Douching

A lot of gay and bi guys like to keep things neat and tidy. This habit can extend to our assholes. You might say we’re “anal-attentive”. Bad puns aside, washing up before getting fucked is pretty common. The best way to clear your self out is to take a good, solid shit ahead of time. But what if you don’t have to go? Don’t worry. Most fecal matter doesn’t show up in your ass until just before you have to take a shit anyways, and you usually know when something’s cooking down there.

But a lot of guys like to avoid the mess and make sure that they’re extra clean, hence, enemas and anal douching. The trouble with douching is that the chemicals destroy the thin cellular lining (or epithelium) in your ass. This exposes your lymphocytes and macrophages, which are cells that HIV targets. Like with Nonoxynol-9, douching increases your HIV risk while getting fucked! Also, it’s unlikely that you’ll get all of the chemical fluid out of your ass before getting fucked, since it does take awhile to evacuate. And if you think douching after anal sex is a way of practicing safer sex, think again. An enema will actually push semen and other fluids farther up into your ass.

So, if you’re worried about fecal matter during anal sex, the best thing to do is wipe down the asshole before and use dental dams or other barriers for rimming and latex or polyurethane condoms for fucking. Licking an asshole is a good way to get hepatitis A, herpes, parasites, and/or orally syphilis or gonorrhea.

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