See, I've never understood this. Women putting the seat down before peeing doesn't seem any more strenuous than men putting the seat down after peeing. I don't think it's a big deal either way (and in fact think that the seat and cover should both be put down after peeing for sanitary reasons) but I disagree that it's really inconsiderate to leave it up. Technically it would be fair and also minimize the number of times that the seat needs to be moved if everyone just left the seat the way that they used it.
That's fair. Personally it doesn't bother me a ton either and I also follow the seat/lid down after use method. I do see what you mean and it logically makes sense to think about it that way in some ways, but I think ultimately the seat being up or down is not a
logical issue, in the sense that either party will likely be fully satisfied by logic-ing it out (I have heard so many gd arguments on this topic up until this point, that I really don't think it's ever
just about the toilet if anyone is getting heated about it). It's just a minor inconvenience, and at least IME a lot of women tend to view it as something that primarily (and perhaps thus unfairly) negatively impacts only them, hence the irritation/frustration. At least 75% of toilet needs will be done sitting for both sexes (males: poop sitting, females: poop and pee sitting) but 100% of toilet needs have to be done sitting for one sex (obvs female), so it's "courteous" for the dude, the only one who wants the seat up anyways, to put the seat down since the seat being down tends to be the "default" state of usability for everyone.
It becomes a gendered issue because of how human bodies work, but you could make a similar and less heated argument for, say, replacing the toilet roll on the holder; it's not necessary since you can use the roll any which way without a holder
, and it's certainly not something I can imagine any reasonable person getting legit angry about, but it's courteous to take turns to replace the roll and not expect the person you live with to always do it. Kinda like anything else when it comes to living with other people, really.
Anyways, again it's silly and shouldn't be a big deal at all. It is, however, absolutely a well known stereotype at this point so I found it a mildly funny detail. It doesn't speak volumes about Dan's character or anything. I maintain the toilet paper roll is pretty lazy though and the least he can do is put a new roll on the holder if he's gone to the trouble of grabbing a new one anyways, who just leaves the new one sat on top of the empty roll lmao
