March 9, 2026
Why the World Uses Bidets… But Americans Don’t
In this episode of the Chasing Eden Podcast, Caroline Thompson explores a topic that many Americans rarely talk about but billions of people around the world consider completely normal — the use of bidets. Where did the bidet originate? Why do so many cultures rely on water instead of toilet paper for hygiene? And why has American culture historically resisted something that much of the world sees as common sense? This episode takes a fascinating journey through the history of bidets, from 18th-century Europe to the advanced hygiene technology used in modern Japan.Along the way, Caroline explores the health, comfort, and environmental benefits that have caused bidets to surge in popularity in recent years. Many wellness voices and natural health advocates emphasize that small daily habits can significantly affect our overall health and inflammation levels. Using water instead of friction-based cleaning can be gentler on the body, improve hygiene, and reduce irritation for many people. As more Americans begin questioning long-standing habits, many are rediscovering a simple practice that aligns with how the body was designed to function.This episode also looks at the cultural taboos and embarrassment surrounding bathroom hygiene in American society, and why such conversations are often avoided even when they could improve health and comfort. By examining global traditions and modern wellness insights, this conversation invites listeners to rethink everyday habits and rediscover practical wisdom that has existed for centuries. Sometimes the path to better health isn’t complicated — it’s simply remembering what works.Keywordsbidet benefits history of bidets bidets around the world why use a bidet bidet hygiene benefits bidet vs toilet paper natural hygiene habits gut health and hygiene bathroom hygiene health ancient hygiene practices clean living habits eco friendly bathroom habits health benefits of bidets modern hygiene practices sustainable bathroom habitsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Welcome back to the Chasing Eden podcast, where we rediscover
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our body's divine design. I'm your host, Carolyn Thompson. Thank
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you for joining me today. We are diving into a
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topic that for some people might feel unexpected, maybe even
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a little uncomfortable at first. But I think it's one
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of those conversations that really fits the heart of this
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podcast because it sits right at the intersection of health culture, habits,
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and the small, every day choices that shape how we
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feel in our bodies. I'm talking about the history of
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biday use around the world, and yes, I know for
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some people in America, just hearing the word the day
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brings up one of three reactions. Either people laugh, they
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get slightly embarrassed, or they think of some fancy European
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bathroom in a hotel somewhere. But the deeper I looked
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into this topic, the more I realized it's actually about
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much more than a bathroom fixture. It's about how cultures
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define cleanliness. It's about what becomes normal and what becomes taboo.
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It's about how one society can see a daily health
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practice as obvious, while another society can avoid talking about it.
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Our bodies were not designed randomly. They have patterns, they
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have needs, they respond to good care, and often the
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most practical forms of care are not the flashiest ones.
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Sometimes they are the old ways. Sometimes they are the quiet,
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common sense habits that modern culture ignored for too long.
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So today we're going to talk about where the bidet
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came from, how different parts of the world have used
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water for cleansing for generations, why the United States in
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particular has resisted it, why there's often embarrassment and taboo
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around the subject, and why more people are now rethinking
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it from a health, comfort and even a stewardship perspective.
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We're also going to talk about how broader wellness voices
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is like people like doctor Ax, Jordan Ruben, Dave Asbury,
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Gary Breca, Doctor Pampa, and others consistently point back to
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the same larger principle. Small daily habits shape how the
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body functions. And I think that's really the story underneath
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all of this, not just the bidet itself, but what
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it reveals about us, what we normalize, what we resist,
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what we are willing to question, and what happens when
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we revisit a simple practice and realize maybe this actually
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makes a lot more sense than we thought. One of
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the most important things to understand at the very beginning
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is this, The idea of using water for personal cleansing
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is not some niche modern trend. It is not a
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luxury bad and it's not a quirky invention for rich people.
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The use of water for cleansing after using the restroom
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has deep roots in human history, and it remains common
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across large parts of the world today. In many Muslim
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majority countries, South Asian cultures, Southeast Asian cultures, and parts
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of Europe and East Asia, water based cleansing has long
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been treated as normal hygiene. In Japan, electronic bidet toilets
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became mainstream household technology over the late twentieth and early
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twenty first centuries, and Japanese tourism materials openly described them
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as being at the forefront of sanitation and universal design.
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That alone should make Americans pause for a second, because
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if billions of people across many generations and many civilizations
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have looked at water based cleansing as the obvious option,
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then maybe the strange thing is not the bidet. Maybe
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the strange thing is us. And I don't say that critically.
