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From: vosk0001@gold.tc.umn.edu (Denise L Voskuil)
Subject: Re: Useless forms of birth control
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 15:04:19 GMT

In <CrwK9n.5nM@info.bris.ac.uk> pamkb@mail.bris.ac.uk (M K Bennett) writes: >Well, there are the old ones of using a crisp (chips as americans call
>them) packet as a condom or a quick douse with coke. The coke one
>actually will work as the coke is very acidic, stick a copper coin in it
>over night and see how shiny it is the following morning.

Arrgh! Please tell me you're trolling! This might work in theory, but is useless in practice. Here's a reference:

Hyde, J.S. (1990). _Understanding_Human_Sexuality_ (4th ed.). New

York: McGraw-Hill.
p. 173: "Some people believe that douching (flushing the vagina) with any one of a variety of solutions is an effective contraception technique. A popular rumor among teenagers is that douching with Coca-Cola will prevent pregnancy. Unfortunately, while it is true that acidic solutions will kill sperm, it takes only a minute for some of the sperm to reach the cervical mucus; once there, they are free to continue moving up into the uterus, and no douching solution will reach them. The woman would have to be a championship sprinter to get herself up and douched soon enough. And the douche itself may even push some sperm up into the uterus. Douching, therefore, is just not effective as a contraceptive method."

Denise "just trying to prevent any accidental pregnancies" Voskuil


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