# Female Dopers, have you ever douched? Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700 "2010-08-27T18:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/221 "2010-09-02T22:12:12Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > I want to add one more thing here. Just as I re-read and it comes to mind. > > Many women are almost completely ignorant of their natural cycles and the signs which accompany them. > > They notice more discharge, more odor, and assume they have some sort of infection. They use an OTC product or rush to the Dr. > > The reality is, such variations are perfectly normal. Our secretions change in quantity, texture and scent throughout our hormonal cycle each month. > > We have been brainwashed or simply left ignorant, into believing that any odor, any discharge, is some sign of infection or “dirtyness”. > > I am a huge fan of girls and women getting to know their cycles and pussies. Otherwise, you can easily be convinced that perfectly normal functions are somehow pathological and in need of masking or treatment. So, in your opinion, I am: 1. Ignorant of my natural cycle; 2. Unaware of the changes in my vaginal discharge 3. Brainwashed; or 4. Stupid Get over yourself - not everyone is comfortable with vaginal odor of any kind, and some of us don’t like having panties with vaginal mucus on it at the end of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/222 "2010-09-02T22:42:05Z")
Hey lads, the fragrance is coming from over here! _Kramer’s through the door_ Hello, ladies 😃 I _love_ the scent of day old cooter. Going to town on a freshly showered scentless vagina is like screaming down the highway without wind in your hair - honestly. I’m fairly sure I’ve never tasted a cooter and thought “Hmm, needs a scrub”, and I’ve certainly dined on hiker-hoot and enjoyed the strong taste. Mind you, if I’d tasted that on non-hiker-hoot I’d probably pause and wonder why. A _single_ time when my fiance and I were about to _know_ one another I went to unwrap the lady jungle to see that she had… lady smegma? She’d been sick and hadn’t showered in a few days. Good opportunity for some shower sex! Mind you, we’re the couple that knows what a good thrusting can do for period cramps, and I’ll admit that the sight of a slightly bloodied penis switches on something primal. As someone once said on this very board, “Hey, if we do this right we’re gonna need a shower anyway, right?” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/223 "2010-09-02T23:06:25Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > > [@InterestedObserver](#): > > > > I want to add one more thing here. Just as I re-read and it comes to mind. > > > > Many women are almost completely ignorant of their natural cycles and the signs which accompany them. > > > > They notice more discharge, more odor, and assume they have some sort of infection. They use an OTC product or rush to the Dr. > > > > The reality is, such variations are perfectly normal. Our secretions change in quantity, texture and scent throughout our hormonal cycle each month. > > > > We have been brainwashed or simply left ignorant, into believing that any odor, any discharge, is some sign of infection or “dirtyness”. > > > > I am a huge fan of girls and women getting to know their cycles and pussies. Otherwise, you can easily be convinced that perfectly normal functions are somehow pathological and in need of masking or treatment. > > So, in your opinion, I am: > > 1. Ignorant of my natural cycle; > 2. Unaware of the changes in my vaginal discharge > 3. Brainwashed; or > 4. Stupid > > Get over yourself - not everyone is comfortable with vaginal odor of any kind, and **some of us don’t like having panties with vaginal mucus on it at the end of the day**. You complain about assumptions, then end with one yourself, nice. :dubious: _Some of us_ have [discovered another way](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantyliner) to deal with the bolded that doesn’t require douching or suffering with the horrors of mucus on our undies. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/224 "2010-09-02T23:28:30Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > Usually, he was gracious enough to hand me his tee-shirt or underwear after, yes. 😉 > > We weren’t always so prepared as to lay down towels beforehand. > [@zweisamkeit](#): > > My husband and I have two towels that we take 5 seconds to lay down on the bed before anything goes on. Easy peasy! > [@Zsofia](#): > > No - he does, duh. You don’t have sex on _your_ side of the bed! Whew, just making sure. I had horrible images of people tossing and turning over man juice in the night :eek:. > [@Fastidiots](#): > > Hey lads, the fragrance is coming from over here! > > _Kramer’s through the door_ Hello, ladies 😃 \ > > A _single_ time when my fiance and I were about to _know_ one another I went to unwrap the lady jungle to see that she had… lady smegma? Excellent, we have a guy here, ladies! Also, lady smegma made me snort 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/225 "2010-09-02T23:55:15Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > Get over yourself - not everyone is comfortable with vaginal odor of any kind, and some of us don’t like having panties with vaginal mucus on it at the end of the day. It seems like being grossed out by normal, healthy vaginal secretions is something more worthy of ‘getting over’. I don’t know why you persist in feigning persecution, when you’re the one who keeps implying that my perfectly delightful pussy is somehow disgusting. