| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 2:50:30 PM | Are you the vast majority of straight guys?
Do you have such intimate knowledge of the individual bathroom-etiquette practices of the vast majority of straight guys?
Will you ever be able to say yes to either of the above questions?
It's not like I look and I'm sticking out for the rest of the sore thumbs or anything... I certainly am not interested in looking at anyone's genitals while they are being used for their more practical purpose... It's not for sexual reasons, nor cultural reasons, nor lack of interest. I simply think looking at another person's body while it's letting out waste - particularly in the area doing so directly - is just going to show me a gross visual that I don't need.
As far as whether I would if I wasn't grossed out? I probably would, but only because of curiosity, and one visual of that is enough for me.
~ David | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 2:53:46 PM |
Well said, Jarbarian, very true...
In fact, I just came up with a tongue-in-cheek way of looking at it.
guys with low self-esteem don't look at other men's diddly-bobs because they're scared that they won't measure up.
guys who are arrogant and insecure look at other men's portable missile launchers because they want to prove that theirs is bigger to keep their ego floating on air.
guys with real confidence don't look because they're more interested in getting out of there and getting back into the lobby with their beautiful girlfriend/wife and going wherever they need to go.
If a man is confident, he has no need to check out some other guy's "meat and two veg" (all apologies to Austin Powers.
And even if his wife/girlfriend isn't beautiful to someone else, as long as she is beautiful to him, that's all that matters. | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 2:55:40 PM | PS:
On another note, have you ever caught a guy trying to check out your package whilst using the facilities? If you have, did you say something to him?
I have! Haha. I was "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! That's so not cool."
His face was red and he apologized but it was still hilarious!
The guy's law in the head is simply this:
"Eyes forward, no talking, no looking around." | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 2:58:13 PM |
Are you the vast majority of straight guys?
Do you have such intimate knowledge of the individual bathroom-etiquette practices of the vast majority of straight guys?
Will you ever be able to say yes to either of the above questions?
Alright, fair enough. I'll just say that from my personal experiences that is the trend I've observed, is that satisfactory? | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 3:03:20 PM | I remember I caught a guy once, but luckily he didn't realize I'd seen him:
So I'm standing there, supposedly minding my own business, then I say loud enough so everyone can hear it:
"I guess you like what you see... Having fun?"
The entire stall erupted. The guy looked at me bewildered, and I told him it was cool, that I didn't mind, and not to worry about it, and he admitted that he thought it was pretty funny too.
I still remember how many pats on the back I got that day: 16.
I was 14.
So yeah.
Basically, all guys know about it, and the more secure you are with who you are as a man, the less you care about any transgressions of the unwritten law.
One important thing for your research JulietJuliet:
I've never overheard anything even resembling resentment spoken towards someone who had been giving some guy a medical scan.
Don't you love euphemisms?
~ David
EDIT: Awp, I now believe it is right to say that your point is valid and well spoken. I'm glad you didn't overreact, as I realize that my response was possibly a little venomous. I meant for it to be dry humor, so hopefully that's what saved me from your wrath.
Either way, don't think I don't respect your opinions. I respect every opinion, and if I don't agree with it, then I always point out its merit. | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 3:07:21 PM | Msg 39.....This is what life downunder has become
timbo4444.....You seemed to have summed it up short and sweet!
This is one time I would love to be a fly on the wall.....you blokes are so protective of 'it', I didn't realize some of the lenths you would go to!
Thanks for the laugh!  | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 3:50:33 PM |
The law of the jungle and dog pack, the alpha gets to do whatever he wants to abuse those lower down the rung. I do it all the time, you should see those guys cower, it's funny as heck.
As the alpha of the dog pack, do you sniff their crotches too? | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 6:53:49 PM | this thread is toooo funny ....i never ever heard of this before.......guess you learn something new every day....i am just wandering if this is a universal law or rule in mens restrooms why dont men design and build them more effeciently....like stalls farther apart or dividers between the stalls...... | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 7:03:58 PM | It would be a waste of space...
Every guy would be used to staying 1 stall apart!
