# Thong underwear. Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552 "2011-07-10T22:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/61 "2011-07-13T16:34:43Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > You can’t really keep your anus clean if it leaks, can you. Can you? And these are “women’s health issues”? Someone mentions possible thong concerns and someone replies they keep their butthole spic-and-span. Good grief, why do I get involved in these kind of conversations on here, this is ridiculous. It’s a women’s health issue becaue bacteria from your anus can migrate\* forward, causing vaginal infections (not generally 🙂 a concern for men) and/or urinary tract infections (which women are more prone to getting than men). - If you have leakage/don’t keep clean/your undies don’t fit right and slide around a whole lot. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/62 "2011-07-13T16:35:35Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Don’t be obtuse dear, it’s not cute, and makes me suspicious of your butt hygiene. I thought everyone generally tried to keep their anus clean, along with the rest of their bodies. Or do we need to single that anal tidbit out, emphasize that we clean our assholes? And if someone thinks pointing that out odd, their own butt is under suspect now by DianaG? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/63 "2011-07-13T16:37:20Z")
Not nearly as much as your sense of humor is. Seriously dude… this board if FULL of TMI, our server runneth over with it. This was relatively mild and relevant to the OP. What’s leaked from your anus today that’s making you so cranky? ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/64 "2011-07-13T16:37:38Z")
What have we learned from this thread so far? “Everyone! Whether you wear thongs, briefs, boxers - whatever - don’t forget to scrub your arseholes!” ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/65 "2011-07-13T16:42:33Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > What have we learned from this thread so far? “Everyone! Whether you wear thongs, briefs, boxers - whatever - don’t forget to scrub your arseholes!” Can’t hurt; might help. (Well, okay: might hurt, if you’re using steel wool.) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/66 "2011-07-13T16:42:51Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > You can’t really keep your anus clean if it leaks, can you. Can you? And these are “women’s health issues”? Someone mentions possible thong concerns and someone replies they keep their butthole spic-and-span. Good grief, why do I get involved in these kind of conversations on here, this is ridiculous. When I was talking about women’s health issues, I was both talking about the fact that anal bacteria in the vagina=VERY BAD, as well as the mere fact of one’s vagina leaking cervical mucus. From your quote “Your what leaks?”… Because that is normal and I don’t think guys realize that always, and you know, guys just don’t have these problems. As to the rest of it, of course scrub your arseholes, but you know that anal leakage is not always under the control of the owner? Some people have tighter anuses than others. This was something that came up in a thread a few years ago. Age is a factor, I believe, as well as some other things. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/67 "2011-07-13T16:43:09Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > What have we learned from this thread so far? “Everyone! Whether you wear thongs, briefs, boxers - whatever - don’t forget to scrub your arseholes!” Whoa, who anal-leaked into your Cheerios this morning? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/68 "2011-07-13T18:19:44Z")
I believe the correct term is “spanking clean”. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/69 "2011-07-13T18:21:31Z")
I assume the “anal leakage” referred to in the OP was really just asking “do you get shit on your thong?” and the answer is “not if you have a clean anus, no”. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/70 "2011-07-13T18:27:06Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Whoa, who anal-leaked into your Cheerios this morning? No one. Everyone’s anus is clean around here. And it’s cool that we’re so proud of this fact that we share it on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/71 "2011-07-13T18:46:04Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > No one. Everyone’s anus is clean around here. > > And it’s cool that we’re so proud of this fact that we share it on the internet. Bacterial transfer is a relevant health and hygiene issue when discussing women’s underwear preferences, as is vaginal discharge. If you don’t see how those things are relevant to how women clothe their genitals, than you don’t know dick about vaginas, no matter how much you think you do. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/72 "2011-07-13T18:53:50Z")
> [@Vihaga](#): > > Bacterial transfer is a relevant health and hygiene issue when discussing women’s underwear preferences, as is vaginal discharge. If you don’t see how those things are relevant to how women clothe their genitals, than you don’t know dick about vaginas, no matter how much you think you do. You’re highfaluting your statement with someone coming right out and saying they keep their anus clean, which it seemed to me more than enough to share. It has nothing to do with what you or anyone else knows about pussies. We should pm, discuss who’s life is worse, you defending clean anuses or me defending clean anuses. Wait! We both support clean anuses! So why don’t we report to everyone here on the internet how clean our anuses are! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/73 "2011-07-13T18:59:42Z")
Are you always this tiresome? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/74 "2011-07-13T19:07:32Z")
I thought maybe I was dreaming it, so I went back to the OP. This is the relevant question: > [@](#): > > Don’t you ever worry about anal leakage or a premature menses? So rhubarbin answered a question that was directly put to people. The OP set themselves up for TMI, as did you upon reading the OP, and now you are complaining about TMI. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/75 "2011-07-13T19:10:59Z")
> [@Vihaga](#): > > … you don’t know dick about vaginas, no matter how much you think you do. I see what you did there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/76 "2011-07-13T20:44:20Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Because it’s not always, ummm, practical in a short skirt or dress. 🙂 Like that little fabric band-aid preserves your modesty when your dress blows over your head? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/77 "2011-07-13T20:46:57Z")
Better’n nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/78 "2011-07-13T21:18:32Z")
Women have anuses? I’m SO grossed out! Granted, its explains a lot! ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/79 "2011-07-14T03:20:53Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > I assume the “anal leakage” referred to in the OP was really just asking “do you get shit on your thong?” and the answer is “not if you have a clean anus, no”. This was my interpretation as well. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552/80 "2011-07-14T03:39:48Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Women have anuses? I’m SO grossed out! You’re still a virgin, right? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thong-underwear-why/588552.md?page=5)