4. Douching Can be Used as Birth Control
Some girls may think that if they douche after sex, they won’t get pregnant. Unfortunately, this is untrue. Even if you rinse your vagina with water, vinegar, or whatever, your partner’s sperm may still have ended up in your vagina. Not only that, but douching with various products could end up giving you a yeast infection or vaginal discomfort. Totally not worth it. What girls should do instead is get on regular birth control (the pill or an IUD) and have their partners wear a condom. Always. The bottom line: if his penis is going in your va-jay-jay, there is a serious risk of getting pregnant, so if he isn’t wearing a condom, no amount of douching will help you.
3. It’s Easy to Spot an STD
Oh, those pesky sexually-transmitted diseases. They are always ruining the fun for us, right? Well, many people may think that they will know if their partner has an STD. And how is that? There really is no way to just know whether or not your partner has HPV, gonorrhea, or some other malady. Sometimes a person can have an STD without having any symptoms or feelings of discomfort, making it just about impossible to detect an STD. And while you can ask about your partner’s sexual past and previous partners, if they don’t get tested, you have no way of truly knowing.
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