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Monday 8 September, 2008
 12:51 | 5/Jul/2007 |  38 Comment(s)
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Underwears or no underwears? Shall we wear them at all??



For ladies out there, the question of wearing panties is mostly attached with the hygiene viewpoint. There is some amount of normal vaginal secretion that comes out of vagina to keep its inner wall moistened. Wearing panty prevents staining but by wearing panty all the time, without frequent change (twice a day atleast) may lead to repeated bacterial and fungal infection. As of the normal anatomy, as the vagina and the anus is closely situated in females, the chances of Urinary infection is higher than the boys. So for ladies, frequent change is more important than duration; more so when they are having periods

For boys, the indication for the use of underwear is totally different. As they grow with their age, the size of their crotch increases which looks very awkward as such. So parents’ advice for the use of underwears. They may be of three types- the boxer type, briefs and micro briefs. There is one more type which generally Saadhus and wrestlers use- a triangular loin cloth with a long strip, just like a flag, called KAUPEEN in sanskrit. To use underwear or not is of more importance for males because of medical reason quite unknown to many.
All the vital body organs of human body is well protected anatomically. Brain by the tough skull, Heart and lungs by the tough chest wall, abdominal soft organs by tough muscles of stomach and thick layer of fat underneath. But one of the most vital organs in boys- the scrotum- simply dangles between the legs, WHY? There is reason behind this great creation of God. The production of healthy sperms needs a temperature one degree less than the body temp. So for adequate temp regulation God has given it place outside the body. In winters when external temp is low, the scrotum raises itself up and the testicles touch the skin to get some heat. In hot summer days and after strenuous exercise, when body get hotter, the scrotum descends further down to protect testes.


If someone wears tight briefs and loincloth all the times, the basic purpose of formation of scrotum is killed. Due to external pressure from tight undy, testes touch body all the time and the adequate temperature difference is hampered. And hence there arises a probability that the person may get azoospermia (a condition when there is no sperm in semen) or oligospermia (less than normal sperm count).


So my advice for boys is to wear underwear only when necessary. Preferably don’t wear it when you go to sleep. Very tight briefs are a strict no-no. Try to keep check on your frequent erections by keeping check on erotic thoughts and not hiding them wearing tight briefs.






Naxt article...coming soon....nappies or no nappies...shall we use them for babies at all?

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