Taiwanese men forced to cope with the need sitting
Last reviewed: 17.10.2021
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Stephen Shen urged the entire male population of Taiwan to urinate sitting, as do the fairer sex.
Probably, this call becomes more understandable if to voice the post of official - Stephen Shen is the Minister of Environment of Taiwan.
Despite Chen's high post, men reacted to this appeal with irony, and some quite sharply.
According to the minister, all men should be able to cope with the "small need", because this will help ensure cleanliness in public latrines, where usually there are traces of "standing" men on the floor.
Shen urged the male population of the island to abandon the use of urinals, not only in public closets, but also in offices.
In addition, the minister shared his own experience and said that he adopted this method of urination personally and has not experienced for a long time the stools that many men in public toilets prefer not to raise.
Of course, it's embarrassing that the vast majority of the country's men's toilets (the number of street public toilets in Taiwan alone exceeds 100,000) are equipped with urinals, and for some reason the minister did not explain how to solve the problem of their re-equipment.
Nevertheless, Stephen Shen's position remains firm. As the Minister of Environmental Protection, he assures that as soon as representatives of the male half of humanity test a new method, the sanitary situation in the country will improve dramatically.
To educate dull men who do not see the benefits of the new method, the official referred to the experience of the Japanese: "In Japan, about 30% of men prefer to sit down with urination. And when we visit our public latrines with sanity inspectors, in most cases we see spoiled stools and yellow stains on the floor. "
The first step in the introduction of the new method Shen has already done: in the near future all public toilets of the country will be full of written appeals to men calling for a "small" sitting to keep the booth clean for the next visitor. According to the minister, campaign leaflets will help to convey to the people the true benefit of sedentary urination.
However, no matter how much the official wants to introduce new rules for using the toilet for men, he can not force them to sit down on the toilet, as he frankly admits. That is why he counts on the prudence of the citizens of his country, who care about the ecological situation.