What I’ve learned about public restroom sexual etiquette and what I wonder about
I learned this week that there are sexual codes, signals and gestures that pertain to public restrooms.
I learned if a guy is tapping his foot in a public restroom it means he wants to have sex with whomever occupies the adjacent stall.
I learned that men have “stances”. Senator Craig says he has a “wide stance”. So I must assume other men have medium or narrow stances. I’m curious about the standard used to measure such things.
So I’m thinking, are there also sexual codes, signals and gestures for women in public restroom?
If there are, what are they?
I’m kinda worried that I may have signaled to another woman in a public restroom that I wanted to have sex with her and I didn’t even know it
I learned if a guy is tapping his foot in a public restroom it means he wants to have sex with whomever occupies the adjacent stall.
I learned that men have “stances”. Senator Craig says he has a “wide stance”. So I must assume other men have medium or narrow stances. I’m curious about the standard used to measure such things.
So I’m thinking, are there also sexual codes, signals and gestures for women in public restroom?
If there are, what are they?
I’m kinda worried that I may have signaled to another woman in a public restroom that I wanted to have sex with her and I didn’t even know it
posted by pissed off patricia at 2:43 AM
35 Comments:
PoP- I stand in awe of you. What a great post and what a great public service you are providing.
Since I am usually preoccupied by the need to go to the bathroom and to get out of the public restroom in some haste, I guess this has never crossed my mind.
That and the fact that although I do have a healthy sexual appetite, I would not think of a public restroom as a path to satisfying them.
Maybe it has something to do with how and where you put your handbag or the way in which you remove your lipstick top and then apply?
Lordy Lordy- I can't wait to find out. Until I do... I'm holding it in!
Maybe it would
One must be desperate to "sit in stalls" of public bathrooms for cleanliness reasons, much less to find that "perfect one" to spend the waning moments of a bathroom experience with.
Jay Leno:
"The Democrats have control of Congress, but the Republicans control the bathrooms."
Ba-ba-boom!
There are rules! I thought they were intuitive, but perhaps not.
Men, avoid sending the wrong signals: Male Restroom Etiquette
I am with you PoP. I was unaware until this week that that there was more to public restrooms than just minding your business and washing your hands. As much time as I spend in airport bathrooms I must have inadvertently signal monkey business at one time or another.
I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to all those who may have been offended.
It makes me think that it would be nice if homosexual sex wasn't considered so taboo.
It's tough enough to find partners for sex and more, but add the need to learn and remember signalsand it just gets to be too much!
Where we used to live in Illinois, one would have had to learn signals appropriate for hooking up in the various parks and wooded public spaces.
But then, really, those aren't typical homosexual men with the signals and all in public restrooms....are they?
Isn't it even scarier to think that you may have signaled to some other woman that you want to have sex... then walked out as if nothing had happened?
I mean, if a guy did that to me, I'd be crushed!
That does it. No more public potties for moi.
How do people know this stuff? Is there a pamphlet you can order?
I do most of my bird watching in Bear Creak Park in Houston. Based on the number of solitary men I see driving around, I’ve come to suspect that some are homosexual in search of assignations. I'm always afraid I’m going to scratch my butt and inadvertently give the high sign. Hence forth I will be damned sure not to tap my foot.
I walked into a public restroom at a ferry terminal a few weeks ago and saw a woman who had just washed her hair in the sink and was drying it under the hand-dryer. I thought that was weird. Maybe it was a signal.
In light of these discoveries the old Seinfeld episode where Elaine asks "Can you spare a square?" may now need the "for mature audiences" disclaimer.
I learned this week that there are sexual codes, signals and gestures that pertain to public restrooms.
I learned if a guy is tapping his foot in a public restroom it means he wants to have sex with whomever occupies the adjacent stall.
I was "educated" right along with you. All this time, I thought tapping your foot meant you couldn't get your pants undone! Now I'm afraid to use any public bathroom. Maybe that Astronaut had the right idea...diapers for the road?:)
How strange: In men's bathroms there's no talking, eyes front, do your buisness & get out - except for these new signals. In women's bathrooms to my experience, we chat, we apply lipstick, etc, but no signals that I know. Hmmm ...
