I always use them when they are avaliable, some bathrooms are just too disgusting not to.

I never ever sit down on a public toilet. That's why I have such strong thighs

Squat! Squat!

I often carry sanitizing wipes and wipe the toilet seat first then use the cover.

they dont have these around here. atleast not that ive seen. i hover or use TP to cover. unless im in a bar and loaded....

I work those thigh muscles and squat! I even do a lot at home, just because the toilet seat is so cold!

yeah i just squat too!

Ok so that answer says you won't get std's from sitting - but it's not JUST std's I'm worried about, people can carry all kinds of things on their bums, and yes, that paper could help stop them from coming to my bum

Am I the only gross one who doesn't squat? I read something else on this somewhere recently (Women's Health maybe?) that implied that every woman squats on any public toilet. I have squatted when the toilet is really gross, but otherwise it seems so silly to me and all psychological. I mean, they've done those reports where they've looked at what bacteria they find on movie theater seats and other things we touch every day, and it's just as bad as anything on the toilet.

But I got into a debate elsewhere when I admitted I don't shower every day unless I need it and I only bathe my kids 1-2 times a week. I guess I"m just gross like that. No one seems to mind ...

lol judy - I proudly sit (when it's a decent restroom)

I would if they were available..most of the public toilets i have used dont have the covers but i never sit down anyways lol

I squat! Never will my body touch a public toliet seat.

I always use these!! I wish every restroom had them!

Heh I remember in high school bio we did a thing where we took swabs from lots of different sources around the school and streaked them on plates and let them grow. The toilet seat was one of the ones where the least grew, it's the bathroom door handle you have to worry about.

If they have them i use them, if not i wipe it down with toilet paper and sit. If the bathroom is gross i squat.

I'm a squatter as well.

sometimes i squat but sometimes im too lazy-- however, i always always cover the seat with toilet paper regardless even if the seat covers are provided... i don't know if i'm like challenged or what but i have absolutely no idea how to use them... its all connected there is no hole in the middle ??? whaaat i dont get it lol

no, just toilet paper.

i don't - but i usually do the squat if i'm in a public bathroom...(i.e. restaurant, bar, airport etc). if it's work or whatever - i usually just wipe the seat down...i'm not really one for the covers...although i probably should be cause you never know where ppl have been.

Squat!

Hell yeah I do! And if there isnt one, than I make my own out of toilet paper. I will even do this at some friends houses if they have a lot of roommates particularly gross boys

Oh yeah, I'm a germaphobe.

I perform a cleaning operation on American sitting toilets, but I squat when I'm using Asian toilets. Asian squatters are specifically designed for squatting so they're comfortable to use and it's easy to make sure stuff goes where it should. For the past 10 years I've noticed that it's becoming more and more common to find urine all over the seats in American bathrooms. So why aren't the seat toilets being replaced with squatters? If this many women are squatting anyway, it just seems like common sense to install toilets which are actually made to suit the position so women can do it properly instead of spraying all over the seats.

They make great oil blotting papers for your face. That is the primary role they serve in my day.

Stop squatting people! You pee all over the seat and I have to clean it up before sitting down. Disguisting! Like i want to see your nasty pee!

I use the seat covers when provided. If there isn't any, I put 3-4 layers of toiler paper and then sit. Paranoid much? Haha.

Ok, I know all research points to the fact that they're pretty much useless, but I still use them whenever I'm in a public restroom just to make myself feel better.

If they are there I always use them, but even so I don't sit on public restroom toilets anyway. I squat, which at times can be a little difficult, like after a few, but it makes me feel better about using a public restroom anyway.

I've read/seen way too many articles/stories that say they don't guard against anything. Other things that you encounter every day and don't think about (the bottom of your purse for instance) are actually dirtier and we tend to put those on beds.... In my travels I've encountered some places that don't even provide them.

I make my own cover out of toilet paper...
Ever since this one time when I ended up in a stall with no toilet paper... my mom told me that's why you always lay some on the toilet seat first and then you'll never be left toilet paper-less.

It finally makes sense why I always find pee on the seat in Women's restrooms... I just couldn't understand how we were missing before!!! I do not squat unless I'm horrified by the bathroom conditions... and the paper things really are useless... the bathroom door handle freaks me out WAY more then the bathroom seat.

Not to mention how many times I see women play with their hair BEFORE they wash their hands. Ew.

