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From: larrabee@decwrl.DEC.COM (Tracy Larrabee)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.women
Subject: No need to Douche! (was Re: post-coital sexual gratification)
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Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 16:16:03 EDT
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In article <388@cci632.UUCP> rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes:
>As to the hygene aspects, both partners should be aware of basic hygene.
>Oral sex with a partner who has not bathed prior to the act can be very
>unpleasant.  Douching for women is also recommended, especially if she
>has had sex recently.  Sperm tends to "ripen" for several days and can
>give a very strong unpleasant odor if not "flushed out".
>

Do not tell women fairy tales like that!  

The vagina is a self cleaning organ.  It flushes itself very nicely. 

Except when specifically recommended by a Doctor, douching, and especially
frequent douching, is considered harmful to a woman's internal
equilibrium.  Douching can cause more infections and irritations than I
even want to think about.  Douching during menstrual flow can actually be
life-threatening. 

Women who want to wash their external genitalia may do that all they wish,
but even here excessive zeal often leads to itching and irritation (as a
reaction to soaps and perfumes).  Besides, oral sex involves contact with
the vulva--not inspection of the cervix.

Doctors tell us this, women's publications tell us this (even fly-brained
mostly worthless ones like Cosmopolitan), and our sensible friends tell
us this.

We have enough problems trying to battle Madison avenue with its ditsy
adds for Pristine and Summer's Eve and any number of other potentially
harmful products--don't add to the misinformation.
--
Tracy Larrabee	tracy@sushi.stanford.edu	decwrl!larrabee

Lovestomper's Textbook:
	Forbidden conversation topics in bed: local elections, septic
	tanks, chores, your partner's shortcomings.
	
	"Did anyone ever tell you you grunt amusingly when you make love?"

						-Matt Groening-
						-Love is Hell-