Althouse: "A Running Skirt That Empowers You to Pee Standing Up."

October 29, 2015

"A Running Skirt That Empowers You to Pee Standing Up."

"The Gotta Go Running Skirt... has 5.5-inch shorts underneath and a Velcro-secured flap that reveals a 'relief hatch' so you can pee when there's no bathroom...."

"You" = a woman.

37 comments:

Michael K said...: Or a Sitzpinkler."; 10/29/15, 5:14 PM
madAsHell said...: Is it sold with crotchless panties?; 10/29/15, 5:17 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: heh -- still trying to be like a man.; 10/29/15, 5:18 PM
madAsHell said...: The razor edge between appalling and appealing.; 10/29/15, 5:20 PM
madAsHell said...: Should you wear this on a first date?; 10/29/15, 5:25 PM
Virgil Hilts said...: I think Ann posted that to lure people into reading the "I'm Always the Wallflower at the Orgy" article that's on the same site. yech.; 10/29/15, 5:26 PM
Skeptical Voter said...: When in doubt whip it out---the advantage of external plumbing.; 10/29/15, 5:30 PM
CWJ said...: Well. There you go.; 10/29/15, 5:40 PM
Sydney said...: Or you could just wear Depends. Then you don't even have to stop.; 10/29/15, 5:42 PM
Quaestor said...: I love that use of empower, when a sane copywriter would use enable.

Feminists are so desperate.; 10/29/15, 5:50 PM
damikesc said...: It's "empowering" to piss all over the place?; 10/29/15, 5:51 PM
rhhardin said...: It will run down your leg. Surface tension is the enemy.; 10/29/15, 5:53 PM
Christopher said...: I think one could write an entertaining article on how feminism is ultimately just about women's jealousy over men's ability to urinate standing up.

You could title it "The Pissterhood"; 10/29/15, 5:55 PM
dreams said...: What will they think of next?; 10/29/15, 5:55 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: @Christopher

I think one could write an entertaining article on how feminism is ultimately just about women's jealousy over men's ability to urinate standing up.

You could title it "The Pissterhood"

Heh -- we have to change 5,000 years of Western civilization, because girls can't pee standing up? Ok, ok, we'll compromise:); 10/29/15, 6:14 PM
Birches said...: I've done many a long run and still have not needed to pee out in the middle of nowhere. Do your kegels, women!; 10/29/15, 6:16 PM
ddh said...: Next new way to empower women: replacing sit toilets with squat toilets. It's so Islamic, it's progressive.; 10/29/15, 6:17 PM
rehajm said...: We have to pull our bottoms way down and do the deepest of squats so as not to urinate on ourselves.

Isometric exercise like this build muscle strength and contribute more to fitness than running alone.; 10/29/15, 6:21 PM
Quaestor said...: [F]eminism is ultimately just about women's jealousy over men's ability to urinate standing up.

Ziggy Freud figured this out more than a century ago. He called it "penis envy." Funny how we don't hear about that anymore.; 10/29/15, 6:30 PM
Mark said...: "You" = a woman.

At one time, that would explain things. Not anymore. Now anyone can be a woman.; 10/29/15, 6:35 PM
'TreHammer said...: "You" = a woman.

Just wondering, how has Caitlyn Jenner adjusted - stand or sit when urinating?; 10/29/15, 7:20 PM
chuck said...: It is my understanding that bike racers just pee in their pants.; 10/29/15, 7:22 PM
lonetown said...: So it's an invention that allows you to pee down your leg while you are running. Have you ever tried to pee while you are running?

I think someone got punked.; 10/29/15, 7:44 PM
Anonymous said...: So, essentially the whole purpose of the "feminist" movement is that a bunch of women really wish they were men, and have set out to fuck everything up so they can play pretend?; 10/29/15, 7:48 PM
Temujin said...: Finally.; 10/29/15, 7:55 PM
Fred Drinkwater said...: chuck:
When I'm riding hard I sweat so much that I pretty much never need to pee until I get home, even though I go through 1-2 tall waterbottles per ride.; 10/29/15, 8:03 PM
Fred Drinkwater said...: Wait: A running "skirt"? I don't think I've EVER seen anyone running in a skirt, or skort for that matter. It's always shorts or tights of some kind.
I predict this product will fail simply because serious runners will not like the skirts flapping around their thighs.; 10/29/15, 8:07 PM
sinz52 said...: These days, there are a lot of competing female urination devices that let the woman pee standing up.

The typical model is a disposable funnel that attaches to the woman so she can pee through it.

http://www.amazon.com/KleanGo-Disposable-Female-Urine-Director/dp/B013PWF3QU/ref=lp_12587446011_1_1?srs=12587446011&ie=UTF8&qid=1446168426&sr=8-1

[Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with that company in any way]; 10/29/15, 8:28 PM
Tari said...: Like Spanx, except they don't have Velcro. Lovely.; 10/29/15, 9:12 PM
YoungHegelian said...: If there was ever a time that this song was appropriate, well, that time is now.; 10/29/15, 9:15 PM
traditionalguy said...: But do they carry a model that fits Hillary Clinton's rear end?; 10/29/15, 10:19 PM
Laura said...: How many marathon runners take potty breaks? And if runners take themselves that far out, number two requires popping a squat, whether male or female.; 10/29/15, 10:58 PM
Christopher said...: The likelihood of a runner taking a bathroom break is entirely dependent on whether they're running for a particular time or if they're just running to finish.

The latter will stop at the earliest bathroom while the former may just let it go if they can't sweat it out.; 10/29/15, 11:17 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Laura said...

How many marathon runners take potty breaks?

An amusingly large number, for purely psychological reasons. I did a marathon once. Starting gun ( horn actually ) went off, and probably 50 people headed straight for the porta-potties or the woods along the side of the road.; 10/30/15, 7:42 AM
Wilbur said...: A coworker's husband "invented" and actually marketed a hollow golf club, for those occasions on the course when you (a male) have to go NOW. The club had an attached towel, so you could presumably hide your activity from presumably prying eyes.

The coworker asked me about it, Wilbur being the golf maven in the office. I considered it, and replied it's not better than a clump of bushes or trees off of the fairway. Worse, it might count as the 15th club in the bag, one over the limit.

I wonder how many they sold.; 10/30/15, 8:14 AM
Peter said...: As "sinz52" noted, various types of funnel devices already exist.

Actually, such devices have been available for many decades, although as far as I know they've never been popular.

Perhaps Prog_Nirvana is when men sit down to pee, and women don't? Besides, if boys/men can be girls/women just because they say they are, how long will it be before urinals are installed in girls/womens rooms?; 10/30/15, 8:53 AM
Drago said...: I simply call my running skirt a running kilt.

Problem solved.; 10/30/15, 9:45 PM