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I say that Honestly, in America, many of us grew
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up thinking toilet paper was just the standard end of discussion.
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That was normal. That was what holmes had, that was
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what stores sold, that was what commercials promoted. That was
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what everyone used. And because everyone used it, very few
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people stopped to ask whether it was actually the best method.
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But the more you step outside that cultural bubble, the
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more obvious the question becomes. If your hands were dirty,
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would you use dry paper and call that clean? Probably not.
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If your child got mud on their leg, or syrup
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on their arm, or grease on their face, would you
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gently wipe once or twice with dry tissue and say
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that's good enough. Of course not. You would instinctively reach
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for water. And that is one of the reasons this
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conversation matters. It is not mainly about luxury. It's about logic.
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Water rinses, water removes residue, Water can clean gently without
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as much friction. And once you look at that question
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that way, it becomes harder not to see the basic
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common sense underneath it. Now, the modern bidet as a
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fixture is usually traced to France. In the earliest eighteenth century,
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the word bidet came to refer to a small washing fixture,
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and likely drew its name from the straddling posture used
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while sitting on it, like riding a small horse or
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quote unquote little horse. Early versions were used by the
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French upper class before modern indoor plumbing became widespread. They
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were not originally built into toilets. They were separate fixtures
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used for intimate washing, often placed in bedrooms near chamber pots.
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Over time, as indoor plumbing developed, they migrated into bathrooms
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and became more standardized in parts of Europe. So yes,
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the bidet fixture has a French story, but the larger
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practice cleansing with water is far older and far wider
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than France. And I think that matters because sometimes when
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Americans hear the word bidet, they immediately categorize it as foreign, fancy, impractical,
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or a little ridiculous. But when you look at the
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bigger global picture, what you actually see is a huge
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swathe of humanity saying water is more hygienic than dry
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paper alone. And that's not eccentric, that's not ancient, that's
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actually ancient practicality. So often modern people assume that newer
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equals smarter, but a lot of the time, the best
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path forward is a rediscovery. It's seeing that older cultures
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or other cultures preserved something wise that we discarded. So
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if using water makes so much sense, why did the
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bidet and related water cleansing practices become normal in some
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places but not in others? That question turns out to
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be more cultural than medical. In countries like Italy, Spain, Portugal,
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parts of the Middle East, and much of Asia, the
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bidet or some form of water cleansing became incorporated into
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the larger idea of cleanliness, family life, modesty, and routine care.
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In Japan, for example, modern bidet toilets became household norms
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over time. A Japanese features report notes that household ownership
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of high tech bidet toilets rose dramatically from the early
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nineteen nineties and became standard equipment in many homes. Japanese
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tourism materials now present them as part of the country's
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leadership in sanitation, accessibility, and thoughtful restroom design. In other words,
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the bidet wasn't treated as a weird extra It was
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treated as a civilized convenience, a normal part of taking
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care of yourself, a practical extension of water cleanlyinesiness and comfort,
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and that cultural framing makes all of the difference, because
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once something is normalized, people stop feeling awkward about it.
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Parents teach it to children, hotels include it, manufacturers improve it.
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It becomes familiar, It becomes unsurprising. That is not what
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happened in the United States. The American story is very different.
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The bidet never fully entered mainstream American architecture, plumbing expectations,
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or consumer culture. Several factors seem to have contributed to that.
