I feel more comfortable doing #2 when I'm not wearing anything (such as just before taking a shower). This would be at home, of course. The dress shirts which I wear to work have long shirttails to stay tucked in. Since I hang my suit jacket up behind the door, taking the shirt off too prevents the fabric from touching anything behind me.
Yes, in the luxury of my home everything except socks comes off. I know it's different but whatever. I absolutely cannot stand sweating while pooping.
Every once in awhile. When its a struggle dump- the ones where it feels like a knife in your stomache when you don't push and like when somebody is twisting the knife when you do push. Thats when I get butt naked and grab onto something, brace and push as if I were in labor.
I would say 70% of my dumps, I take full naked. the other 30% w/o a shirt. I haven't taken a dump with my shirt on in years.
An affectation of youth. Then you grow old and decrepit and don't give a care. But the weird thing is that it's a dude thing. I challenge anyone to come up with an anecdote of female doing (or admit to doing) it.
learn from comrade weslinder. it's also one of the many things George Costanza has taught me. he was ahead of his time.
I have a female friend who has a pretty small bathroom. She says she likes to put an arm on each wall above shoulder height and brace herself to poop. Says it flows out more naturally to her to just drop a power bomb this way. She has two kids so I imagine she is probably used to forcing out big ones.