This is obscurely and weirdly pertinent. No, really.

[geoviki]

So we're in the midst of a bathroom remodel and this came up while deciding how to angle the grab bar in our shower. I know I can count on you to point the way. Suffice it to say that I shower facing one direction and Mr. Geoviki faces the other. We were both surprised to learn there was actually an alternative to what we thought was normal.

[Poll #1171883]

Enquiring minds want to know!

ETA: Wow, so much conversation! I feel as if I know intimate details about you all that much better now, thnx for sharing. :-)

Comments

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

My theory is that people with longer hair tend to face away from the showeer while washing their hair, because they can tilt their head back into the spray while rinsing it. If you face the shower you have to lean forward, and the wet hair and shampooey water run all over your face. People with short hair face the shower.

Statistically, this means that women face outwards, but I'm sure it isn't a protective stance just in case Tony Perkins appears...

[ruric.livejournal.com]

Heee - I am an anomaly to your theory.

I have longish hair (half way down my back) and I face the shower head. Oddly I find it far easier to tip my head forward to rinse rather than back. I tend to fall over if I lean backwards *G*