# Vagina Boiling & You \*internal screaming\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327 "2019-08-27T19:07:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/21 "2019-08-27T22:12:19Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > It’s definitely been in the news lately - but [not in a good way](https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49278279). Clicks link. Reads. “…vulva facials…” 1. WTF??? 2. Band name!!! 3. No seriously, WTF??? (At work, cannot Google) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/22 "2019-08-27T22:16:40Z")
I can hold my hand above a pot of boiling water without scalding myself, so presumably you can sit above one as well, as long as you’re careful how you arrange things. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/23 "2019-08-27T22:40:03Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > You may not believe this, but women have been known to lie about their periods. When you are with them, having sex every day, it’s much harder to lie, and I am only speaking about the time I was with her, but with that evidence accepting her claim as well. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/24 "2019-08-27T22:41:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So many questions…that I am wise enough not to ask. I’m glad you found something that will help you sleep at night, God Bless. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/25 "2019-08-27T22:42:19Z")
\: This thread reminds me of a story Barbara Ehrehreich told in a talk of hers I went to. She mentioned to her gynecologist that she had examined her vagina by sticking a dentist’s mirror up and he said to her, horrified: “You must never insert anything there unless it has been sterilized.” “Really,” she said, “Would boiling for ten minutes be sufficient?” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/26 "2019-08-27T23:10:58Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > \: This thread reminds me of a story Barbara Ehrehreich told in a talk of hers I went to. She mentioned to her gynecologist that she had examined her vagina by sticking a dentist’s mirror up and he said to her, horrified: “You must never insert anything there unless it has been sterilized.” “Really,” she said, “Would boiling for ten minutes be sufficient?” Was the dental mirror like a colonoscope, with a camera attached? I could totally imagine Barbara Ehrenreich doing something like this, BTW. How would she expect to have sex, use tampons, etc.? This gynecologist must have been an idiot, and based on the horror stories I’ve heard about OB/GYNs, I would actually expect something like that from a woman. :smack: (I just use a hand mirror when I need to visually inspect my girly bits. For instance, I have been very itchy “down there” and the mirror showed that I had a nasty-looking mosquito bite in that area.) I first heard about this from Ms. Paltrow, and it sounded like a bad idea on so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/27 "2019-08-27T23:13:26Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > I knew someone, and I say KNEW someone for 9 months. Her cycle was exactly synced to the full moon, each and every time. She claims it has always been so. I can just tell from the blood and her stating it for me to realize it. Some women do have extremely regular cycles, even if they aren’t on the Pill or other hormonal birth control. I personally find the story believable. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/28 "2019-08-27T23:15:12Z")
I heard about the steamed clam trend earler this month in reference to [a woman becoming overcooked](https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49278279). (ETA I see I was ninja’d by DrDibble) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/29 "2019-08-27T23:19:38Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > But _which_ herbs? Basil? Catnip? Aloe Vera? Let’s just say after making love, your bedroom smells like a New York pizzeria. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/30 "2019-08-28T00:59:35Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It’s been a fad lately. I know Chrissy Teigen was on TMZ or People doing it. I’d pay a dollar and a quarter to watch that. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/31 "2019-08-28T01:37:41Z")
No,no,no, no,no, no, no, no. NOT ME! I have a friend who got her bits waxed in June. She’s still bitching about it. Think I’ll call her and tell her about this. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/32 "2019-08-28T02:12:15Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Clicks link. > > Reads. > > “…vulva facials…” > > 1. WTF??? > 2. Band name!!! > 3. No seriously, WTF??? (At work, cannot Google) I think that’s a category on Pornhub. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/33 "2019-08-28T02:42:31Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > But _which_ herbs? Basil? Catnip? Aloe Vera? Catnip? Hahaha! You slipped that one in there on purpose, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/34 "2019-08-28T03:16:24Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > \: This thread reminds me of a story Barbara Ehrehreich told in a talk of hers I went to. She mentioned to her gynecologist that she had examined her vagina by sticking a dentist’s mirror up and he said to her, horrified: “You must never insert anything there unless it has been sterilized.” “Really,” she said, “Would boiling for ten minutes be sufficient?” Nurse! I said to prick Mr. Smith’s boil! ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/35 "2019-08-28T03:55:25Z")
Such an interesting sociological phenomenon. One part faux-mystical quackery packaged and sold as medicine, one part female body- and sex-shaming (your genitals are so filthy they need to be dry-cleaned!) packaged and sold as self-care. Like a centaur, with its mouth sewn to its own anus. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/36 "2019-08-28T04:02:33Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I think that’s a category on Pornhub. If it isn’t, it soon will be. (Rule 34b) ---
**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 28, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/37 "2019-08-28T04:24:18Z")
I thought Gwyneth Paltrow’s whole thing was about [shoving jade eggs up your bits](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45426332)? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/38 "2019-08-28T05:02:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I can hold my hand above a pot of boiling water without scalding myself, so presumably you can sit above one as well, as long as you’re careful how you arrange things. Now that’s just _asking_ for trouble. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/39 "2019-08-28T07:10:28Z")
I’m trying to picture the situation. Is this just a bowl of nice steaming rose water or is there a hot plate involved? Heck, you might as well throw in some anal bleaching to give the whole nether region a make over. The way things go nowadays some version of this will migrate to the men’s side of the bed. I’ll tell you right now Mr Smarty isn’t going anywhere near something steaming hot unless it’s attached to a MILF. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327/40 "2019-08-28T10:11:42Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Let’s just say after making love, your bedroom smells like a New York pizzeria. Mmmm, garlic, oregano, & warm bread all smell wonderful. I’d be disappointed if she _didn’t_ have a slice sitting on the nightstand for afterwards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-boiling-you-internal-screaming/839327.md?page=3)