I hide threads with the word "douche" or some variant of it in the subject

[undeterred]

Seriously, I think its demeaning to women. JMHO

[redqueen]

1. .

:rofl:











Wait, this is a joke, right?

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Did you hide your own thread?

It does have the word 'douche' in it...;)

[Swede]

3. It is the French word for shower.

Are you an anti-Frenchite?

[Goldmund]

4. LOL

:rofl:

Do you also scrub your monitor with garlic?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

5. I think hiding threads with the word "douche" in them ...

.... is rampantly sexist.

[Rick Myers]

6. Don't be a shower!

;)

[BikeWriter]

7. This thread is on ignore.

[matcom]

8. VINEGAR IS EEEEVVVVIIIILLLLLLL

and water is satan's blood

and your thread is wierd

[bicentennial_baby]

9. It means shower in French

Je me suis douchée à 6h hier matin.
I showered at 6 yesterday morning.

[wallwriter]

10. What about "douchebag?"

That's another story entirely.

[sniffa]

11. he said variant

[wallwriter]

15. True, but people keep saying "shower,"

And I thought I'd just broaden the spectrum of meaning just a bit.

[LeftyMom]

12. I think douche ads are demeaning to women

with the implication that we're dirty. After all, there's no special ballskin wash for men.

"Douche" as insult is stupid and tacky, but it isn't sexist because smart women don't use that shit.

[matcom]

13. you said "ballskin"

:rofl:

[undeterred]

14. Calling someone a "douchebag" is meant to insult or demean someone

by implying that they are as nasty as women's genitals. When I see someone using that as an insult, 99% of the time they are male, and I infer from it that they really despise women.

[sniffa]

16. aLrighty then

see ya

[wallwriter]

17. A former boss of mine used to use say the word on occasion

And we made fun of him because it sounded ridiculous. George Carlin also had a line or two about that word on one of his albums--funny because of how silly it was. It would be demeaning to women if anyone took the word seriously as an insult, but I don't think anyone has in a few decades.

[redqueen]

18. haaahaahaaahaahaha! Ballskin wash!

I gotta invent some tonight! That sounds like a niche that really needs to be exploited!

:evilgrin:

[LeftyMom]

19. Make it flavored and you'll retire a billionare

I weant a cut, 'cause it's my idea.

[enigmatic]

21. Ballskin Wash is a GREAT name for a band...

I may have to get another one together just for that...

[trof]

22. I think yer on to something.

Maybe with an exfoliant for that smoooooth look?

"MEN! Embarrassed by BSO* and an overly hirsute scrotum?
You NEED the all new, non-toxic, bio-degradable, user-friendly
SCRO-NEET!
Choose from he-man fragrances of Saddle Leather, Ribs-On-The-Grill, or
Lime-Green-John-Deere.

Available at selected Rite Aids, Walgreens, Eckards everywhere."

oh yeah
;-)

*Bad Scrotum Odor

[Blue-Jay]

34. Bag Balm?

[trof]

20. Ballskin? I've never heard "ballskin".

Scrotum?
yep
Even nutsack.
But never before ballskin.
Could be a whole new thang.
"Hey, bubba. How's yer ballskin hangin'?"
I dunno
:shrug:
Is this an Ess-Eee-Ex thread?
;-)

[skygazer]

38. Yeah, but there are "jock itch" products

What lovely mental pictures that brings up!

[demily]

23. I'm a woman and I use it all the time

I just think it's a funny word. I say goddamn all the time too and I don't even believe in God. Once words become swear words they lose most of their original meaning, if you ask me.

On Edit: I also call people dicks, is that demeaning to men?

[undeterred]

26. I think they lose their force for the user, but not for other people

who hear it.

I say "shit" and it doesn't seem like swearing to me, but its offensive to my mother and to some other people I know who don't swear that much. And forget about anything stronger than that. She thinks "fart" is the F word.

On the "dicks" question, you'd have to get feedback from men.

[demily]

27. What about pussy? n/t

[BlueIris]

24. Personally, I've found that as long as it's being used perjoratively

and not as part of an insult directed at a woman, my hackles stay down.

[undeterred]

25. It usually is directed at men when people use it, but to me

it also insults every woman within earshot.

[name not needed]

28. Ironically, I accidentally ignored this thread a few seconds ago.

I can be such a douche sometimes :spank:

[SarahB]

29. Douche is unhealthy for women.

It forces dangerous bacteria up and can kill the beneficial bacteria. In other words, don't use it. It screws up your system. Regular showering is plenty enough. Besides, who wants to smell like a mountain freakin' breeze? It's not natural.

[Bunny]

30. I understand this word causes consternation for some women.

It happens to be one of my favorites, though. I use it to refer to men and women, without distinction. And I'd put my feminist cred up against anyone else's, too.

I understand what you're saying, though. One of my pet peeves is when people use the word "retard". I absolutely loathe that word, others think it's no big deal. :shrug:

BTW - I think there is a "ballskin" cleaner. It's called a washcloth.

[undeterred]

31. thank you for being the first to acknowledge what I was trying to express

in this post. This word makes me cringe, as 'retard' probably does for you. If I hear "douchebag" a million times it will not take away what it implies to me- that the vilest comment someone could think of is to compare them to something as rank as womens genitals.

Men aren't taught that their bodies require the use an entire aisle of "sanitary" and "hygenic" products to make them acceptable. Women are.

[Bunny]

33. Yeah, women are given the impression that their vagina is dirty.

But I think we're starting to move away from that, at least I hope we are. I don't think douches and feminine sprays are used at anywhere near the rate they used to be. I hope that our younger women and girls are able to understand that they don't need to douche.

[undeterred]

37. I agree, and I think most women know that under normal circumstances its

unnecessary. I'm not sure men understand that though. And when I hear the douchebag insult the negative view of 'women as rank' is packed into it.

[fleabert]

32. douches are bad for women.

seriously.

[SarahB]

35. Yep, I posted my rant up above.

The fact that women think they actually need it concerns me more than the word. It's rarely necessary and should only be prescribed IMHO (like a Betadine douche for a serious bacterial infection).

[fleabert]

36. me too.

I have never had one, and would only if a midwife recommended it strongly. that was never a place god intended vinegar to go!

[Left Is Write]

40. Yup. They can wash out the GOOD stuff that needs to be there.

I'd guess that women who douche have higher rates of infections, yeast and otherwise.

[undeterred]

41. Every part of the body has its normal "flora" and pH

Taking an oral antibiotic for one illness can cause problems by disrupting the normal flora in lots of other places.

[rug]

39. Touche