# I think I need to bleach my eyeballs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776 "2016-08-23T23:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/21 "2016-08-24T16:52:14Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > How hard can it be to find out? Just do a google image search for the terms the OP listed: _‘smirking males surrounding a 14-year-old girl’_. One the one hand, I’m curious as to what would turn up. On the other hand, I’m afraid to know what watch lists I’d end up on. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/22 "2016-08-24T17:47:55Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > What the hell is wrong with men? Women think they pee through their clitoris. What the hell is wrong with women? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/23 "2016-08-24T18:31:12Z")
What are male doctors supposed to do when they’re surrounding a 14-year-old girl? Scowl? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/24 "2016-08-24T18:41:16Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > What are male doctors supposed to do when they’re surrounding a 14-year-old girl? Scowl? I suppose bukkake would be out of the question. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/25 "2016-08-24T18:55:04Z")
The disgusting '50’s? Does June Cleaver know about this? What kind of pearl necklace _was_ she wearing, anyway? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/26 "2016-08-24T19:51:34Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > The disgusting '50’s? Does June Cleaver know about this? What kind of pearl necklace _was_ she wearing, anyway? :eek: The Beaver wasn’t the only thing Ward was rough on last night. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 24, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/27 "2016-08-24T19:56:35Z")
All kidding aside, bleach should be kept out of the eyes. It is a strongly alkaline solution that can cause chemical burns to the cornea, even blindness. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/28 "2016-08-24T20:06:47Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > All kidding aside, bleach should be kept out of the eyes. It is a strongly alkaline solution that can cause chemical burns to the cornea, even blindness. Hey, that’s _my_ job! 😛 (To provide overly literal answers) \* - my defense being- there are a number of idiots who read these pages and somebody is gonna do something really fucking stupid and say they read it here. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/29 "2016-08-24T20:09:56Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Women think they pee through their clitoris. What the hell is wrong with women? FTW. I’m wildly curious about this research now. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/30 "2016-08-24T21:55:59Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Hey, that’s _my_ job! 😛 (To provide overly literal answers) \* > > - my defense being- there are a number of idiots who read these pages and somebody is gonna do something really fucking stupid and say they read it here. Well, if you’re stupid enough to try something like that, you deserve what you get. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/31 "2016-08-24T23:58:34Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > Total rant: I just edited a supposedly scientific paper from a group in Japan. I have NEVER seen such appallingly sexist, patronizing claptrap in my life, and I have seen quite a bit of such garbage. I don’t think this paper would have been acceptable back in the disgusting 1950s; I’m pretty sure (I hope) it will be rejected out of hand by any and all journals. The picture of the smirking male doctors surrounding a 14 year old girl at the end was the icing on the cake. I’m pretty sure I’m going to be fired over the content of my comments to the authors. I had to take a shower after finishing it. What the hell is wrong with men? Were there short bios attached? I hope these clowns were old, at least. I feel for you. I’ve reviewed some real doozies, not sexist at least, but really bad. I can just imagine what some raw 🙂 material looks like. My wife responded to an ad for this kind of editing once and decided it was a big pain in the ass and not worth it. So I understand (unlike everyone else in this thread :rolleyes: ) ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/32 "2016-08-25T00:07:44Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > How hard can it be to find out? Just do a google image search for the terms the OP listed: _‘smirking males surrounding a 14-year-old girl’_. Okay, I did the google and the very first link was this thread. So I can’t say that it helped much. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/33 "2016-08-25T00:10:05Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > Okay, I did the google and the very first link was this thread. So I can’t say that it helped much. No, do an image search. ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/34 "2016-08-25T00:11:50Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > Okay, I did the google and the very first link was this thread. So I can’t say that it helped much. Sorry about the hijack, but that made me laugh out loud and spill my coffee! Thanks for that! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/35 "2016-08-25T00:24:10Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > One the one hand, I’m curious as to what would turn up. On the other hand, I’m afraid to know what watch lists I’d end up on. I just tried mere to confirm that, yes, this thread turns up as the first hit. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Women think they pee through their clitoris. What the hell is wrong with women? In fact, it is not unreasonable to say that they do. You are probably thinking of the _glans clitoris_, the prominence that W. R. Hearst was fond of calling “rosebud”. The actual clitoris, not terribly unlike the penis, is a mostly-hidden, rather sizable organ that extends a ways up into the pudendum and has wing-like structures that spread down as far as the vaginal orifice. In the midst of this large happy-place, we find the urethral meatus, out of which the pee, and for some women a form of ejaculate, escapes. Look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/36 "2016-08-25T01:13:24Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Were there short bios attached? I hope these clowns were old, at least. > I feel for you. I’ve reviewed some real doozies, not sexist at least, but really bad. I can just imagine what some raw 🙂 material looks like. > My wife responded to an ad for this kind of editing once and decided it was a big pain in the ass and not worth it. So I understand (unlike everyone else in this thread :rolleyes: ) It’s not like we don’t understand the basic concept that sometimes you have to edit wack-a-doodle research. We just want specific examples to be outraged about (or to start an argument about whether or not we should be outraged.) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/37 "2016-08-25T02:17:09Z")
Ya’ know, I was going to pass this thread, and then I realized it was started by **SFB** so I just HAD to click on it. Let me just say, my suspicions about the content of the OP before reading it were 100% correct! ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/38 "2016-08-25T02:29:54Z")
I can’t give you any details about it and it hasn’t been published so you won’t find it anywhere and I sincerely hope never will see the light of day so no one other than myself will ever have to read it. It was a rant, and let’s just say it was a nasty piece of work, and the really scary part was the old men who wrote it thought it was acceptable to submit for publication. Bad science I see all the time-I just tell the authors their stats are all wrong or their conclusions are not supported by the data. No big deal. I see quite a bit of sexism in papers from China and Japan, but usually you can just edit it out. This thing just needed to be burned. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/39 "2016-08-25T03:38:53Z")
Yes, but how does the existence of that paper indict all men?? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776/40 "2016-08-25T04:12:17Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > Yes, but how does the existence of that paper indict all men?? That one’s easy. Misandry! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-to-bleach-my-eyeballs/763776.md?page=3)