I just had to chime in to say that this made me seriously LOL, and that since moving to Scotland I’ve noticed a lack of internal rinsing devices in the shops here as well.
I have to ask, what’s the “push”? A link would suffice if it’s TMI.
Folks here have been equally against rooting as douching, I thought I’d put in my $.02.
Yanno when you clamp down with your vag, like when you stop peeing? That can shloop out semen like toothpaste from the tube.
Like a kegel exercise-- you use that same muscle to clamp down and push on whatever’s in there (men are rather fond of this on their junk if you can master it, fwiw).
Ohhhhhh that! Yeah I can do that. Done kegels and done it on the junk, just never realized it could be used to dispose of things after.
The dope comes to my rescue once again.
I’ve douched before, when I was much younger (my mom was big on it…she’s now 70 and I’m 44, btw) but not in oh, like over 20 yrs at least. Just plain water in the shower at the end of my period now and then if I wanted to have sex that night.
Probably have only ever done it a handful of times in my life.
Thing is, now that I think of it, the theory that there is all this icky rotting period stuff up there for days or longer after menstruation stops is bollucks, imo. I never douche now, still bleed like clockwork, and while I get a little bit of pink discharge for a day or so after the “end”, no solid bits ever. And no smell to indicate such “contamination.” Same for come…it flushes out on its own very quickly.
My girly bits DO have an odor, and it varies depending upon a lot of factors :
time of month/ovulation (it changes from very mild to stronger depending…just biology/phermones), sexual arousal, post-sex (would sometimes get that fishy smell after condomless sex with DH but never after sex with a condom, which tells me it was HIS secretions/their interaction with mine, not ME), and clothing/temperature/activity…the latter being entirely EXTERNAL odors…it is not my VAGINA which gets funky after a day of bike riding in spandex or a few days w/o a shower, but my labia and other external bits, from sweat and subsequent bac. growth. Same way underarms can smell due to sweat, though, obviously, with a totally different sort of smell.
This is an important point. (might be TMI for some, but relevent, imo)
There are times when I go…whew, bit of a funk down there, and invariably, if I check digitally (and I do, I’m nosy and have a good relationship with my yoni that way:D) any strong or objectionable odor is EXTERNAL. I may swipe over/around my folds and bring up a funk, but if I go inside, fresh as a daisy, normal mild scent/secretions.
Thorough external washing does the trick. And keeping myself mostly shaved works wonders to minimize this external odor as well. (I still adhere to the theory that the function of pubic and underarm hair in humans is to trap and disperse phermones…it is certainly true that getting rid of the hair drastically reduces the trapping and dispensing).
I think a lot of women who DO douche assume any odors are coming from inside, when unless there is an infection or PH or fauna imbalance (which ironically are encouraged BY douching), that is unlikely.
To each their own, but in my opinion, a healthy pussy/yoni/cunt is SUPPOSED to have a scent (it’s like a plate of hot cookies saying, come and get me! :p) and that aroma should be pleasant and arousing to heterosexual males and the woman herself. If a man had issues with the normal, clean scent of my sex, it would suggest to me that he had some sexual and/or other hangups. For my part, I absolutely LOVE the scent of a relatively clean but bit musky ball-sack. If I stuck my nose down there and smelled roses or cologne or NOTHING I’d be VERY disappointed. 
I’ve spent some time on boards which deal with sex related topics and erotica writing, which is a hobby of mine, and it appears that the vast majority of men who share their opinions on the issue of the scent of a woman agree that they ADORE a woman who has a clean, healthy, heady smell to her and are really let down by a sterile, odorless pussy.
They confess to sniffing panties and grabbing their girlfriends before they can get to the shower after a long day just so they can get a dose of that glorious funk. Hardly a scientific study and completely self-selecting in nature, but the “eww, it’s icky and she should shower/douche/put perfume on it just before sex or I ain’t going there” camp is ALWAYS outnumbered 100 to 1.
Napolian’s letter to Josephine informing her that he would be home in 2 weeks and to “stop washing” is possibly the best known example of a man who enjoyed his pussy funky. 
I meant Napoleon. Just to correct my own spelling error…as soon as I looked at it, I said, DOH! :smack:
Well, in fairness, when he walked up to her, that’s right where his head was on her, so of course he had a preference!
Awesome thread ladies… very informative.
- Never douched. Learned in health class that it was unhealthy, unneccesary, and probably a man-made plat to keep us all subservient.
But I do have a question for some of you ladies… whenever I have had sex (with more than a few guys so it is not the consistency of their baby batter)… the jizz completely slides out the moment I stand up. I have never, ever, had an unfortanate appearance in my pants even an hour later, let alone the next afternoon. Maybe the walls of my vagina are not as accordioned???
When my husband and I have been, “family planning,” I will actually lay for 20 minutes with my legs up to avoid the almost instantaneous white-wash down my thighs.
I’m wondering if there’s even a single male doper who’s been brave enough to still be reading.
I did that also!
In my experience (albeit limited) most slides out in the bed soon after my muscles stop spasming (the proverbial wet spot…why men so often choose to do it on YOUR side of the bed; they are NOT just being considerate by coming to you :dubious::D) and the rest plops out the first time I go to the toilet (if it has not already oozed its way out the moment I stand to go there). Any tiny remnants are easily washed off/out in the shower.
Don’t think I’ve ever had any significant drainage more than a few hours post-sex. Maybe my Vagina is just very efficient at squeezing stuff out. 
It might do them good. This place IS all about fighting ignorance, no? 
I have to say, my late DH was a bit of a prude and OCD in some ways (would throw away a bowl if I had given the dog water in it once or the kids had used it for mud pies, no matter how I sanitized it, liked to shower and/or brush his teeth after sex, etc…), but he positively LOVED the aroma of my pussy and would often pause during cunnilingus to inhale deeply and moan. What a man. 
Touche. DiosaBellissima gets off a good one!
Err, ah, why have a wet spot when you can just stick hand towel between your legs after he pulls out? Ya’ll aren’t sleeping on sticky sheets…are you?
My husband and I have two towels that we take 5 seconds to lay down on the bed before anything goes on. Easy peasy!
No - he does, duh. You don’t have sex on your side of the bed!
Ha, yes, that’s the only time I have ever had to root around up there, and I think it was thanks to you that I knew to do that. Bet you’re proud, eh? And yes, there were gummy chunks up there. Urgh.
Under normal (non IVF, progesterone suppository) circumstances, I’ve never even considered douching. I had an american friend when I was in school (I’m a Brit), and the topic came up once. I think I had the reaction that most people here seem to have had - why the 'eff would you want to mess with nature. It cleans itself! There may be a little stuff coming out after sex, but not anything that I need to be worried about.
I’m really pleased I came across this thread. 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.
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.
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.