Stehpinklers of the world unite! Fight the Matriarchy! The dispute in Duesseldorf is actually part of a long-running debate in Germany over whether men should be encouraged to sit down when urinating. The controversy pits stehpinklers (men who stand up to pee) against sitzpinklers (men who sit down), and it has taken some bizarre twists over the years. In 2004, for example, The Telegraph reported...
Urine field experiments
, via this article on bathroom behavior in the Atlantic.