It’s a familiar feeling to many of us: we’re out and about and need a poo, but embarrassment is holding us back. We might be at work and nervous about a colleague hearing us, or in a public toilet and worried about complete strangers knowing that we’re “going”.
But this isn’t a problem faced only by adults. A new survey by Andrex of more than 500 schoolchildren has revealed that 73% of pupils aged 10 to 17 agree that they feel too embarrassed to poo at school, with 63% claiming to be worried about teasing, and 61% admitting they’ve been too embarrassed to ask the teacher if they could go.
