Shy Bladder Syndrome: Science Knows The TruthAre you a wee bit
unfree with your public pee? Have trouble letting it flow when
you need to go? Need to be in private to drain your privates—of
urine? So-called "shy bladder syndrome" has a technical medical
name, paruresis; an International Association; and, best of all,
a landmark 1976 study that scientifically tested whether the
condition actually exists, or is just an urban legend. The
results were totally worth all the secret urinal spying that the
scientists had to do to get them.  The experiment took place in
a bathroom with three urinals in a line. They tested both how
long it took men to start peeing, and the duration of their
peeing under three separate conditions: alone in the bathroom;
with another man there, separated by a urinal; or with another
man standing right next to them. But they ran into a little
problem:  The authors' intentions were to use auditory cues
(i.e., splash) to capture the dependent measures, but they
quickly realized that this wa