# Is anal bleaching for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 16, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387 "2007-09-16T14:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/1 "2007-09-16T14:12:33Z")
[Anal Bleaching](http://www.marieclaire.com/life/sex/advice/anal-bleaching?src=syn&mag=mar&dom=msn&con=art&link=rel) After having read the article, I must conclude that no, it’s not for me. Despite their assertion that the phenomenon now goes far beyond “the young jet set and the detail-oriented gay community.” Any dopers feel that this process may provide a bright spot in their future? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/2 "2007-09-16T14:26:32Z")
This is something I don’t think I need, on the whole. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/3 "2007-09-16T14:28:39Z")
Sign me up. Nay. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/4 "2007-09-16T14:31:14Z")
I must admit, I did open this thread _awfully_ quickly. On the other hand, considering that NajaHusband didn’t even notice the _full Brazilian waxing_\* I once had done for his birthday, I’m pretty sure any effort here would be wasted.\*\* \*:o Is this a situationally appropriate smiley? I think so. \*\*I think the phrase “anal bleaching” is going to crack me up all day. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/5 "2007-09-16T14:34:41Z")
Drat. There’s always something new to be considered. Now I’ve got to go down to the shop, get out an inspection mirror and a flashlight so I can evaluate the hue of Mr. Starfish with respect to the rest of my nether bits. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/6 "2007-09-16T15:02:22Z")
That’s just one of a myriad of things in that article that I’m **not** considering. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/7 "2007-09-16T15:13:07Z")
> [@](#): > > a bright spot in their future? _snicker_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/8 "2007-09-16T15:13:31Z")
A “hole” pun and a “crack” joke, but I still nominate “detail-oriented gay community” as the funniest line so far. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/9 "2007-09-16T15:14:08Z")
How much money do you have to have and how much vanity do you need, to even have the idea of anal bleaching cross your mind? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/10 "2007-09-16T15:47:19Z")
It’s on my list of things to do right after I win the lottery. I want to be all spiffy and shiny when I take a dump on the Superintendent’s desk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/11 "2007-09-16T16:05:20Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] This is something I don’t think I need, on the whole. [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/12 "2007-09-16T16:10:35Z")
“May cause discolouration. Test on a small, inconspicuous area first.” After all these years reading that, NOW I know what they’re talking about! ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/13 "2007-09-16T16:11:41Z")
I’m with **KneadtoKnow** “detail oriented gay community” is hilarious. Just what the detail oriented gay community needs, is for people to imagine them all getting anal bleaches. Me: Why, his hair is frosted, his nails are manicured…I wonder if his ass is bleached? I’m pretty heterosexual, but I’ll carry the offended banner for a few blocks on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/14 "2007-09-16T16:14:39Z")
I have a dream that one day I will live in a nation where I will not be judged by the _color_ of my asshole but by the _content_ of my asshole. I mean character. I would never refuse to sleep with or date someone based on the color of their anal skin. If I knew that someone would, I would not date or sleep with that person. Well, I might sleep with them. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/15 "2007-09-16T16:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=Auntbeast] I’m with **KneadtoKnow** “detail oriented gay community” is hilarious. [/QUOTE] Well, I interpreted that bit as referring to that part of the gay community which is detail-oriented, rather than thinking that it implied a stereotype of the entire gay community being detail-oriented. Given that, I suppose that detail-oriented types would be more interested in detailing “de tail” as it were. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/16 "2007-09-16T16:19:17Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Well, I interpreted that bit as referring to that part of the gay community which is detail-oriented, rather than thinking that it implied a stereotype of the entire gay community being detail-oriented. Given that, I suppose that detail-oriented types would be more interested in detailing “de tail” as it were. [/QUOTE] And that’s why I still say it’s the best line in the thread: true comic genius requires depth and breadth, and when you’re talking about the ass already, that’s a brilliant combination. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/17 "2007-09-16T16:21:32Z")
I bleach mine at home by drinking a 50/50 solution of Clorox and Castor Oil every other day. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/18 "2007-09-16T16:23:00Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] And that’s why I still say it’s the best line in the thread: true comic genius requires depth and breadth, and when you’re talking about the ass already, that’s a brilliant combination. [/QUOTE] Yes, it has potential as a meme, doesn’t it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/19 "2007-09-16T16:34:47Z")
:rolleyes: Just what the world needs: more white assholes. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/20 "2007-09-16T16:35:53Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Yes, it has potential as a meme, doesn’t it? 😃 [/QUOTE] Potential? Hell, I’m planning on using it twice a day until I hear it on _Robot Chicken_! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387.md?page=2)