We all have to squat on public toilets, I think they need to be redesigned and go back to the roman or japanese type toilets where you never have to be in contact with them.

always. i read that if you squat, then you can actually increase your chances of a uti. if there is no toilet seat cover, then i make my own. i know it's a waste of paper, but i gotta do what i gotta do.

I squat but I read a report that says if you squat your bladder does not empty completely.

Its the squatters that get urine all over the seats! I hate that...i personally use the seat covers and if there isnt any i will use some toilet paper to cover the seat. I always think of how many butts touch that seat in a day....especially in the theatres and stuff. Yuck!!!

i have to say i'm surprised at the number of people who DON'T squat! would you go up to a stranger, pull down your pants, and press your butt against theirs? i hope not!

and as a squatter, i do get pee on the seat a good deal of the time, but i wipe it down with tissue afterwards (most of the time - all bets are off if it was a nasty toilet to negin with).

I dont care about STD's i just dont want my pristine hiney touching someone elses pee sprinkles, pubic hairs or other accoutrements

I use them sometimes, but I also figure that the toilet is probably the one thing that does get cleaned every once and a while, and I'm more careful about the door handles and such

sometimes. i'm not worried about toilet seats.

Nope, a waste of paper when you can just use "the hover method"

I am anti-squatting unless the toilet is just really disgusting. Seriously, people, it's just your butt. It is already plenty dirty already, no matter what you think or if you shower twice a day. I can't *stand* it when I walk into a stall and there are pee sprinkles ALL over the place from the women who squat! I honestly don't understand how that happens, the times that I do squat, I don't leave a single drop on the seat.

Like others have said, I am much more concerned about the faucet handles and door handle than the back of my thighs touching a toilet seat.

Thankfully, us boys just stand, BUT there is pee EVERYWHERE. =/ It's a pain when we have to poop.

I'm a squatter, but I do put these down--just in case I lose my grip! I even have a small pack of these that I carry in my purse. It may or may not make that much of a difference physically, but it does mentally!

By the way, I've never sprinkled on the seat when I squat, but tons of other women do. It's not impossible to squat & get a clean shot into the toilet! I don't understand why a woman would leave her pee-pee sprinkles on the seat. It's just nasty & a total contradiction to why you would bother squatting in the first place.

I also make a point to not directly touch the handles & such. There are napkins or tissues for that.

I'm surprised to see so many non-squatters. OMG! I'm NOT Alone after all! I really thought it was instilled in every little girl that there are itty bitty monsters on public toilet seats that will bite you if you touch it.

I use these if they're available for the illusion of protection. I have heard/read study after study that showed our own toilets have more germs than public toilets. I still would rather have my own germs on my butt.

If the restroom is dirty, I just hold it. Otherwise, I just pretend I'm at a friend of a friend's house. I still use my shoes to touch most things.

No...those things are usually empty and even if they're not, I'd rather just squat. I don't like getting anywhere near public toilet seats.

i simply squatt... everyone i know does. :/

I sit directly on the toilet! OMG. I don't see what the big deal is, I haven't contracted anything or gotten any strange infections on my butt so far, and I've never used a toilet seat cover. If there is pee or pubic hair on the toilet seat I wipe it off with toilet paper. And I don't squat either, cause I don't feel like trying to aim and balance. Too much stress. The toilets in most public restrooms are cleaned throughout the day, so I don't see what the big deal is. I mean, a lot of places are dirtier, including your own toilet.

I never use them because they are pointless. PLUS I usually don't squat (unless it's gross...like if some inconsiderate squatter peed all over the seat and didn't wipe it up). I tend not to worry about these sorts of things. I mean, there are bacteria EVERYWHERE and regardless of how careful you are, you are going to come into contact with it. So I don't worry and just make sure I wash my hands.

i don't squat. i'm short and this doesn' twork. i am so sick of seeing drops on seats, though. these covers aren't in the bathrooms at the university, which is mainly where i go. i have heard of some people putting their feet on the seat and squating!!! disgusting!!! why are people so selfish?

I do. But not to protect me from germs because they don't. But to protect me from the wetness left by other nasty women who squatted above the toilet seat and dribbled urine on the seat and didn't bother to wipe up their dribble.

Nothing worse in my book (when I'm in the loo) than looking at the seat - seeing nothing and sitting down and FEELING wetness on my bum and legs and realizing that I sat in some nasty chick's pee.

Regardless of the supposed uselessness protection-wise of seat covers, I must always use them. The thought of putting my bare bum where other people's bums have been just freaks me out