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From: rb@cci632.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.women
Subject: Re: No need to Douche! (was Re: post-coital sexual gratification)
Message-ID: <419@cci632.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 21:22:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: cci632.419
Posted: Fri Sep 26 21:22:31 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 29-Sep-86 01:47:56 EDT
References: <388@cci632.UUCP> <5538@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
Organization: CCI, Rochester Development, Rochester, NY
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Summary: I stand corrected.  Almost.

In article <5538@decwrl.DEC.COM> larrabee@decwrl.UUCP (Tracy Larrabee) writes:
>In article <388@cci632.UUCP> rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes:
>>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. 

True, sperm only ripens for about 24-48 hours.  I forgot that I was only
confronted with this problem when a prior parnter enjoyed daily sex and
a little oral.  My current parnter has other interests.
>
>Except when specifically recommended by a Doctor, douching, and especially
>frequent douching, is considered harmful to a woman's internal
>equilibrium.

As doc what is safe.  Actually a better solution, if you like both on a 
daily basis, is to use condoms, or alternate methods.

>Tracy Larrabee	tracy@sushi.stanford.edu	decwrl!larrabee

Thanks for the correction.