How Men Have an Unfair Advantage in Physics Class Because of The Toilet

Standing up to do business in the bathroom is exclusively done by men. Watching and controlling the stream into the toilet is something a male does up to 5 times per day. This means that when a boy hits the rightful age of 14, he has experimented with projectile motion around 10,000 times. However, does this transpire enough to give men a leg up on women in the physics classroom?

First of all, men outperform women in physics not only because of the way they do their business. Throughout history thinking logically and mathematically has been associated with masculinity. In addition, most physicists are male which reinforces the masculine culture. Our own physics teacher is a man and he is apart of the majority of physics teachers. The textbooks that are used in the classrooms are filled with pictures of male scientists and male-oriented objects like cannons and footballs. The study on the gender gap in physics found that women primarily underperformed men in specific question types, including projectile motion.

A common experience that gives boys an advantage over girls when growing up is not just aiming for the toilet, but aiming for a receiver. Sports play a huge role in the lives of most young boys and gives them the opportunity to experience projectile motion while completing a common goal in a game. 

The potty is an exhibit of a museum of science for men everytime #1 is in need of completion. This is displayed by a visible arc that men have to control and predict during the urination process. There are products that can be bought on Amazon that act as targets to train younger boys to aim better at the toilet. An airport in Amsterdam used flies that were etched next to the drain to encourage a cleaner urinal. The hands-on rewarding activity that demonstrates projectile motion which also contributes to the learning process, is unfortunately not available to girls. But physics is more than a pissing contest, therefore the experience of going to the bathroom a certain way can be defeated by doing a lab in the classroom that closely resembles the business in the little boys' room. With visualization, learning projectile motion becomes easier. The depth of experience with projectile motion will always be rewarded to the men over women because they are able to experiment the topic multiple times in a day.


Sources:

1.Wilson, Anna, Prof., David Low, Prof., and Kate Wilson, Prof. "Taking the Pee out of Physics: How Boys Are Getting a Leg-up." Tes. Tes Global Ltd, 14 Sept. 2017. Web. 12 Oct. 2017.

2."NPR." Rhode Island Public Radio. Prod. Peter Sagal. NPR. Providence, Rhode Island, 23 Sept. 2017. Radio. Transcript.