So, Men leave the toilet seat up after urinating, because they do so while standing. Women, however, who urinate while seated, become infuriated by this, because they need the seat down, and so have to lower the seat prior to urinating.
Note the symmetry of this arrangement: Men raise the seat before urinating if Women have used the toilet immediately before them; Women lower the seat before urinating if Men have used the toilet immediately before them.
But Women are unhappy with this arrangement, symmetrical and fair though it is, and seek to change it. They want Men to raise the toilet seat before using the toilet, and lower the seat afterwards, even if Men use the toilet immediately before or after them. Women, then, will neither raise nor lower the seat at any time.
Men, however, do not wish to deal with the toilet seat after urination. Before, Men will quite happily deal with it, as necessary preparation for the impending urination. Afterwards, though, Men are satiated and have no further use for the toilet. Men will ignore it and its seat, whatever position the latter finds itself in.
If the seat is down upon their arrival, and must be down when they leave, but may be in any position during urination (which it may, as who's watching?), Men will usually choose not to raise the seat prior to urination, because that would necessitate lowering the seat afterwards. Men do not wish to deal with the seat after urination.
Thus the position in which Men leave the toilet seat is overwhelmingly likely to be the same position the seat was in during urination. Men are not famed for accuracy during urination. Men who leave the toilet seat up are therefore doing a favour to anyone who may want to sit on the toilet seat at a later time.
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