Women and Water

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Women and Water
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Fri, 06-02-2006 - 11:40am

My SO told me when women swim, scuba dive, or use the bathtub, sea water or bath water enters the vagina. And when standing, it drains back out.

Is she kidding, or is water really forced inside?

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In reply to: sumguy13
Fri, 06-02-2006 - 11:46am

she's kidding! the vagina is not an open pipe.

does it go up your bum during the same activities and come out when you stand up?




Edited 6/2/2006 11:48 am ET by sugarbeat
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In reply to: sumguy13
Fri, 06-02-2006 - 12:40pm
I agree with Sugar that the vagina is collapsed when not aroused, but it also depends on the individual woman how MUCH it collapses. IF she has had large babies, and her vagina is very relaxed from delivery, or the top of her vagina has never touched the bottom in an nonaroused state, she may not completely close up. I know that air can be taken into the vagina in some exercise positions, so why not water?
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In reply to: sumguy13
Fri, 06-02-2006 - 1:03pm

FORCED in? Where is "force" in bath water, or sea/pool water? The only possibility is in a hot tub, where there are "jets"......or trying to have intercourse in water...when the water could be pushed in by the penis.

If that were true, women would always be getting vaginal infections....from dirty/soapy bath water, or chlorinated pool water, or salty sea water, or polluted lake water.

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In reply to: sumguy13
Fri, 06-02-2006 - 4:33pm

Having never owned one, are a ladies muscles up front as strong at contracting as everyone else's backside muscles? When not aroused and legs in any position, does the portal remain constantly airtight?

Would jumping into water naked (or swim suit?) with legs open force water in, or would arousal make a difference? If as Kat says the vaginal posterior was not collapsed, or air was inside, several feet depth of water has considerable pressure and would displace it without a good seal in front.

During IC in water, does the penis push water in? I've participated in lakes, oceans, and tubs with partners. Entering slowly and keeping close contact, I've never felt water enter with me from outside. (Amazing how such different organs can form a perfect seal!) Maybe it's different immediately after I depart?

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In reply to: sumguy13
Fri, 06-02-2006 - 5:55pm
A vagina is never "airtight." In certain positions, it opens a little. Ask any woman who's done floor exercises or poses in a yoga class!
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In reply to: sumguy13
Fri, 06-02-2006 - 6:28pm

Back in school, I never understood why the coach would taunt...
Refrain from sex before athletic competition.

With it possibly opening a little, it goes double for female athletics. LOL.

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In reply to: sumguy13
Sat, 06-03-2006 - 9:21am

I don't know how old you are Sumguy, but there's no longer a ban on sex before the "big game". Years ago, it was thought that sex "sapped the strenghth", and it's known now that it doesn't.

And I doubt very much if it has any effect on female athletes, either!

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Sat, 06-03-2006 - 9:35am

Ok, I suppose jumping feet first from a 12' board, and the legs wide open it's possible to force water into the vagina. But most women don't DO that! There is also the crotch of the the bathing suit that holds everything pretty tight! Bathing suits, as opposed to normal underwear are TIGHT!

There is also the phenomenon of the shifting uterus. Have you ever experienced a "cuif" or "vaginal fart"? When a woman's body is in a position where her pelvis is higher than her trunk, particularly after a woman has had a few children (but it can happen to anyone, even those who haven't had children) the uterus, along with everything else in the torso shifts upwards. Air is sucked into the vagina. When the body returns to the upright or supine position, the air comes out, because there's no place else for it to go when the uterus moves back down into it's "normal" position. So I guess it would be possible for water to be sucked in just the same way.

I think that no matter how careful you are, IC under water is going to force a little water in, and the more thrusting, the more water will enter....as evidenced by a change in the natural lubrication.......plain water isn't much good for lubrication.

But all of these things are extreme examples. Just a "normal" bath or swimming isn't going to "force" water into a vagina.