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Anushika, you're missing the point here. I don't want to know why women want the toilet seat down. I want to know why men have to put it down for women when they can do it themselves. I (along with every other man) don't expect women to put the seat up after they've used the toilet, so why do women expect me (and other men) to put it down when I'm (we're) finished? Another thing, I'm talking about the toilet seat, not the toilet lid. There's a difference.
Tracyh, I'm guessing (and very much hoping) that you were joking about the feng shui thing. As for the hygiene issue, you're wrong. You (like Anushika) were talking about the toilet seat, when you obviously meant the toilet lid. Putting down the lid will prevent germs from spreading beacuse it stops toilet water and the contents of the toilet from being sprayed all over the bathroom. Putting down the seat will only slightly reduce it. I agree that the lid should be put down after every use which means the seat has to be put down as well, but I don't see why the seat should be put down for the reasons given by Trinity. Sounds like sexism to me, which women seem to know all about ;)