# Can Coca-Cola be used as a contraceptive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 24, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842 "2011-03-24T15:20:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pwn1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pwn1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pwn1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/1 "2011-03-24T15:20:06Z")
[Can Coca-Cola be used as a contraceptive?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/480/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive) In his book, “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask”, Dr Rubin mentions the Coca-Cola method, suggesting the acidic nature of the product, its effervescent nature and with regard to the once popular 6½ ounce bottle (before unscrew caps) built in applicator, thus could be used in bed. Talk about leaving a wet spot! ---
**Author:** ![lost-n-confused](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba9def/32.png) [@lost-n-confused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost-n-confused)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/2 "2011-03-27T10:44:34Z")
No way pal is that the truth. Ask a dr and see what they say. Its no!!! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/3 "2011-03-27T15:20:31Z")
The answer is yes, it can. The question that should be asked is, “How effective is douching with Coca-Cola as a contraceptive?” ---
**Author:** ![panzersiddhartha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@panzersiddhartha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panzersiddhartha)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/4 "2011-03-31T16:08:56Z")
IG-Nobel Prize 2008 # Chemistry: Sheree Umpierre, Joseph Hill, and Deborah Anderson, for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide,[93] and C.Y. Hong, C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang for accidentally proving it is not.[94][95] > **[List of Ig Nobel Prize winners | 2008](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners#2008)** > > The ceremony took place on 2 October 2008. > 1.Archaeology: Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo and Jose Carlos Marcelino, of São Paulo, for showing that armadillos can mix up the contents of an archaeological site. | > 2.Biology: Marie-Christine Cadiergues, Christel Joubert, and Michel Franc, of the National Veterinary School of Alfort, for discovering that fleas that live on dogs jump higher than fleas that live on cats. | > 3.Chemistry: Sheree Umpierre, Joseph Hill, and Deborah Anderson, of Harvard Med... ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/5 "2011-03-31T16:22:50Z")
> [@lost-n-confused](#): > > No way pal is that the truth. Ask a dr and see what they say. Its no!!! I can certainly guess what Dr. Pepper would say about the subject. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/6 "2011-03-31T16:43:43Z")
If a woman told me Coca Cola was her contraceptive, no way would I f@ck her. Effective! ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/7 "2011-04-02T17:52:04Z")
As a side note, the link also provides the 1993 Medicine winner: Medicine - Presented to James F. Nolan, Thomas J. Stillwell, and John P. Sands, Jr., medical men of mercy, for their painstaking research report, “Acute Management of the Zipper-Entrapped Penis”.[10] ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/8 "2011-04-02T19:03:19Z")
If you have a Coke instead of having sex, it is totally effective. ---
**Author:** ![ffffloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@ffffloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ffffloyd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/9 "2011-04-03T11:35:14Z")
If the word “thing” is used as a euphemism for “penis” then some of Coke’s past slogans reveal a new and hidden meaning: Things go better with Coke. Coke. It’s the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-coca-cola-be-used-as-a-contraceptive/575842/10 "2011-04-03T12:52:36Z")
all that sugar into an enclosed environment, talk about yeast infection from hell… No way in hell. /me crosses her legs very tightly.