# Ladies, don't let lax vaginal hygiene cost you that big promotion! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648 "2010-08-27T10:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/41 "2010-08-27T15:47:28Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > **tdn** , your nested quoting stinks. I blame the pelicans ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/42 "2010-08-27T15:48:17Z")
You should really wash your vagina whether you want a raise or not, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/43 "2010-08-27T15:52:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If a woman REALLY want a raise, she might practice her feminine hygiene _during_ the interview. Point number 5 has the quote: “Great job on the XXX project! You made me look good”, so I suspect that the ad is for someone who already works in porn. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/44 "2010-08-27T15:53:47Z")
See, I think this is reflective of how far feminism has come. In [1948](http://www.mum.org/Lysol48.htm), you were only supposed to worry about how your snatch smelled to your husband - now you’re supposed to worry how it smells to your _boss_. Talk about progress! (Yes, that’s an ad for Lysol. To be squirted up your vagina. Maybe we have made \*some \*progress.) ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/45 "2010-08-27T15:59:33Z")
So… they assume women are willing to accept a crotch sniffing boss as normal as long as they get paid? …what kind of a job are we talking about exactly? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/46 "2010-08-27T16:00:53Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > > [@jjimm](#): > > > > **tdn** , your nested quoting stinks. > > I fixed it. Gotta do something to earn my pay. > > Hey, wait a second … You deserve a raise! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/47 "2010-08-27T16:05:37Z")
This thread is giving me a raise. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/48 "2010-08-27T16:19:05Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > do they have “masculine wipes”? Shop towels. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/49 "2010-08-27T16:41:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > [@pbbth](#): > > > > I can’t see why anyone would need anything other than regular showers, soap, and a daily changing of their underpants. > > And what if you can’t afford soap and new underpants without a raise, Miss Smartypants? :dubious: I guess you’ll then have to make your own soap from rendered cooking fat and wood ash, and pick up used underwear at the Goodwill store! (No, I don’t _really_ mean that - but you just know some Randroid is going to berate the unwashed and smelly for their lack of initiative and laziness) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/50 "2010-08-27T16:49:44Z")
So that’s what she’s doing [here](http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/images/chattanooga_200804A07_03.jpg). Explains a lot, really. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/51 "2010-08-27T16:55:46Z")
Noticed those products the other day. “I smell flowers!” “Thats my vagina!” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/52 "2010-08-27T17:32:03Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > You should really wash your vagina whether you want a raise or not, IMO. But if you’re not getting a raise, where’s the motivation? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/53 "2010-08-27T17:35:32Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > So… they assume women are willing to accept a crotch sniffing boss as normal as long as they get paid? …what kind of a job are we talking about exactly? I’m tellin’ ya, “Great job on the XXX project! You made me look good” is pretty clear. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/54 "2010-08-27T19:48:34Z")
I was sitting at the opthamalogist’s office just yesterday, opened up the nearest random magazine and gasped audibly when I saw that ad. Are you fucking kidding me? How to ask for a raise. 1. Douche 2. ??? 3. Profit! ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/55 "2010-08-28T00:34:24Z")
Not to rain on everyone parade, but Summer’s Eve Feminine Wash is not a douche or douching solution; it’s an external cleanser. Yes, it’s sold for the cootchie – the **outside** of the cootchie. The list is not numbered in order of importance, but in the order they’re done: Take a shower, eat breakfast, leave for work early, make some notes, bring your “attagirls,” etc. It’s not bad advice, and it could have been used to sell razor blades or antiperspirant. Yes, I get the unintentional humor, but it’s hardly Onion-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/56 "2010-08-28T00:58:47Z")
Wouldn’t a bad smell give leverage when asking for a raise? “Sorry, I can’t afford to do any more washing…unless, well…if you could give me a raise…?” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/57 "2010-08-28T01:35:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > [@Broomstick](#): > > > > do they have “masculine wipes”? > > Shop towels. Would they be impregnated with Goop or Lava Soap? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/58 "2010-08-28T01:37:40Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > > Shop towels. > > Would they be impregnated with Goop or Lava Soap? Probably just cheese cloth. (hope the guy doesn’t need Sham-Wow…) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/59 "2010-08-28T01:40:37Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > … (do they have “masculine wipes”?) … sandpaper ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648/60 "2010-08-28T01:53:50Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Actually, with the guys I work with, I’d probably have better luck douching with beer and BBQ sauce, that seems to be what interests them. I’m wouldn’t be surprised to find such a product in an adult novelty/sex toy store. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-let-lax-vaginal-hygiene-cost-you-that-big-promotion/551648.md?page=4)