What is the reason for all the movement when we really need to go pee? Is it a subconscious reaction to distract the mind from a full bladder, or does sloshing the pee around in your bladder make it somehow better? I would assume not, since that probably increases the physical urge that you need to go pee, but why then do we dance and hop…
My guess? At some point an actor on stage had to show the audience that the character really need to pee. Whatever movement they did evolved to the dance we have now over generations. We don’t do it because it helps but because it’s what you’re supposed to do.
I’d be surprised if it was consistent across cultures. I’d not be surprised if someone had done research on this.
To support this and fun fact.
I saw pandas make faces and try to break their food(bamboo) using their knee. They dont need it, they are very strong. They do it because their human handlers do it. They have copied this behaviour.
Sometimes they forget to make faces and break the bamboo and do it afterward when they remember it.
I have seen lots of small kids do the movements in different ways, even before they would plausibly have seen the stereotypical dance in media. There is definitely a biological component to it; bending slightly and moving does seem to strengthen the muscles that hold in the pee.
I agree that more research is required. Perhaps the Ignobel Prize could commission some research, since they will probably be awarding the people who do it anyway.
An official IgNobel grants scheme, btw, seems like it might attract a lot of crowdfunding from interested shitposters from all over the internet. I’d definitely throw in a hundo every year.