Women are weaker
In terms of physiological structure, the urethra of men is longer than that of women, with two physiological bends and three narrows, the characteristics of short and straight urethra in women, and the urinary holding reaction is more sensitive than that of men, so the frequency of going to the toilet is relatively higher.
Way of urinating
Men save more time
Men can stand and urinate, while women can only squat. Between squatting and standing, men urinate for a little less time.
Toilet process
Women are more cumbersome
For example, men only need to complete the process of "unzipping", and women's clothing is much more cumbersome than men's.
In addition, women's menstrual toileting requires additional treatment steps, resulting in another prolonged toilet time. For special people, pregnant women squeeze the bladder due to the enlarged uterus, not only is it difficult to go to the toilet, but also frequent urination.
Pit position
More men's toilets
Under the same toilet area, the male urinal occupies a smaller space, resulting in a much smaller number of toilet rooms in the women's toilet than the men's toilet urinals and toilets, which is also one of the reasons for the long queue in the women's toilets.
Comparison of male and female restroom structures
Is the squat pit really cleaner than the toilet?
The queue to go to the toilet makes people helpless, and finally enters the toilet to find that it is all toilets, and some people will have new concerns: is the public toilet hygienic?
A survey conducted by Life Times showed that 80.3% of people would feel "very troubled" when facing a public toilet; 42.5% of people would not choose to sit in the toilet under the premise of squatting toilets.
Is the squat toilet really cleaner than the sitting toilet?
There are more than 100 trillion bacteria in the human gut, some of which are excreted along with the feces, and the moment the flush button is pressed, it is ejected with a strong cyclone.
Curiosity Labs did an experiment to compare. The researchers added fluorescein sodium to the water in the flushing toilet, placed glass plates above the toilet and squat toilets, and adjusted the height of the glass plates to understand the height of the cyclone when flushing.
By observing the fluorescein sodium on the glass plate, we can judge the splash of water droplets in the toilet.
Gut bacteria hide in splashing droplets of water and may spread around with splashes. From this point of view, in fact, the toilet is more hygienic than the squat pit.
Can public toilets transmit diseases?
One reason why many people are uneasy about the toilet is that they are worried about being infected with skin diseases, or infectious diseases such as genital warts and gonorrhea.
In fact, it is not easy to get the above diseases by sitting on the toilet.
To spread the disease through the toilet, first of all, there must be enough pathogens, such as the toilet has just been sat by a genital wart patient; second, there is a wound on the buttocks, the virus can drill into it; at the same time, the body's resistance should be low enough. Only by meeting these three conditions at the same time can you spread the disease by sitting on the toilet, which is very difficult.
5 trivia about toilets
We go to the toilet every day, but you may not know this cold knowledge about the toilet.
1
Why should there be an empty space under the door of the public toilet?
The gap under the door of the public toilet is strictly regulated, ("Urban Public Toilet Design Standards" CJJ 14-2016) stipulates that the gap under the door of the toilet in China is 30 cm.
This design not only facilitates ventilation and cleaning, but also reduces the friction between the bottom of the door and the floor, increasing the service life of the door panel. Most importantly, about 11% of the elderly in China will fall or faint in the public toilet every year, leaving a gap under the door, which greatly increases the probability of these elderly people getting treatment.
2
Which compartment is the cleanest in the public toilet?
Many people mistakenly think that the compartment near the exit is the most used and the dirtiest, in fact, because most people think so, so the compartment near the exit of the public toilet is often the cleanest.
A program in the United States installed surveillance cameras in a men's restroom at the California Maritime College, collecting the number of times four compartments were used and the number of bacteria in four days. After statistics and testing, the first compartment was used by the fewest people, and it was also the cleanest, with the most bacteria in the middle.
3
Hot air dryer is actually very "dirty"
A study by the University of Connecticut in the United States showed that the hot air dryer in public health rooms will "inhale" bacteria and bacterial spores that splash when flushing the toilet, and spray on freshly washed hands when used, causing bacteria to spread.
During the epidemic period, it is best to use less hot air hand dryers, especially in public places with large personnel flows such as hospitals, clinics, offices, and shopping malls. The best way to wipe your hands is with a disposable paper towel.
4
Public toilets allow humans to live an extra 20 years
Harvard University geneticist Gary Lafkun believes that modern public health facilities have increased the average life expectancy of humans by 20 years. Because public health facilities bring out sewage systems, the chances of getting people sick become quite small.
5
Why go to the toilet and go to the kitchen?
Ancient toilets were built on the east side of the north side, and kitchens were built on the east side of the south side. When going to the south, it is customary to say that it is going south, and when going to the north, it is customary to say that it is going north. When you want to go to the toilet, you have to go to the north side of the yard, so say go to the toilet; when you want to go to the kitchen, you have to go to the south side of the yard, so say the kitchen. ▲
Editor: Jie Zhang
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