public open urinals

The first time I saw these plastic freestanding urinals was in Amsterdam a couple years ago. Since it's a party town on the weekends and public restrooms are few, they had a big problem with public urination. It wasn't so much the guys peeing of the bridges into the many canals that was a problem (since much of the drains flow into them anyway) it was the guys and gals peeing against the side of landmark buildings and in alleyways that was a problem. Urine eats away at the sides of stone buildings and streets and leaves a stench for days. These urinals where put out to offer shy guys a somewhat private place to go and they do block the view of your privates. Yes, they should come up with a female version as well. I used one once to try out something new, but on past visits I became comfortable with just peeing off the bridges and even with the placement of these new urinals, there where more guys peeing off bridges than using these. I understand now they're trying to stop the years long habit of guys peeing into the canals, but frankly having done both I prefer to just pee off the bridges.

I have a problem with guys and gals using the same urnals. I can imagine if a girl was peeing right next to me I would end up with an erection and not be able to finish.