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/226 "2010-09-03T00:57:12Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > > [@InterestedObserver](#): > > > > I want to add one more thing here. Just as I re-read and it comes to mind. > > > > Many women are almost completely ignorant of their natural cycles and the signs which accompany them. > > > > They notice more discharge, more odor, and assume they have some sort of infection. They use an OTC product or rush to the Dr. > > > > The reality is, such variations are perfectly normal. Our secretions change in quantity, texture and scent throughout our hormonal cycle each month. > > > > We have been brainwashed or simply left ignorant, into believing that any odor, any discharge, is some sign of infection or “dirtyness”. > > > > I am a huge fan of girls and women getting to know their cycles and pussies. Otherwise, you can easily be convinced that perfectly normal functions are somehow pathological and in need of masking or treatment. > > So, in your opinion, I am: > > 1. Ignorant of my natural cycle; > 2. Unaware of the changes in my vaginal discharge > 3. Brainwashed; or > 4. Stupid > > Get over yourself - not everyone is comfortable with vaginal odor of any kind, and some of us don’t like having panties with vaginal mucus on it at the end of the day. Have we MET? 😕 My comments had nothing to do with you or your humble opinion on this or any other matter. Simply an observation and something I have heard echoed by Drs who got tired of ovulating women coming in for their monthy “infection” that was causing all the profuse, stretchy discharge. :rolleyes: The fact is, vaginas naturally lubricate themselves constantly, same as eyeballs, and cervixes produce the mucus you are likely to encounter in your panties…scant, thin and watery, like sexual lubricant prior to ovulation, profuse and thicker, stretchy leading up to and during, and scant and tacky after. If you don’t care for any of it, fine. I really don’t care one way or the other. Me, I change my panties (if I wear them) every day, so I could really care less if they have some pussy juice of whatever variety on them. It all comes out in the wash. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/227 "2010-09-03T00:59:42Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > > [@InterestedObserver](#): > > > > Usually, he was gracious enough to hand me his tee-shirt or underwear after, yes. 😉 > > > > We weren’t always so prepared as to lay down towels beforehand. > > Whew, just making sure. I had horrible images of people tossing and turning over man juice in the night :eek:. > > > [@Fastidiots](#): > > > > Hey lads, the fragrance is coming from over here! > > > > _Kramer’s through the door_ Hello, ladies 😃 \ > > > > A _single_ time when my fiance and I were about to _know_ one another I went to unwrap the lady jungle to see that she had… lady smegma? > > Excellent, we have a guy here, ladies! > > Also, lady smegma made me snort 😛 Of COURSE we have guys here…they are just mostly laying low and reading, so as not to put our wind up. 😉 So, who’s going to start the thread on male smegma (aka “dick cheese”) and the proper hygiene involved? 😃 Sex is dirty, but only if you’re doing it right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/228 "2010-09-03T01:14:34Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > Of COURSE we have guys here…they are just mostly laying low and reading, so as not to put our wind up. 😉 > > So, who’s going to start the thread on male smegma (aka “dick cheese”) and the proper hygiene involved? 😃 > > Sex is dirty, but only if you’re doing it right. 🙂 Smegma is never a problem for me, seeing as between my hands and **Fastidiess** ’s various contributions (petitioned for or not), my willy hasn’t got the time to accumulate any. Also, I shower (or _douche_, as it were). ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/229 "2010-09-03T01:50:15Z")
> [@Fastidiots](#): > > > [@InterestedObserver](#): > > > > Of COURSE we have guys here…they are just mostly laying low and reading, so as not to put our wind up. 😉 > > > > So, who’s going to start the thread on male smegma (aka “dick cheese”) and the proper hygiene involved? 😃 > > > > Sex is dirty, but only if you’re doing it right. 🙂 > > Smegma is never a problem for me, seeing as between my hands and **Fastidiess** ’s various contributions (petitioned for or not), my willy hasn’t got the time to accumulate any. > > Also, I shower (or _douche_, as it were). Bon douche! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/230 "2010-09-03T09:01:29Z")
