Meat gazing rules around the world

Was in Beijing, China, many years ago and at the airport, about to return home, my travel companion and myself both went to the men's room before boarding the flight.
It was a long urinal all along one wall with room for 10 - 15 men. Being at an airport, the men's room was quite busy and we soon found out that staring at a stranger's private bits is not considered inappropriate at all by the Chinese. We found ourselves with about 24 - 26 eyes all staring at us. Very odd experience for a "westerner" indeed
I agree. I taught English as a second language I China for a summer and I definitely got a lot of snickers with a 7” soft hang. They didn’t do it to my face, but I caught them peripherally. In restrooms, it was more outright staring.
 
How do the guys here feel about meat gazing at the urinals? I always have to take a quick look if I see someone who is very well endowed but only a quick look. I would never say anything other than the grunt hello greeting to another man when taking a piss unless he engaged me in conversation as we pissed and I always try to follow the personal space rules we have here in the U.S. I found on a recent visit to Ireland that men there have no problem looking at other mens endowment as they piss. There is no separation and guys will push in next to you to take a piss. All seem to be ok with having a look at the mans cock next to him. The bigger men seem to like to showoff to the men near them and appear to be ok with you having a look. It took me a few days to get use to the easy conversation men have when taking a leak in the pubs and the glances I received as I pissed there. The rule seemed different than the ones I know in the US.

Has anyone else had the same experience when traveling abroad?
Being from Ireland I can confirm what you said haha. If you are at the urinal a guy might just go to use the one next to you and not one a bit away like maybe in America. It is totally normal to have a chat with the stranger pissing next to you and just speaking for myself I'd totally have a look, just don't be caught staring as that could go down wrong. I don't think we are as hung up on personal space as Americans
 
In Israel public toilets function as an encounter spot though much less than before since the app.age. Horsehung men stroke theirs and those interrested would come close and wink or smile or show theirs and then both would go somewhere
 
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In Israel public toilets function as an encounter spot though much less than before since the app.age. Horsehung men stroke theirs and those interrested would come close and wink or smile or show theirs and then both would go somewhere
That's the same for public toilets in places like parks in Ireland too. Men might go into the stall together etc, don't think it's as common anymore
 
I remember reading somewhere here that peeking at other cocks at the urinals is acceptable in some countries such as Ireland and China, and now I found out where it was!! :yum

As far as Italy is concerned, I'd say it is quite risky. As a matter of fact, whenever I use a urinal I always have a look around me, or if I'm alone I use it in the hope that someone else turns up, though I must be careful.

Sometimes I had an exchange of looks and the other man seemed to enjoy, another one gave me a smile but it was more like "ehi, are you looking at me or what?", so it is a bit of a toss-up.
 
Not exactly on the theme of restrooms, but I can comment on saunas. I've been to Finland a few times and the gazing culture is much, much different there. Finns are well-known among Europeans as being especially comfortable with nudity and this was absolutely my experience. Helsinki has a number of large public saunas and one, Allas Sea Pool, also has a large outdoor heated pool. In Finnish culture it is not hygienic to use sauna while dirty or clothed and also expected that you shower before swimming. Allas Sea Pool is often frequented by younger people (20s-30s) and from my American perspective, the locker room like a porn. Naked guys close together packing their belongings into small 18" x 18" lockers. Then walking over to gang showers to spray down. Then sitting naked in sauna (only a towel to sit on so you don't burn) and then walking naked back to locker to get trunks before swimming outside. After swimming, the scene repeats. I found that gazing was completely normal - it's just a naked body. Perhaps something sexual happens there but it seemed it was just guys becoming comfortable. People would watch (not stare) others undress, shower, change. Most Finns are light brown or blond and I'm very hairy with dark brown chest hair - I got lots of stares as I was a little different. Similarly, virtually 100% of Finns are uncut and I got lots of stares for being one of the few circumcised guys. A few guys seemed like they'd never seen a cut cock and the guy next to me - seeing my darker hair and cock - asked me "how's your visit to Finland". Just guys being guys. Not that I wouldn't have loved to binge on some Finnish uncut cock...
 
