The anthropologist Horace Miner once wrote about the Nacirema, a strange North American people he said all perform the exact same set of rituals in communal “shrine rooms,” but pretend to be doing it ...

Recent studies have shown that pathogens can spread when flushing the toilet, leading many people to hesitate to use restrooms in unfamiliar places. However, if it is difficult to hold back natural ...

Sometimes – usually when sitting on the toilet – people think of some of their best ideas. Like this one woman, who felt so strongly about public toilet etiquette, that she decided to take her rules ...

I recently walked into a public bathroom at a nearby college to do one of the two private things that people usually do in bathrooms. I took my position three urinals down (as far away as possible) ...

Going beyond basic cleanliness sends a message to customers. Dr. Steven Soifer of the American Restroom Association said, ...