A lady writes about peeing standing up. Additional comments from other ladies follow:

Age 44, UK: Actually it is surprisingly easy for most girls. I was shown how when I was about 6 years old by a friend I met whilst on holiday. Because I learned young I guess I don't really think about it. All that you have to do is splay the fingers of one hand and gently part the vaginal lips from above the urethra. Then by carefully applying slight pressure to either side the urethra can be made to point in what ever direction is needed.

With my other hand I raise my skirt pinning it back on my abdomen with my elbow and with my hand gently pulling aside the gusset of my knickers. I stand legs parted with my hips slightly rocked back so that the stream starts in a slight upward arc. The trick is to pee strongly and with a rapid start or shut off. This helps to avoid a weak stream which can run down your leg. Ok, we don't have the degree of directional control that a man can manage but with a bit of practice it is perfectly possible to pee so that nothing undesirable gets wet.

The best thing is to practice unclothed somewhere like a bath or a shower until you get the hang of it. Using this technique I can pee very discretely and of course because you don't have to remove your clothes it is much less embarrassing if you do get caught. This techniques works well with a skirt or dress on. For trousers I would recommend using a device.

Actually I can often manage to do it through the fly of trousers without any help but I DO NOT recommend relying on this as it is much more tricky to get right and the risk of soggy clothes is far higher. Sometimes, for example if I am off on a long cycle ride and therefore away from a crowd this doesn't matter. And since I am slightly into desperation and accidental wetting the uncertainty of the technique merely adds to the experience... so I have been known to deliberately leave the device at home!

For example it was worth the risk to see the look on one boyfriend's face as I opened my flys and produced a neat stream straight against the side of a tree. Inevitably after that he had to do me just to make sure that I really was female and we had some fantastic sex... Actually since I am bi-sexual it can be a peculiar kind of sexual pull on some people of both sexes! But I fear I digress!

More seriously though, for reliable and dry peeing through trousers I use an excellent little gadget called JBOL. The device is called the WHIZZ. Basically its a little anatomically molded collection cup that you insert beneath your underwear. This has a little pipe attachment and therefore mimics pretty well the handy attachment that all you fellas out there have naturally. The only thing one has to make sure is that the pipe exits from your clothes in a slight downward direction otherwise you get a sort of blowback and everything gets soggy.

Using this device and a set of motorcycle gear - complete with helmet which I kept on to prevent anyone looking at my face, and leathers which hid my figure somewhat I was able to pass myself off in a gents room (for a dare) without anyone other than the male friend who I was with being any the wiser. I don't think I would make a habit of it though! To anyone used to the rather more sanitary conditions in the average ladies room the STINK was unbelievable. Why and how you men put up with it I really don't know...

Now we come on to why a girl would want to pee standing. The simple answer is twofold. Firstly it is more discreet outside and secondly sometimes even ladies toilets can be a bit unsavory and it avoids the need to come into contact with the seat.

So girls - rise up and claim your rights! If you have been brought up to think that peeing whilst standing is exclusively a male ability - think again. It's just one of the bits of social propaganda to keep you helpless, desperately in need of a loo and in damp undies!
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Other ladies write:
Age unknown, USA: Squatting...hovering over the toilet happens every minute of the day in every city in the Western World. Women do not want to sit on the toilet seat or lift it, so they hover and pee all over the seat. I find this rude surprise in the most cultured places.....Metropolitan Opera House, NYC. Philly's showplace the Kimmel Center. The ladies room in high society is no different than the women's room on the Interstate Service Areas.
With long lines to use the toilets, a woman does not have the luxury of choosing the cleaner toilet. Trapped, so to speak, I clean up the mess left behind by my fellow females and use the toilet....of course with plenty of toilet tissue. Sorry to be so indelicate...I hate it when women stoop to the level of male grossness!

Age 24, USA: 'I hold my pee until I REALLY have to go, then I find a place to go. Peeing turns me on, especially places I'm not supposed to. My favorite thing to do is wait until I'm going to burst then bring my mini vibrator with me and pee off my porch while I have an orgasm.'

Age 36, USA: 'In a resturant I scooted to the edge of a chair in a skirt and moved my underwear to the side and peed under the table. It had a long tablecloth and I was going to pee on myself, the bathroom was too busy.'

Age 48, USA: 'Peeing outside presents some problems for us girls. When I pee outside to keep my ankles from getting wet I usually pee in a clump of grass or on a bunch of flowers. If a creek or river is available I squat so I pee in the water. When we had our boat I would sit on the side of the boat with my rear over the side and pee in the water.'

Age 23, USA: 'I peed while swimming in the sea (I hope this counts as unusual), into a bottle and once I peed while wearing tight jeans, just to see what it's like (it was nice).'

Age 28, USA: 'I have only ever one other time wet myself and that was more on a dare/ challenge on who could hold it the longest before totally wetting themselves around the age of 16 with my best friend. Also female. She didn't know it turned me on. To win you had to totally wet yourself because we determined it wasn't fair if one of us wet ourself and the other could use the rest room.'

