Today in my inbox I found a newsletter from a Swedish/Nordic outdoor gear webshop (which I receive because I bought a backpack from them once) and it says:
"... especially interesting is the pee funnel from GoGirl , what a thing!"
"GoGirl is the gadget that makes it possible for girls to stand up and pee without fuss. GoGirl solves the problem on the hike, concert, travel or on a really dirty public rest room. It's small, discreet and can be used over and over - just wash it with soap and let it dry."
I'm not so convinced that the pink can be considered "discreet" but it does come in khaki as well. And maybe it depends on what you wear.
Many questions pop up in my head... What does this mean? Have we pushed the boundaries? Will standing up to pee now become mainstream? Is it really practical to carry around a gadget like this? Is it just a new gadget-market that's starting to open up for real? And as a friend of mine asked: why doesn't it come built in to a mobile phone? Which almost everyone carries around nowadays.
http://www.outnet.se//gogirl/gogirl-pink.php
http://www.go-girl.com/
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I think you have a great project, but I would like to point out that stand-to-pee devices have been availeble for guite a few years already, the p-mate (http://www.pmate.co.uk/) being the first one i heard of about five years ago. Among the others are TravelMate (http://whenyagottago.com/) and Whiz (http://www.whizproducts.co.uk/en/) and I bet you can find a lot more with a little googling around :)
SvaraRaderaMost of the websites refer to such situation as hiking or other outdoor activities when you might have a need of something that enables you to pee while standing up, but also the ftm trans communities have had the need and shared the knowledge for readymade and diy devices as well.