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The sitting defecation posture involves sitting with hips and knees at approximately right angles, as on a chair. So-called "Western-style" flush toilets and also many types of dry toilets are designed to be used in a sitting posture. In Europe, America and other western countries most people are accustomed to sitting toilets, [1] although this ...
Islamic jurisprudence( fiqh) Islamic toilet etiquette is a set of personal hygiene rules in Islam that concerns going to the toilet. This code of Islamic hygienical jurisprudence is called Qaḍāʾ al-Ḥāǧa ( Arabic: قضاء الحاجة ). Personal hygiene is mentioned in a single verse of the Quran in the context of ritual purification ...
Open defecation is the human practice of defecating outside ("in the open") rather than into a toilet. People may choose fields, bushes, forests, ditches, streets, canals, or other open spaces for defecation. They do so either because they do not have a toilet readily accessible or due to archaic traditional cultural practices. [2]
Squat toilet. A squat toilet (or squatting toilet) is a toilet used by squatting, rather than sitting. This means that the posture for defecation and for female urination 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 ...
Female urinal. A row of female urinals in Germany separated by privacy partitions, made by GBH Bathroom Products. A mobile lightweight female urinal at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. A female urinal is a urinal designed for the female anatomy to allow for ease of use by women and girls.
A public toilet at a park in Viiskulma, Helsinki, Finland. A public toilet, restroom ( American English ), public bathroom or washroom is a room or small building with toilets (or urinals) and sinks for use by the general public. The facilities are available to customers, travelers, employees of a business, school pupils or prisoners and are ...
Pit latrine. A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground. [2] Urine and feces enter the pit through a drop hole in the floor, which might be connected to a toilet seat or squatting pan for user comfort. [2] Pit latrines can be built to function without water ( dry toilet) or ...
US President Joe Biden has drawn parallels between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and World War Two, in a speech commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.