Its natural to take a look at a guys tackle when he's pissing, not only enjoy the meat but the technique of holding your cock to piss.
Are you full hand on or finger and thumb guy, do you hold the tip the middle or base of the shaft and do you lean in or lean out. Finally are you a drop squeezer or a frantic shaker. Trying to work all these thing out makes pissing a sport. Then there's to grunt hello, the look and the smile and the nod of approval of you pissing efforts. Shaking after not to be confused with stroking as this can be confused with tossing or wanking - unless invited its not the done thing. Finally you have to judge a guys piss efforts, so, loom at his shoes and check for drops.
Now if your studied appreciation of your neighbours cock/piss and drying off meets pass muster, if he smiles nods and speaks, if he twists to give you a better view of his manhood, well, that's up to you.
But the initial question of looking at pissing meat, well naturally.
 
Trough urinals are still common in the UK, even where there's separate basins there's very rarely dividers. There's also none of the nonsense over here of not using a urinal or leaving a certain amount of space, if you need a piss and there's a gap you fill it and take a slash. Polite conversation and smalltalk is also common place, we don't have hang ups about using communal toilets here. Toilets in pubs especially older pubs can be a fairly small space so the traditional trough urinals allow more guys in a limited area, people just shuffle up to make room.
 
Trough urinals are still common in the UK, even where there's separate basins there's very rarely dividers. There's also none of the nonsense over here of not using a urinal or leaving a certain amount of space, if you need a piss and there's a gap you fill it and take a slash. Polite conversation and smalltalk is also common place, we don't have hang ups about using communal toilets here. Toilets in pubs especially older pubs can be a fairly small space so the traditional trough urinals allow more guys in a limited area, people just shuffle up to make room.
As I’ve mentioned in other threads, I live in Munich and am an Oktoberfest regular. There is NO WAY ON EARTH you can conduct the world’s largest beer festival with prissy separate urinals and dividers for every male. It’s troughs au-go-go. Germans tend not to be big on small talk, so there’s not much social chat. Obvious staring would probably earn you a scowl, but looking down or to the side is far more socially acceptable than making eye contact with a stranger. Most northern Europeans aren’t hung up on incidental nudity, in any case.
 
Not exactly on the theme of restrooms, but I can comment on saunas. I've been to Finland a few times and the gazing culture is much, much different there. Finns are well-known among Europeans as being especially comfortable with nudity and this was absolutely my experience. Helsinki has a number of large public saunas and one, Allas Sea Pool, also has a large outdoor heated pool. In Finnish culture it is not hygienic to use sauna while dirty or clothed and also expected that you shower before swimming. Allas Sea Pool is often frequented by younger people (20s-30s) and from my American perspective, the locker room like a porn. Naked guys close together packing their belongings into small 18" x 18" lockers. Then walking over to gang showers to spray down. Then sitting naked in sauna (only a towel to sit on so you don't burn) and then walking naked back to locker to get trunks before swimming outside. After swimming, the scene repeats. I found that gazing was completely normal - it's just a naked body. Perhaps something sexual happens there but it seemed it was just guys becoming comfortable. People would watch (not stare) others undress, shower, change. Most Finns are light brown or blond and I'm very hairy with dark brown chest hair - I got lots of stares as I was a little different. Similarly, virtually 100% of Finns are uncut and I got lots of stares for being one of the few circumcised guys. A few guys seemed like they'd never seen a cut cock and the guy next to me - seeing my darker hair and cock - asked me "how's your visit to Finland". Just guys being guys. Not that I wouldn't have loved to binge on some Finnish uncut cock...

Super hot story! I love saunas and being able to hang out with other guys naked and check each other out. It's such a turn on when a guy is completely comfortable being naked around other guys. Can't wait to get back to the gym and sauna soon!
 
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I normally follow the rules of urinal use. I can sometimes get a quick glance but don't go out of my way to do it unless I feel that the person beside me is presenting in a way that would invite a discreet peek. You can tell when a guy is not receptive of you looking if he's hugging the urinal. If a guy is standing quite a bit away and or angled slightly in your direction then he's showing off which actually happens quite often especially if they are hung.

In college there was a very outdated restroom in the basement of our administration building which had been used for class registration. They urinals were the long troughs and I remember at the beginning of every semester the basement restroom would have so many guys coming in and out with the franticness of getting classes changed or added. Of course with the troughs there really wasn't any rules concerning space because guys would just find an opening and go to it. With everyone being in a rush guys were not waiting for space or even concerned about being shoulder to shoulder at the trough. I remember seeing so much cock at the trough urinals when I was in college. Various shapes, sizes, colors, etc. It was very easy to see your neighbors cocks without them knowing.