The Toilet Seat Issue

Inspired by the irrepressible Nancy Oglesby’s Drabble 👈

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Perhaps no issue separates a man and a woman as much as the toilet seat issue — up or down?

Most women prefer to keep it down at all times, while most men prefer to keep it up.

Men are inherently lazy, and reaching down and lifting the seat before urinating takes a few seconds away from their busy lives. But it appears that women tend to have this same laziness; they don’t want to put the lid down for the same biological function.

Women use the tack so that it is aesthetically more pleasing to walk into a bathroom and see the toilet closed, and they’re right. On the other hand, men argue that it’s more polite for male guests to use the toilet without bending down and lifting the lid, thereby not having to touch a part of someone’s house that they’d rather not touch. After all, statistics show that 70% of men don’t wash their hands after urinating, whether it be in a public restroom or a home (of course, almost the same percentage of women don’t wash their hands either, but they don’t want to admit it).

So which should it be — up or down?

Here are a few sides to each argument that may help you decide:

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