Either that or it's sadistic women who design them and not men! ;-P
~ David | |
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Posted: 1/9/2007 7:38:15 PM | | LOL, you are funny Juliet. The answer for me is NO. I'm comfortable with my sexual status and havent had any complaints in the genital dept. Last thing on my mind is to look at another guys penis, thats bordering on "Brokeback Mountain" material. | |
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Posted: 1/9/2007 7:59:02 PM | Sh!t no! I'm a grower, not a shower. I wouldn't put my shween in a measuring competition unless it was up against a group of kids, and try explaining that to the cops.
'Uhh.. I just wanted to feel good about my penis size.'
Yeah.. not gonna work.
The only time I'm proud of him is when the ladies are giving him attention, then it's like 'Yeah! Two inches for everyone.'
Dustin. | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 8:44:19 PM | Please remember men that the Austin Powers wannabe is a self proclaimed BJ virgin and is hoping to one day have one.
That might help explain his fascination with looking at other men... | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 8:52:45 PM | | never! If you are secure enough in your own size why would you care what the other guy has? That's not why women are with him anyways. Besides for a white guy I'm pretty big | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 9:25:57 PM | I've been in a conversation with a buddy as we both went into the bathroom. As soon as the task at hand started, the conversation automatically and naturally stopped until we were both done. Then we just picked up the conversation where we left off. Gotta concentrate on what you're doing.
It reminds me of old shared changing rooms at clothes shops, women were always checking out the other womens bodies.
whoa, lost my train of thought. What was the question? | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/9/2007 10:12:13 PM | I know you have to face forward, contimplate on the process of actually putting tile on a wall, and flush.
Always goto the furthest urinal available unless you have no choice. Example: If a dude walks into a bathroom with three urinals and he goes to the middle one, this is a pee break faux pax and frowned upon.
But when you really thunk about it. This is probably some twisted brain sh!t that the authorities made us go through in school when us guys never had the privacy of a stall with a door the take a dump in. Girls stalls had doors, guys didn't.
That's a subject that needs to be studied further. With full government funding of course. The elders may have f^cked up somewhere and because taking a dump in a bathroom stall without a door may have caused men to feel the need to look at another mans penis. | |
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Posted: 1/9/2007 10:18:23 PM | | mr ultimo is a homo! If he's checkin my baggage he better have insurance! No hetro man checks another guys package! I don't have to. I know what I have works, I've never had any complaints. | |
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Posted: 1/10/2007 2:12:25 AM | I don't know about all straight guys. I'm just one straight guy and I have no desire to see another man's penis in any capacity. I don't even like porn with guys' penises unless the girl(s) are doing something so spectacular it completely overshadows it...
and in bathrooms I get stagefright so I use the stall unless I have to use the urinal and even then I have to really focus to block out everybody else--so I never see another guys' junk and have no idea who's checking mine out... and nothing positive could come from me knowing that information LOL. | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/10/2007 2:13:42 AM | I don't know about all straight guys. I'm just one straight guy and I have no desire to see another man's penis in any capacity. I don't even like porn with guys' penises unless the girl(s) are doing something so spectacular it completely overshadows it...
and in bathrooms I get stagefright so I use the stall unless I have to use the urinal and even then I have to really focus to block out everybody else--so I never see another guys' junk and have no idea who's checking mine out... and nothing positive could come from me knowing that information LOL. | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/10/2007 6:37:29 AM | Guys to my knowledge don't constantly wonder what another guy looks like up or down we don't really care.
At the urinal I always choose the one furthest away or a stall if the only spot left is between two guys. It's not that I have some weird homophobic thing its just why be so close when you don't have to be?
Also thats just sick unless your a little bit of a limp wrist, no guy has the urge to peek. | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/10/2007 7:50:19 AM | - Allways use the urinal farthest away from another in use urinal
- Never ever ever ever ever talk, ever
- Eyes forward
- If the only open urinal is next to a urinal in use then use a stall or come back later
- More then 3 shakes is mastrubation | |
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| The unwritten law strictly between men
Posted: 1/10/2007 8:17:25 AM | | You girls think that we're kidding about this. I guess you should take a look for yourself, it goes pretty much as it has been stated in here. | |
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Posted: 1/10/2007 8:23:32 AM | Do women NOT have rules like this? Is it ok to peek over the stall while you're
peeing? Do you go into the stall with another woman and carry on a conversation
while she pees? Would you "take a peek" between her legs while she's on the
toilet....just to see how you measure up?
It is.....after all......just a privacy issue! | |
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