dear asking for a friend,
my boyfriend refuses to wipe his penis after he pees. whenever he leaves the bathroom, there is a small wet spot on his pants, which is so embarrassing when we are in public. i have tried talking to him about it, but he says that men don’t have to wipe — “they don’t have the same machinery as women.” he also doesn’t believe that there’s a problem with it. well, i think there is. sometimes he doesn’t wear underwear, which makes the whole thing even worse. i do the laundry and, well let’s just say, there’s no way that’s hygienic.
signed, pissed off
dear pissed off,
it’s no secret that bathroom etiquette and personal hygiene can be a point of contention for many couples. conventional wisdom
says
that women wipe for comfort, improved hygiene and to help reduce the risk of urinary tract infections. men on the other hand, can empty their bladder, shake off the remaining pee droplets, put their penis back in their pants and get on with their day. your boyfriend is right — men and women are built differently, but just because he’s got a penis, it doesn’t mean he’s cursed with pee stains for life.
“post-void dribbling is one of the urinary symptoms that men can experience, says dr. dean elterman, urologic surgeon at princess margaret cancer centre and assistant professor in the department of surgery at the university of toronto. “most of the time, it has to do with a little bit of extra urine trickling out through the urethra, but it’s not harmful or a sign of anything sinister.”
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