I have to admit… I was a little puzzled myself when I saw my first Chinese public toilet. The first thing that went through my mind was: “Are those ridged areas for my knees or my feet on each side?!”

If you’ve never seen one yourself, here’s a great example sent in by one of our customers:

Step-by-Step Guide to Using a Chinese Public Bathroom

1. Preparation
   Make sure you have tissues, sanitizer, and especially your P-Mate out of your bags. Post up your bags on the hooks, and if there are none provided make sure you have your bags securely fastened (duct tape?) so they don’t fall or swing out while you are relieving yourself.
2. Assume the Position
   As I soon learned, the ridges on either side of the bowl are for your feet (not your knees). Here’s the trick: unfasten your pants/shorts and lower both your trousers and your underwear at the same time. You’ll have to push them just past your knees, to that spot that allows them to sit fixed in that position. At this point, your fanny will be hanging in the wind so-to-speak, and you should be in a squatting position.

   If you have a P-Mate, you can skip this step, because you will you will be able to pee standing up normally.

3. Re-Alignment
   Before you let it go, you’ll need to make sure that you are as low as possible and that your pants (especially if they are baggy) are tucked up and in a position away from possible splash-back.

   If you have a P-Mate, you can skip this step, because you will you will be able to pee standing up normally.

4. Let it GO!
   Hopefully this process will take longer than reading these instructions, because at this point your legs are going to start to get sore. If there is a wall or a door, use that to support yourself.

   If you have a P-Mate, this step will be easy, as you won’t be hovering over the bowl and feeling your legs shake with strain!

5. Clean Up
   If there is a basket next to the bowl, like the one in the picture above, your tissues should go in there. If there isn’t a basket, then you simply dispose of the tissues down the bowl itself.

During your travels, pee standing up with the P-Mate.

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Welcome to P-standingup.com’s caption contest!

Simply send us your caption entry in the comment form below…

…and for those that are wondering: Yes, this is a real bathroom in a real establishment — and it’s not from a 3rd world country.

This Caption Contest has made possible by the P-Mate

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International Eco-tourism is abundant, but make sure you are prepared.

Any destination including the Western world can be made with a conscientious itinerary. The most obvious choices are commonly overlooked in first world travel. There are countless agencies catering to very basic principals that don’t cost more or involve greater travel headaches.

If you are looking for remote, rough & natural or a deluxe hassle-free holiday, why pay an agent to plan your trip, when you can rely on reputable sources with a conscience?

The pictures in this post are from a friend of mine’s trekking trip — these restrooms actually exist, and I can guarantee she definitely wished she would have heard of the P-Mate, which would have allowed her to pee-standing-up during this trip!

Looking for something a bit less exotic?

Within the United States there are roughly 30,000 hiking trails, including, biking & waterways. If you’re looking for something like this, be sure to check out this lengthy listing state-to-state or by activity. …and ladies, don’t forget your P-Mate!

Once you go on a trip, send us pictures and a description of your adventure, and we’ll do a write up on you!

Traveling to remote places pose many challenges for the Westerner.

When traveling, the “toilet situation” can often be quite precarious for most women. You could be on a mountain trek in Nepal, with no running water, and lean-to toilet (see picture to the left) for example. Most of which are precariously situated on a hill with no footing to speak of.

Revolutionize your peeing freedom! A P-Mate allows you to urinate like a man without dropping your trousers! It is biodegradable, eco-friendly, small and discreet. Imagine the liberation of not freezing your butt off, nor exposing yourself to go for a pee, standing up!

If you fancy a real mountain “hike” in the one of the most beautiful spots in the world, the following guides offer such adventure.

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In the immortal words of James Brown:

“This is a man’s world But it would be nothing without a woman or a girl”~ 1966 Though the depth or meaning of his lyrics may not have included the idea of women standing to pee, I venture to guess that at some point in his life he gave it some thought. Ironic given his history…

Historically, Women were taught the social mores of control…

…while men were afforded the ability to relieve themselves in a pee pot. Even today, if you notice in “developed” countries the men’s toilet is always the closest. One might ask, is that because they have less control in a real physiological way, are they stupid and get lost easily, or are they more deserving? I would venture to guess that it is more sort of a tradition carry-over that few people question.

Publicly peeing standing up is a natural expectation for men…

…women on the other hand must seek more shelter in order to be acceptable. Since BC 2500 we as a species have had toilets, but not until the early 1700’s in Europe was consideration for both Peeing sexes established. For the first time the designation of men’s & women’s separate toilets appeared in Paris.

Women who pee standing up will revolutionize all former social virtues.

Not only does the p-mate offer ultimate freedom, it begs to question our norms as a culture. For images of the soon to be past:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hlablue/512678242/

Ready to start standing while you pee?

Order your P-Mate today!

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Minneapolis, MN - Grizzly Creek Enterprises today announced that it will expand into a new venture, featuring a disposable paper device named P-Mate - designed to allow women to urinate standing up. This is a new division of Grizzly Creek, and will be named P-Standing Up. The product is presently showcased on the world wide web at p-standingup.com.

“We’ve found a revolutionary product; one that is quite well known in Europe, and I believe this will be just as popular with American women,” said Jamie Holland, spokesperson and vice president for domestic sales.

“This is a small, pocket sized and disposable device that allows women the freedom to enjoy all of the outdoor activities they always have, but without the restriction and complication of needing nearby sanitary bathroom facilities.

“The days of struggling to find a sanitary place to urinate at festivals, while camping, hiking, boating, or other outdoor events are over,” she said. “With the P-Mate, you simply find an appropriate location and experience complete hygienic freedom as men have always done…pee standing up!”

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