Urinals

thumb|342x342px|American Standard Brands|American Standard urinals in an office restroom A urinal (, ) is a sanitary plumbing fixture similar to a toilet, but for urination only. Urinals are often provided in male public restrooms in Western countries (less so in Muslim countries). They are usually used in a standing position. Urinals can be equipped with manual flushing, automatic flushing, or without flushing, as is the case for waterless urinals. They can be arranged as single sanitary fixtures (with or without privacy walls), or in a trough design without privacy walls.

readymade sculpture attributed to Marcel Duchamp consisting of a porcelain urinal signed “R. KELLY » z’l

urinal designed to be used by women and girls

thumb|, photographed 1865 thumb|A cast iron urinal in College Street, Glasgow, installed 1850–54, photographed in 1866 thumb|A later Paris pissoirs in cast iron, photographed A pissoir (also known in French as a ) is a French invention, common in Europe, that provides a urinal in public space with a lightweight structure. The availability of pissoirs aims to reduce urination onto buildings, sidewalks, or streets. They can be freestanding and without screening, with partial screening, or fully enclosed.

300px|thumb|The appearance of public lavatories, like this one in Pond Square, [[Highgate (London Borough of Camden), is the origin of the term cottaging.]] Cottaging is a gay slang term, originating from the United Kingdom, referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a "cottage" or "tea-room"), or cruising for sexual partners with the intention of having sex elsewhere. The term has its roots in self-contained English toilet blocks resembling small cottages in their appearance; in the English cant language of Polari this became a double entendre by gay men referring to sexual

small disinfectant blocks that are added to urinals

street furniture in Berlin