Occasionaly, right, when my girlfriend and I are in the sack, we get that disctinctive aroma that cats just love. While I’m too polite to say anything (heck, I’m getting laid), she’ll apologize and explain that the fishy smell goes all the way back through evolution to our aquatic ancestors. Is this true? It sounds pretty far-fetched. (On the other hand, I’m dying to hear what the creationsist explanation is. Was Eve up to something over at the fish pond?)
Shirley, we’re talking abount a lubricating protien which just happens to resemble to chemical composition of slime secretions of certain members of the tuna family. I mean, what does lizard pussy smell like, for example? Has the Crocodile Hunter noticed any skankiness in any of the reptiles he’s manhandled? Crikey!
Your lady friend most likely has a bacterial vaginal infection. That’s what causes the fishy smell. She can get a prescription that will clear that up. I’m just sayin’.
That smell may vary according to the woman and what stage of the cycle she is in. How, I have not quite been able to figure out yet, as testing conditions are very distracting!
The best explanation I can come up with is that the smell just happens to remind you of tuna. To me, the two are sometimes faintly related, depending on the subject, but hardly the same.
I read somewhere that we carry memories of our ancestral home in our bodies, which is supposedly why blood is salty, but it seems a bit of a stretch to apply that thinking to the odour of vaginal secretions.
See a doctor to make sure it’s not an infection or a cyst of some kind.
Bathe more often.
But avoid douching, which can actually make it worse.
Wear loose-fitting cotton underwear and avoid tight-fitting pantyhose.
Avoid certain types of spicy foods.
If nothing helps, lower your expectations. Relax and enjoy your natural biological odor.
Nothing in there about evolution. That whole “vaginas smell like fish because of ancestral fish” thing always sounded rather sexist to me. “Women are genetic throwbacks to an earlier, more primitive time. And men, who do not smell like genetic throwbacks to an earlier, more primitive time, are therefore superior.”
I always preferred to turn it around and say, “Tuna smells like women’s vaginas because it’s the most empowering smell in the world.” Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Procter & Gamble.
Oh, and your GF should go look at this hilarious thing.
BUT - a strong fishy odor is indicative of bacterial vaginosis or trichomoniasis in women. And it can be treated. BV is not a really bad thing, but no reason to have a strong smell that isn’t necessary.