Could it be that these GOPerverts have a strong association between sex and bathrooms??? hmmmmm
But then, really, those aren't typical homosexual men with the signals and all in public restrooms....are they?
I just blogged on that!
Song for the GOP
with apologies to john fogarty
I guess I would tell the guys not to listen to their Ipods while in the crapper. A good tune comes on and you may end up with a guy kneeling in front of you.
As far as signals to women...I'm not sure, is asking for toilet paper or a tampon a signal? If so, I've made sexual advantages more times than I want to think. They always run out of toilet paper in the women's johnns!
Women don't wait until they get in the restroom. For years now, the secret code for I want to have hot sex has been, "I need to powder my nose".
LOL
literally...i cannot top any of those responses.....
i am laughing my ass off.
there should be a sign on the entrance to the Men's Rooms now
CAUTION, MAN NEXT TO YOU MAY HAVE WIDE STANCE
OR...
CAUTION, MAN NEXT TO YOU MAY BE ON DUTY!
Anj over at Fightin' Mad Chicano Liberal has a play by play of the happenings in the little boys room. I don't think there was much room for a "oops, I didn't mean to kick that wall..."
I don't know if there's any rules in the Ladies room, but personally I use "Come here big boy!" accented with a wink.
Robert
LOL! That explains why women go to the washroom in two's. I guess men prefer to do it with a stranger. ;-)
There's a lot of people everywhere confused about this whole thing. I guess it's time for George Michael to write a book.
a book, we need a book. i can't afford to give any mistaken signals. people think i'm strange enough as is! ; )
Okay, when there is a woman standing there holding her lipstick and staring at you in the mirror, it means, "Wash the hands already and get out of my way." When the woman in the stall next to you starts gagging, that means you might consider altering your diet. I don't know of any related to sex, though. Sorry.
If I'm tapping my foot, that also means I want mirror access for lipstick purposes.
The "wide stance" comment from Craig STILL has me laughing. I've always hated public restrooms. No privacy, they stink and are full of germs. And horny senators I guess!!
The last place I'd like to have sex but then again if you're into risky sex then I guess you're not too worried about picking up the HIV.
I don't think women think about sex 24/7 the way I hear men do! Maybe that's why I've never heard of women being caught making advances to other women in rest rooms. Plus I think women are less apt to want anonymous sex for the sake of sex alone. Ladies, I don't think we need worry about inadvertant signals. Of course, I may be totally wrong and totally naive.
Yes, there are signals, POP, and Showtime is already developing a series around it. ;-)
mauigirl
Oh man...I think about sex 24/7! I think it's because I'm Catholic and sex is supposed to be dirty...makes it a lot more fun that way. That's why we have so many kids. -I guess that makes me a naughty naught girl and a bad naughty girl! Yikes!
I guess I am not the only one thats naive and I prefer to keep it that way. I never use public restrooms well almost never and I will never go in tapping my foot or whistling. I wonder what thats worth? I'm sorry this is rather funny!
Women don't do that sort of thing in public restrooms. Well, almost never...
Just don't hum Melissa Etheridge's "Come to my window" while applying your lipstick...
While many of the comments are funny, I guess the topic isn't. It suggests a dark, depraved side to humans, men in particular.
My stance on the issue is widespread disgust.
Any man that takes a crap in an airport bathroom is a nasty son of a bitch.
Period.
After the foot tapping, what happens next?
"Is that Sweet and Sour Pork I smell? Ha ha ha. Seriously though, can I blow you?"
I have to admit to having some problems urinating in North America (Canada included). As a true blue Aussie bloke I was bought up in a culture where men do not exchange any communications in public lavatories. Obviously some males do elect to communicate, but not us blokes.
Over there - (sounds like a good song title) - I was forever assaulted by conversational urinaters. I'm sure it was all very innocent, but strange....
POP...was that you signaling me in that bathroom last week?
i'm from DC and there was a morning show that talked about girls who did this too, the tapping was the signal for the girls as well and they talked to girls on the phone who have done it. i've never seen or heard of this happening until recently, then again im just trying to pee, wash my hands and get out like i thought everyone else was. it sounded like it was younger girls, teenagers who knew about this code. what the hell? i remember the high school bathrooms & the less time i had to be in there the better, ewww.
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