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Women can pee in a bottle too: https://www.amazon.com/Standing-Resistant-Urination-Portable-Reusable/dp/B07YYGVTZK https://www.amazon.com/Standing-Resistant-Ur

Women can pee in a bottle too: https://www.amazon.com/Standing-Resistant-Urination-Portable-Reusable/dp/B07YYGVTZK https://www.amazon.com/Standing-Resistant-Urination-Portable... Equality often means, delicate sensitivities of either sex, are not considered.

wutbrodo 6y ago
I wonder why this is so downvoted? If you think peeing in a bottle is degrading, it doesn't seem that using a product like this would be any more degrading than the male method. I have women friends who use devices like these when we hike and there's nothing weird or embarrassing about it for any of us. Though it's important to note that women's bathroom needs are different from men in more ways than just the mechanics of urination. For one, menstruation is a recurring situation that has specific bathroom needs that a bottle doesn't really address.
- GekkePrutser 6y ago
  When you hike? I'd have thought doing it in nature would be fine (considering all the animals doing the same). I always do so when I hike anyway (just making sure there's nobody around :P ). My female friends also do so. Not sure exactly how as I am polite enough to turn around O:-) Indeed menstruation is a different issue altogether.
  - bbarnett 6y ago
    The device in question allows women to pee like men, while standing with pants on. This is the feature referenced for hiking, I think. It can also be used to pee in bottles.
  - LorenPechtel 6y ago
    Peeing in nature is fine. The reason for things like this for a woman to pee normally means exposing a lot more skin to eyes and the weather. Also, the usual scenario for being seen is someone not of your group coming up behind you--and with a pee funnel your bum isn't exposed at all. (Poo is another matter--you're expected to bury it 6-8" down, at least 200' from the trail, at least 200' from water. If you can't meet all three of these requirements you're expected to use a poo disposal bag (commonly called a WAG bag) and pack it out.) Locally, if you can accomplish the digging you're very likely in a watercourse.
    - GekkePrutser 6y ago
      Ah that makes sense. Where I hike in northern Spain there is a lot of foliage cover so this wouldn't be as much of an issue.
      - LorenPechtel 6y ago
        I live in a pretty dry area. I can think of only one area with pretty dense foliage within a couple hours of home and that's in a seasonal stream. In the winter I've often been in areas with half a mile line of sight to any place you could actually get to and plenty of canyons where anyone coming around the bend is going to see you, period. Summer provides a bit more cover at lower elevations, but as you go higher there are trees but you can see under them and in many cases getting off the trail is difficult. If you hike long enough trails to need to relieve yourself you know there's a small chance you'll be seen, and likewise, you know there's a small chance you'll run into someone relieving themselves--if you can't stand either scenario, don't go.
  - wutbrodo 6y ago
    > When you hike? I'd have thought doing it in nature would be fine (considering all the animals doing the same) I assume it's because sometimes there's enough brush that you don't want to squat more than you have to, exposing your privates to plants, insects, etc. On top of that, you need a lot less privacy to stand-and-pee than you do to squat: if someone comes across you squatting on a trail without much cover, you probably wouldn't want them catching a view of either side of you. Perhaps it's just not-totally-rational squeamishness, but that's my understanding of the thinking behind it.

wutbrodo 6y ago

I wonder why this is so downvoted? If you think peeing in a bottle is degrading, it doesn't seem that using a product like this would be any more degrading than the male method. I have women friends who use devices like these when we hike and there's nothing weird or embarrassing about it for any of us. Though it's important to note that women's bathroom needs are different from men in more ways than just the mechanics of urination. For one, menstruation is a recurring situation that has specific bathroom needs that a bottle doesn't really address.

GekkePrutser 6y ago
When you hike? I'd have thought doing it in nature would be fine (considering all the animals doing the same). I always do so when I hike anyway (just making sure there's nobody around :P ). My female friends also do so. Not sure exactly how as I am polite enough to turn around O:-) Indeed menstruation is a different issue altogether.
- bbarnett 6y ago
  The device in question allows women to pee like men, while standing with pants on. This is the feature referenced for hiking, I think. It can also be used to pee in bottles.
- LorenPechtel 6y ago
  Peeing in nature is fine. The reason for things like this for a woman to pee normally means exposing a lot more skin to eyes and the weather. Also, the usual scenario for being seen is someone not of your group coming up behind you--and with a pee funnel your bum isn't exposed at all. (Poo is another matter--you're expected to bury it 6-8" down, at least 200' from the trail, at least 200' from water. If you can't meet all three of these requirements you're expected to use a poo disposal bag (commonly called a WAG bag) and pack it out.) Locally, if you can accomplish the digging you're very likely in a watercourse.
  - GekkePrutser 6y ago
    Ah that makes sense. Where I hike in northern Spain there is a lot of foliage cover so this wouldn't be as much of an issue.
    - LorenPechtel 6y ago
      I live in a pretty dry area. I can think of only one area with pretty dense foliage within a couple hours of home and that's in a seasonal stream. In the winter I've often been in areas with half a mile line of sight to any place you could actually get to and plenty of canyons where anyone coming around the bend is going to see you, period. Summer provides a bit more cover at lower elevations, but as you go higher there are trees but you can see under them and in many cases getting off the trail is difficult. If you hike long enough trails to need to relieve yourself you know there's a small chance you'll be seen, and likewise, you know there's a small chance you'll run into someone relieving themselves--if you can't stand either scenario, don't go.
- wutbrodo 6y ago
  > When you hike? I'd have thought doing it in nature would be fine (considering all the animals doing the same) I assume it's because sometimes there's enough brush that you don't want to squat more than you have to, exposing your privates to plants, insects, etc. On top of that, you need a lot less privacy to stand-and-pee than you do to squat: if someone comes across you squatting on a trail without much cover, you probably wouldn't want them catching a view of either side of you. Perhaps it's just not-totally-rational squeamishness, but that's my understanding of the thinking behind it.