Should you squat on a public toilet?

You don't have to be so squeamish about sitting on public toilet seats. It turns out that squatting might be a major contributor to dirty toilets in the first place.

It's a Saturday night and you're out with your friends when those last three drinks take their tall. A public bathroom is your only option- and so you do what needs to be done- squat over the bowl and do your business as fast as possible.

After all, that's as hygienic as you can get in a public bathroom, right? Ensuring your skin doesn't touch the bowl at all.

Not quite. It turns out that squatting might be major contributor to dirty toilets in the first place. This is caused by the 'Pee pressure' you put on yourself. As you are squatting, you are actually putting pressure on your pelvic muscles, causing your urine to come out forcefully resulting in you spraying droplets of your pee on the seat(which you were trying to avoid in the first place).

Here are some anti-squatting options:

• One way people avoid coming in contact with all the bacteria floating around in cubicles is to coat the seat with toilet paper and to make a "protective layer".
• Studies have shown that the least used bathroom stall is the first one closest to the door.

Follow this link for more interesting things to keep in mind on a girl's night out: https://www.health24.com/Lifestyle/Woman/News/should-you-squat-on-a-public-toilet-to-avoid-germs-20180319