Editing Urination (section)

====Females====
In Western culture, females usually sit or squat for urination, depending on what type of toilet they use; a [[squat toilet]] is used for urination in a squatting position. Women averting contact with a [[toilet seat]] may employ a partial [[Squatting position#Female urination position|squatting position]] (or "hovering"), similar to using a [[female urinal]]. However, this may not completely void the [[bladder]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Kidney-infection/Pages/Prevention.aspx |title=Preventing kidney infection |date=11 December 2012 |website=nhs.uk |publisher=[[National Health Service]] |access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref>

Females may also urinate while standing, and while clothed.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://restrooms.org/standing.html |title=A Woman's Guide on How to Pee Standing |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030604104917/http://restrooms.org/standing.html |archive-date = 4 June 2003}}</ref> It is common for women in various regions of Africa to use this position when they urinate,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cote-d-Ivoire/South/Abidjan/blog-234347.html |title=Courtesy Laughs in the Ivory Coast |publisher=Travelblog.org |access-date=10 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.experienceproject.com/mobile/stories/Pee/528391?aok=t | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729185754/http://www.experienceproject.com/mobile/stories/Pee/528391?aok=t |title=Women Standing and Men Squatting to Pee – A Personal Story (Mobile Version) |publisher=Experienceproject.com |archive-date=29 July 2013}}</ref> as do women in [[Laos]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-27609.html |title=Road to Hanoi |publisher=Travelblog.org |date=16 November 2005 |access-date=10 February 2013}}</ref> [[Herodotus]] described a similar custom in [[ancient Egypt]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/arts/10conn.html|title=Herodotus – The Histories – Connections|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 December 2007|access-date=23 January 2010 | first=Edward | last=Rothstein}}</ref> An alternative method for women voiding while standing is to use a [[female urination device]] to assist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Women-Can-Go-Like-Men-Now/W7k5svWHyUixK3RabtrJBg.cspx |title=Women Can 'Go' Like Men Now! |access-date=11 October 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011031817/http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Women-Can-Go-Like-Men-Now/W7k5svWHyUixK3RabtrJBg.cspx |archive-date=11 October 2009 }}, ABC 2 News, Maryland, 3 September 2009</ref>