Age 25, USA: 'I actually like to pee myself around other people and pretend it's an "accident." I get off on the mix of embarassment and sympathy from the women who are around because if there's one thing all girls know it's the frustration of having to go and having no place to do it.'

Age 54, USA: 'One time me and my now ex stopped in a park because I had to pee really really bad. The ladies room was locked but the mens was open. He went in to check and nobody was in there. There were three urinals and a toilet but the toilet was plugged up to the top. I handed my purse to my ex and reached under my dress and took off my panties and handed them to my ex too. The urinals were the floor kind so holding my dress up I stood in front of one spread my legs and peed and peed what seemed like ten gallons. Finally done I wiped and put my panties back on and we left. This was the first time I had to pee standing up and haven't needed to since.'

Age 22, USA: 'I peed in the river from my friends boat. Peed out a window by backing my butt outside. My pee ran down the side of the house.'

Age 31, USA: 'I have peed in a movie theater in the middle of the movie, just sitting there. I was full and then startled and a bit seeped out, so I decided the seats are plastic why not, and let it go, down the floor all the way to the front.'

Age 38, USA: 'Long car drives in rural places during the night when no public restrooms are open are the worst, and I'm drinking caffeine to stay awake.  I will try everything to wait and when so desperate I'm gonna burst I have to stop and just drop the pants the minute I get out of the car.  Doesn't matter if other cars are driving by because when you are that desperate, you just have to go, with headlights shining on your relief.'

Age 16, England: 'I have peed in a trashcan a few times, to do that I either pull my jeans all the way down to my ankles or pull my skirt up and place my pussy on the edge of the can and begin to pee. I have also held a cup between my legs and peed into that before.'

Age 21, USA: 'I really enjoy peeing in my front yard, especially when I have been drinking.  Sometimes I pee in the flower bed, and sometimes I pee in the driveway behind my car.  The other night I put on a dress and stood at my mailbox and peed, while I was pretending to check the mail. 
I also like to pee on people's things when I am mad at them.  I've peed on doorsteps, car doorhandles, in a truck, on furniture, and in a cup and poured it on someone in a bar.  When I'm mad at my roommate I pee on his bed, his pillows, his car seats, on his clothes, whatever I can find, but I only do it a little bit so it will dry fast and he won't notice.  He knows that I pee on things when I am mad, so I have to be sneaky about it, but it gives me a great deal of satisfaction to know that every time he sits in his chair, he is sitting in my pee.  Sometimes I feel bad about peeing on his stuff, but then he pisses me off again, and I know he deserved it.
Still, my favorite thing to do is to pee outside with my girlfriends, especially in a public place at night.  Not all girls are willing to pee outside so when I find out that one of my friends doesn't mind peeing outside, I take advantage of every situation that I can get.  I've even taught a few of them my revenge peeing, and sometimes if a guy really pisses us off in a bar.....'

Age 21, Australia: 'Once in Mc Donalds the toilets were under construction, so when I was really desperate I peed in a Mc Donalds cup.'

Age 24, USA: 'I'm a procrastinator, most things make me desperate. I have done almost all the above (peed on herself, in a container, in unusual places, in men's bathroom).
Since being an adult (18) I have done many things, some just for the thrill but most because I just really had to go and couldn't wait any longer. I have wet myself 3 times in my adult life, all in public.  First time was at a concert when I couldn't get out of the crowd to go, so once I lost control I made sure I finished in my jeans so it didn't happen again.  Once was as a passanger in a car, I was drinking beer and the driver wouldn't pull over because a cop was behind us, he said I would get in trouble. Well, it all came out on his seat by accident.
I have peed many places. I have peed in a snapple bottle while driving once because I didn't want to stop, only had another hour till I got there.'

Age 51, USA: 'I was in a garden center a while back and had a short skirt on and I was real desperate - I mean so bad when it hit me there was no way that I would make it. When it started to trickle there was no one around and it would soak in and not be noticed, so I really had no choice about it I peed right where I was. I can say that it really turned me on. I hope its OK to say this. I wish someone would have seen me, I wouldn't have minded.'

Age 28, Belgium: 'Last holidays I visited a historical city with a church, and I was so desperate I have seat down in a confessional with a bucket between my legs and I have pee for ages in the little bucket! My friend guarded for me in front of confessional...'

Age 44, UK: 'Since I was a young girl I have enjoyed the sense of danger that being absolutely DESPERATE gives me. Misjudge it by a few seconds and you will have a very public accident. Get there just in time and the feeling of relief is fantastic. Needless to say it's about 50/50 what happens - but although accidents are embarrassing I must confess that the feeling of wandering around as an adult in wet knickers like naughty a little girl gives me a huge turn on!'

Age 30, Australia: 'I wet my pants once waiting in line to use a public toilet, when there was simply nowhere else to go.'

Age 41, France: 'I've peed in a phone box, in emergency stairwell, on wagon of train without toilets, and other places.'