# Would women be gynecologically healthier if they wore skirts and no underwear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 4, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007 "2003-08-04T23:51:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/61 "2003-08-09T18:11:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*…and never wear underwear at night. \*\* Why not? That seems sort of random. What’s different between night and day? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/62 "2003-08-11T12:38:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*Anyway, it is mentioned that everywhere, except in England, women had some kind of underwear/drawer system. But not in England, for some unspecified reason. \*\* Won’t anybody PLEASE think of England? It’s your duty, you know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/63 "2003-08-11T12:47:27Z")
Nim, for the record, women talk about yeast infections all the time. I don’t know why, and I’ve never had anything to contribute to the conversation, but yeah…they talk about them a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/64 "2003-08-11T12:52:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\*Why not? That seems sort of random. What’s different between night and day? \*\* Not so much because it’s night, but wearing undies 24/7 is a good way to get an infection. The area has to be aired out. ---
**Author:** ![Chagto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Chagto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chagto)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/65 "2003-08-11T12:53:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MelCthefirst \* > \*\*So why did the notion of underwear take-off? (he he) > And how do I put this delicately…who wants vaginal juices on their sofa or back of skirt or trouser crotch? \*\* (underlining mine) :eek: how, exactly, do u sit on ur sofa??? ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/66 "2003-08-14T06:52:26Z")
As long as we’re on topic, a gyno friend once told me that TONS of women come in for their pills or depo, happily announce they’ve never had any problems at all, and then are discovered to have a cooter crawling with thrush. I was never eager to wear a damn thong, be she told me she expects to buy a summer home soon from all the problems they cause. If I remember correctly from history of custume, most people who wear clothes have worn some sort of naughty bits cover to prevent staining the clothes. There might have been a chapter on “skid marks throughout history.” ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/67 "2003-08-14T11:41:47Z")
…wouldbe much healthierif they didn’t wearundies as well! Apart from bacteria and skin fungi, the fact is, men who wear tight-fittin undies also have lower sperm counts (having the testes scrunched up keeps them too warm, killing all those sperm cells. Men,go commando! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/68 "2003-08-14T13:13:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\*Why not? That seems sort of random. What’s different between night and day? \*\* Why, night and day are as different as…well…um… And what was the greatest thing before sliced bread while we’re at it? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/69 "2003-08-14T13:15:38Z")
mmmm, thongs. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/70 "2003-08-14T23:26:52Z")
It’s pretty obvious what “go commando” means, but where the hell did the term come from? I’ve been racking my brain trying to find a connection. BTW; Cool people call it “freebaggin” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/71 "2003-08-15T01:11:02Z")
> [@](#): > > * * * > > ## Originally posted by MelCthefirst So why did the notion of underwear take-off? (he he) And how do I put this delicately…who wants vaginal juices on their sofa or back of skirt or trouser crotch? > > (underlining mine) > > how, exactly, do u sit on ur sofa??? Same as everybody else. Once the gate opens you have eight seconds to stay on while I tell you how good your sister was… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/72 "2003-08-15T01:26:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\*It’s pretty obvious what “go commando” means, but where the hell did the term come from? I’ve been racking my brain trying to find a connection. > BTW; Cool people call it “freebaggin” 😛 \*\* And here I always thought that term was _free-ballin’_… ---
**Author:** ![bettyspaghetti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bettyspaghetti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bettyspaghetti)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/73 "2003-08-15T02:14:14Z")
My dude knows that he’s gonna score if I wear undies to bed. If I come to bed wearing no bottoms he knows it lights out and no nookie. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007/74 "2003-08-15T03:09:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMensch \* > \*\*And here I always thought that term was _free-ballin’_… \*\* Nah. Too blatant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-women-be-gynecologically-healthier-if-they-wore-skirts-and-no-underwear/193007.md?page=3)