Sitting on toilet with feet up on seat?

In case the title does not put a clear enough picture in your mind's eye, I am trying to describe a certain position I noticed a young woman use, in my research, when she expelled an enema. She sat down on the toilet as normal, then lifted her feet onto the seat so her legs were tucked up in front of her torso.

Is this a recommended way to sit on the toilet? Have you ever seen this done? Is this something you do?

It seems a bit difficult to sit this way. Instead, I just put a step stool in front of the toilet and put my feet up on that when I sit down. I have read that either doing this, or just squatting in the shower, helps the water expel faster and more easily, and reduces the likelihood of straining and hemorrhoids when compared to sitting on a western-style toilet with feet resting on the floor, instead of feet resting up on a step or on the seat itself.

Are there any other benefits one can get from placing their feet on the seat itself, in front of their butt, other than the efficiency/ convenience of not requiring a step stool?

Thank you.

The theory behind feet raised when pooing is it is petty much the position we evolved to use, thousands of years before the toilet was invented. Early man just squatted whenever and wherever they felt a need to poo. The position straightens the passage and puts pressure on the person's tummy and out comes the poo.

Today, with indoor plumbing, that position can be achieved either with a purpose built footstool (like the Squatty Potty), or one of those pretzels among us, but feet on the seat.

Another good way is with the Asian squat toilet:

https://ibb.co/YPJyqhb

Many years ago, in the far east, I needed to poo and went into the bathroom of a big department store. I remember the place being absolutely spotlessly clean and there were two stalls. I went into one, and rather than risk an accident, completely took off my pants and under shorts, and squatted over the toilet in my best guess position. I do remember the poo being surprisingly quick and complete, and clean because the position separated my butt cheeks. However, the position is pretty hard on the knees and thighs.

Maybe she brought her feet up to the toilet seat because she's used to have a stool and didn't have one.

A squat toilet is a toilet used by squatting, rather than sitting. The defecation posture is to place one foot on each side of the toilet drain or hole and to squat over it. There are several types of squat toilets, but they all consist essentially of a toilet pan or bowl at floor level. I saw several at public facilities while stationed in Japan. Some of which were pretty dirty!

one of those pretzels among us…

@Sean you're right, she must have been very flexible. I searched for a diagram of the position I tried to describe, but I could only find drawings that showed someone squatting with their feet on the seat, but with their butt hovering over the seat. Of course the diagrams had a red X through them, because no one wants people squatting over their toilet with their butt in the air.

However, she still kept her butt on the seat as normal, even when she lifted her feet onto the seat--can anyone tell me if there is some technique for getting into such a position easily, or does one simply have to be more flexible than most?

I've got squatty potty's on all the toilets in the house (have done for years) and always use them for expelling enemas.

There's a lot of debate online about whether they really simulate a squat in the way a squat toilet does, but there's certainly a notable improvement using them.

I’ve seen what you are describing in one of the Collector’s Videos. It’s out there. IMO one of his best productions. Both girls just gorgeous. Especially the girl who expelled as you described. She went about it so naturally. Just sat down, then pulled her feet up onto the toilet seat. Her knees under her chin.

@beebe , Thank you for replying. I wonder if that is the same one I saw…

@Karl_H said,

However, she still kept her butt on the seat as normal, even when she lifted her feet onto the seat--can anyone tell me if there is some technique for getting into such a position easily, or does one simply have to be more flexible than most?

I’ve used the position you described an it’s quite easy to get into, for me anyway, an I’m no spring chicken. And yes, it does help me expel an enema. I was first taught to use this position by my RN grandmother, around age six or seven and have used it ever since.

When my Grandparents still had an outhouse in the back yard I was taught to squat over the hole and not sit on it. I did like it and squatted a lot after that.

I had the opportunity to use squat toilets a few times while on vacation and company trips. I kind of like them thy make pooping easier. I dont know if its gravity or what, you host squat, relax, and everything just comes out by itself. No pushing required. Some of these toilets were quite primitive with just a bunch of toilets in the floor with no stalls or a trough-like thing that you straddle. In both cases others can see your goodies while your squatting, but nobod breally looks. I guess pooping in public is no big deal. Word of caution... bring your own TP. Some Thai toilets, all uou have is a plastic cup, your hand, and a water source to use as your TP. Most of those toilets were open. Have fun visiting the fat east 😃

When my Grandparents still had an outhouse in the back yard I was taught to squat over the hole and not sit on it. I did like it and squatted a lot after that.

We did the same in the outhouse at the farm we visited in the summer - primarily because we were scared of spiders and other critters!!!

It can happen!!! A woman got her butt bit by a perverted bear when she sat down in a park outhouse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWCPGjOzMQ

I wonder how the bear got in there.

I wonder how the bear got in there.

It needed to use the outhouse because it doesn't shit in the woods… 😁

@MissStress : It needed to use the outhouse because it doesn't shit in the woods… 😁

Wish we could train em like that where I live, it would likely cut my water/sewer bill from $700 down to $150. The man from the EPA who said we have to build a new treatment plant to reduce the nitrogen in the bay told us it wouldn't do any good but we're the only ones they have control over. The bears won't listen.

I don't like outhouses either, you never know what kind of biting insect is under the seat. I was once bit on the head of my penis by some kind of bug. It turned red and swelled up so bad I couldn't pee, it was really big and hurt too bad. My mom put ice on it but that didn't help so we had to go to the ER. They put in a catheter so i could pee and gave me a shot of something that stopped the pain and made the swelling go down. Since then I ALWAYS look under the seat before sitting down That being said, on another camping trip, I had to use the outhouse and was looking under the seat and didn't notice the big hornets nest above me. I ran from the outhouse but my swimsuit was down around my ankles. I was stung on my butt, on the back of my scrotum, my arms, and my back. They missed my penis fortunately, but my scrotum was swollen the size of a grapefruit.

I don't do outhouses anymore… you can't win.

I've heard that some races less used to western toilets will put their feet on the seat to squat, one maintenance manager I knew blamed them for the repeated breaking of toilet seats not designed for this. Does little for foot hygiene. As others have said the modern toilet does not put your rear at the best angle to poo, namely squatting as mankind must have done previously. The various foot stools placed just in front that you can get are a halfway house to correct that position.

Those ‘hole in the ground’ toilets in some countries always look so brutal. I suppose you have to put your feet on the marked places and hope your dimensions are close to those of the design. But, correct me if wrong, there isn't a big fat U-bend full of water to catch all including the smell; I can only imagine the ‘collateral damage’ when using those hole in the floor affairs would be huge. You certainly wouldn't want to meet the next user coming in after you. Nor the one before you probably either.

I'll frequently do this when douching before sex. I find it helps me to get all the water out better than just sitting. I'm careful and have a counter nearby to help stabilize myself.

When you position yourself that way, you some what straighten your sigmoid a little closer in line with your rectum and sigmoid colon for an easier expel.

This also works for inserting large toys, to get easier past the 90° sigmoid bent.

They use squat holes in China and it’s disgusting. Worst toilets ever

@beebe Yes I also remember the Collector video, where the young and very flexible woman, sat on the toilet with her legs up on the seat as you described. I loved those videos, even though the “story lines” were often laughable. I wish he had shown more of the “actual” expulsions. Maybe about 75% were done sitting on the toilet, could only “hear” how well their enemas worked.