created October 2004
Number of female responses: 549 Last updated: January 1 '12
To read comments the ladies included in their answers, including how to pee standing, click here.
All answers are rounded (%) of all ladies selecting that answer, so totals may exceed 100%.
General demographic information of ladies:
average age: 26.5 age breakdown: (%)
youngest: 11 19 and under 29
oldest: 64 20 to 29 44
30 to 39 13
40 to 49 10
50 to 59 4
60+ 1
marital status: (%)
single 74 race/ethnic background: (%)
married 21 white 84
divorced 5 black 3
hispanic/latino 2
asian 2
other 9
where they live: (%) highest education completed (%)
USA 57 college 47
England/UK 16 high school 38
Belgium 2 middle school 4
Germany 2 a-level 2
Australia 5 other 9
Canada 6
Italy 2
Sweeden 1
Scotland 1
Denmark 1
Israel 1
India 1
Croatia 1
Other 10
Other countries: France, Ghana, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Turkey
The Ladies Room questions
1) Getting desperate: how long can you go without peeing until your bladder is so full you burst and pee uncontrollably on yourself?
2 hours or less 12 (%)
2 to 4 hours 18
4 to 6 hours 22
6 to 7 hours 12
7 to 8 hours 9
8 to 9 hours 6
9 to 10 hours 6
10 to 11 hours 4
11 to 12 hours 2
12 hours or longer 5
not sure 7
2) Holding it: What best describes how intense pressure from a full bladder and finally letting go feels to you?
Never: I've never held it long enough to be in that situation 5 (%)
Embarrassing: I'm embarrassed when I have to pee really bad! 5
Painful and annoying: I pee often before I get full to avoid being in that situation. 5
Uncomfortable and scary: I get really afraid of losing control and having a bad wetting accident. 9
It hurts to pee when my bladder is really full. 6
It feels good to pee when my bladder is really full. 32
The feeling of pressure is sexy, and a turn-on to pee. 37
I love the way it feels, like holding it but always pee before I have an accident. 34
I love it, like to hold it until I pee on myself. 24
It's a powerful turn-on no matter how it ends: getting to a bathroom in time or wetting myself. 28
3) Toilets in public ladies' bathrooms in crowded places: do you use them?
no: they're nasty! 11 (%)
no: another lady has peed on the seat! 5
no: I know ladies splash pee on the seats, because I do! 3
no: I hold it. 16
no: I pee outside. 20
yes: if I'm desperate. 26
yes: if it's clean and has toilet paper. 17
yes: I sit on the toilet and pee, no big deal. 15
yes: I 'hover', am neat and don't splash pee on the seat. 8
yes: I 'hover', if I splash pee on the seat I wipe it off. 13
yes: I 'hover', sometimes splash the seat and don't wipe it up. 10
yes: I stand to pee, or pee on myself. 2
4) When you're desperate, would you pee outside?
no: I don't do that! 4 (%)
no: I would be uncomfortable doing that. 3
no: If I could pee outside as easily as men, I would. 1
no: I don't know how to pee outside. 2
no: somebody might see me. 5
no: I might wet myself. 4
no: I'd pee in a container. 3
yes: only if I was really desperate. 36
yes: peeing outside is a perfectly natural thing to do. 29
yes: if with a female friend who would pee too. 16
yes: if I had someone who would guard me. 15
yes: I enjoy peeing outside! 38
5) How did you learn to pee outside?
I don't know how to pee outside. 11 (%)
I just did it, learned by trial and error. 48
mother taught me/ I watched her pee. 16
female relative taught me/ watched female relative pee. 8
female friend or acquaintance taught me. 12
watched female friend or other females pee. 20
male taught me how to do it. 7
6) What is your outdoor technique?
I don't have one, I don't pee outside. 10 (%)
I squat low to the ground. 52
I squat high (sitting position). 20
I sit on something and pee. 22
I bend forward at the waist, spread legs. 16
I lean my butt (or back) against something, spread legs. 16
I pee standing. 24
I use a female product that lets me pee standing. 4
7) Do you ever pee outside for reasons other than being desperate?
no: I don't pee outside for any reason. 17 (%)
yes: sometimes I'm lazy and don't feel like going to the bathroom. 28
yes: I don't want to use an available bathroom (filthy, etc.). 29
yes: sometimes when I get drunk..... 32
yes: liberating myself. Men do it all the time, so why not women? 21
yes: a lady friend wants me to pee with her. 30
yes: my man with me does it, so I do. 15
yes: if other people around me are doing it. 17
yes: can't use an available bathroom 38
8) Would you pee outside dressed in a nice skirt or dress, pantyhose, high heels?
no: I don't pee outside. 9 (%)
no: not in nice clothes! 8
no: I won't pee outside in pantyhose. 3
no: I won't pee outside in a skirt or dress. 1
yes: what I'm wearing doesn't matter when I really have to pee. 46
yes: it's easier and quicker to pee outside in a skirt or dress. 33
yes: I'd pee outside in a casual skirt or dress, but not a nice one. 8
yes: I'd pee outside in a short skirt or dress, but not a long one. 12
yes: it's sexy and a naughty thrill to pee outside dressed nice! 29
9) Porta potties at outdoor events: do you use them?
no, never - they're nasty! 28 (%)
no: I go to a nearby building and use the bathroom. 3
no: I go to a nearby outdoor spot and pee. 28
no: I pee in a container (cup, bottle, etc.). 6
yes: It's a toilet, like using any other bathroom. 12
yes: only one that's clean and has toilet paper. 7
yes: I 'hover', won't sit on porta-potty toilet seats. 13
yes: only if I'm really desperate and about to burst. 31
10) What do you think is the best outdoor spot for ladies to pee?
I don't know! 11 (%)
by a bush or tree. 53
in an alley. 29
by a building. 16
sitting on stairs. 26
in a driveway. 11
on grass. 30
in a garden. 18
by a car in a parking lot. 33
parking garage. 21
other 5
11) What is the public situation that most makes you desperate?
long car trips. 49 (%)
long bus trips. 25
parties/drinking in crowded bars. 44
sitting through long movies/events. 29
outdoor sporting events. 17
outdoor concerts. 28
tailgate parties. 14
any situation where I go 2 hours (or longer) without a bathroom. 39
other (taxi, subway, at work) 1
12) What is the most desperate thing you've done for relief?
peed on myself. 51 (%)
peed outside. 37
peed in an unusual place (trash can, flower pot, etc.). 34
peed in a container. 21
peed on somebody. 13
went into a men's bathroom. 33