That's a very interesting question, jesse.

*goes to wikipedia*

[edit- it was strangely quiet on the history of the urinal which leads me to believe that men have been sharing pee time and penis lengths with one another for millennia now and it's only recently that enough of them have decided they don't like the trend to even consider giving a private urination space.

Sometime I'm going to go into the co-ed bathroom at the other end of my dorm, lock the door, lower my pants and <a href="http://myvag.net/pee/standing/">pee like a Real Woman</a>.

DISCLAIMER: that site is pretty much about sex. That particular page isn't, but the links are all very clearly indicated. If you don't want to read a certain woman's own take on certain sexual matters, don't click the inner links, or don't click my links ]