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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone

This has always and still confuses the hell outta me. No matter what site I'm on these jokes/references tend to get tons of likes and upvotes and I'm just sitting there like "...what?" because

A bit TMI/NSFWmine just smells like skin, like how my armpits smell and another smell I can best describe as the back of a games console when it's hot. NEVER what I'd describe as "fishy"

Just saw a post where this guy said the reason he isn't into women is because every girl/woman smelled like "rotten lobster" down there and I'm just sitting there confused. TMAU is a thing and can be very debilitating, but it's also quite rare and affects both men and women

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[-] Pipster 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A lot of it is just purile men being 'funny' and not realising how much it can hurt people. However it is a real thing for some people but TMAU isn't the main reason why smells like that can be common. Most of the time it would be bacterial vaginosis which, can be caused by being overzealous with hygiene, affecting the natural flora balance and resulting in an establishment of bacteria that produce trymethylamine.

Its cruel because people think that the cause is poor hygiene and further over-attention just causes it to persist when it actually needs treatment with antibiotics etc.

[-] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

And I think they're finally acknowledged that bv is a sexual transmitted infection.

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