> [@Fastidiots](#): > > Also, I shower (or _douche_, as it were). Are you Fastidiots about it? 😉 Ba dum dum. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/231 "2010-09-03T09:02:34Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > > [@Fastidiots](#): > > > > Smegma is never a problem for me, seeing as between my hands and **Fastidiess** ’s various contributions (petitioned for or not), my willy hasn’t got the time to accumulate any. > > > > Also, I shower (or _douche_, as it were). > > Bon douche! 🙂 I thought it was spelled “bain”. 🙂 Ba dum dum again. Sorry, I’ll get my coat… ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/232 "2010-09-03T10:06:20Z")
I have used a finger to find out what my mucus is like, to know what’s normal, but i’m honestly not getting how there could be so much crud that i would need to douche. Same with my period clots, and i’m in the bathroom, changing tampons, clots and bits are gone quck. Whenever i go to the bathroom after sex, pee, wipe wash my hands and things are clean enough. My vagina and me are friends. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/233 "2010-09-03T14:50:28Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > _Some of us_ have [discovered another way](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantyliner) to deal with the bolded that doesn’t require douching or suffering with the horrors of mucus on our undies. Oh yes, the lovely panty liner. The panty liner that traps moisture against my stuff, chafing and rubbing, not letting it breathe. That’s a much better solution than a quick finger in the morning shower. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/234 "2010-09-03T14:55:47Z")
> [@Little\_Bird](#): > > > [@elfkin477](#): > > > > _Some of us_ have [discovered another way](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantyliner) to deal with the bolded that doesn’t require douching or suffering with the horrors of mucus on our undies. > > Oh yes, the lovely panty liner. The panty liner that traps moisture against my stuff, chafing and rubbing, not letting it breathe. That’s a much better solution than a quick finger in the morning shower. :rolleyes: I’m with you on that. It’s about personal comfort. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/235 "2010-09-03T16:06:47Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > … My vagina and me are friends. Thank you. I now have the old jingle for that “My Buddy” and “Kid Sister” doll from the 80s stuck in my head with reworked lyrics. My vagina (_My vagina_!) My vagina (_My vagina_!) My vagina and meeeeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/236 "2010-09-03T16:08:11Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > I’m wondering if there’s even a single male doper who’s been brave enough to still be reading. > > 😃 **Fastidiots** , step right up and claim your prize!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/237 "2010-09-03T16:28:53Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@anya\_marie](#): > > > > … My vagina and me are friends. > > Thank you. I now have the old jingle for that “My Buddy” and “Kid Sister” doll from the 80s stuck in my head with reworked lyrics. > > My vagina (_My vagina_!) > My vagina (_My vagina_!) > My vagina and meeeeeeeeee! Whereever I go, sheeeee goes! Ok, now I will NEVER get that out of my head. Damn yoouuuuu… ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/238 "2010-09-03T16:31:10Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > I’m wondering if there’s even a single male doper who’s been brave enough to still be reading. > > 😃 I speak for the lurkers! Yeah, we’re having trouble holding in the laughter too. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/239 "2010-09-03T17:07:00Z")
> [@Little\_Bird](#): > > Oh yes, the lovely panty liner. The panty liner that traps moisture against my stuff, chafing and rubbing, not letting it breathe. That’s a much better solution than a quick finger in the morning shower. :rolleyes: I just don’t get what poking your finger in there does. I could suction out the vag with a Shopvac ™ first thing in the AM and it would still emit mucus all day, rendering my panties moist by the time I get home. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700/240 "2010-09-03T17:08:48Z")
> [@Neeps](#): > > I’m going to be tormenting my husband with tales of my hoot. I think this word has replaced hoo-ha as my favourite way to refer to my vajay-jay. It’s like. . . watching a baby bird spread its wings and fly into the sunset. Fly on, “hoot”- take on the world! _wipes tear from eye_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-have-you-ever-douched-why/551700.md?page=13)