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One of the most widely repeated historical explanations is that
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American soldiers stationed in Europe during World War II often
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encountered beidays in brothels and came home with an association
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between beidays and sexual impropriety. Popular histories and reported commentary
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have repeated that stigma as one reason the bidet never
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took root in the US the way that it did
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in other places. At the same time, American bathroom design
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had already leaned heavily toward the toilet paper model, and
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a large tissue industry, surprise, had every incentive to keep
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that habit dominant. The pandemic era toilet paper shortages of
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twenty twenty then pushed many Americans to reconsider bidets for
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the first time, leading to a noticeable jump in awareness
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and sales. And that right there is pretty fascinating because
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it means American's resistance wasn't primarily based on a careful
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analysis of health outcomes. It was shipped by stigma, habit
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industry and inherited discomfort. And honestly, once you see that,
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it's hard to unsee it. How many things in our
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culture are treated as normal, not because they are best,
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but because they became familiar. And how many things are
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treated as strange, not because they are bad, but because
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they challenge what we already grew up with. That's not
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just a bidet question. That's a culture question, and if
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we're humble enough, it can become a health question too,
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because one of the most unhelpful things human beings do
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is cling to discomfort simply because it is familiar. We
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do it with food, we do it with sleep habits,
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we do it with stress, we do it with toxic routines,
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and yes, sometimes we do it with hygiene. We're going
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to pause right here for a quick break. When we
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come back, I want to dig deeper into the American
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resistance to bidets, the embarrassment, the taboo, the awkwardness, and
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why it has lingered for so long. And after that
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we'll move into the health side of the conversation because
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that's where this topic gets especially interesting. Stay with us,
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Welcome back. Let's talk now about something that is not
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technical at all, but emotional and cultural embarrassment, because I
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really think that embarrassment is one of the main reasons
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this subject stays in the shadows. In America, bathroom talk
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is usually treated as inappropriate, crude, or private to the
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point of silence. Now, of course modesty has value, discretion
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has value, but not every subject. It has to be
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public conversation. Sometimes that cultural silence becomes so strong that
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we can't even discuss practical health topics without people getting
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nervous or making jokes. Andbidays sit right in that uncomfortable space.
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They force people to think about a bodily process that
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most would rather ignore. They force people to compare methods
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of cleaning. They expose the fact that what feels normal
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to us may not actually be ideal, And they poke
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at the mythology of American self confidence in a funny way.
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Because here is this one area where huge portions of
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the world quietly do something more water based, more gentle,
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and our arguably more intuitive, and Americans respond by acting
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like that is the odd behavior. It seems backwards, and
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the taboo gets stronger because the topic touches on shame.
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A lot of people do not want to feel inexperienced.
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They do not want to admit they don't really know
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what a bidet is or how it works. They don't
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want to feel like they're asking a ridiculous question. They
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do not want to say out loud, actually I'm only
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ever used toilet paper? Is there a better way? But
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I think there is something really healthy about asking practical
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questions without shame. The body isn't shameful, The body has
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needs hiding isn't crass, it's care. And one of the
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quieter harms of taboo culture is that people live with
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avoidable discomfort because no one taught them to think differently.
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There are probably listeners right now who have dealt with irritation, tenderness, hemorrhoids,
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postpartum sensitivity, mobility challenges, or chronic digestive trouble, and yet
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they've never once seriously considered whether a genle er cleansing
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method might help, not because they're unintelligent, not because they
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don't care, but because this simply was not part of
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the conversation. And I think that's changing, partly through travel,
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partly through internet culture, partly through wellness discussions, and partly
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because once people try a bid day, many of them
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realized they had an outdated assumption. That's one reason the
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twenty twenty toilet paper shortages mattered culturally. It wasn't just
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that people needed an alternative, it was that an emergency
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forced them to question something they had never questioned before.
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During that period, multiple reports described a surge in Biday's
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sales and consumer curiosity in North America as people discovered
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that but once felt foreign, could actually be practical and comfortable.
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Sometimes a shortage reveals how dependent a culture has become
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on one narrow method, and sometimes it opens the door
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to common sense. So let's move into the health side,
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and let me say clearly, a bidet is not some
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miracle device. It is not going to fix every health problem.
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It is not a magical cureal. But in terms of
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hygiene and comfort, the logic is pretty straightforward. Water cleans
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more effectively than dry wiping alone. That basic principle shows
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up in mainstream medical guidance too. Cleveland Clinic says bidets
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can be more sanitary than toilet paper, and notes that
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they may be especially gentle for people with hemorrhoids, irritation,
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or sensitive skin. Harvard Health Guidance for Hemorrhoids likewise recommends
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gentle cleaning with warm water in wood horns, that aggressive
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rubbing and scrubbing can make symptoms worse. And that is
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an important point, not just cleaning, but gentle cleaning, because
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in America, a lot of people quietly deal with discomfort
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in this area and simply accept it as a part
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of life. But repeated friction from dry paper can be irritating,
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especially for people with hemorrhoids, anal fissures, postpartum soreness, inflammatory
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bell issues, or just naturally sensitive skin. And if you
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think about it, that makes sense. The tissue in that
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part of the body is delicate, so why would repeated
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dry friction be the ideal tool. Harvard's Guidance on Hemorrhoids
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talks about warm water, gentle care, and avoiding harsh scrubbing.
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Cleveland Clinic notes that the days are often gentler on
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the skin than wiping and can redou residue left behind.
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Health dot com recently published doctor Approved advice on getting
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the most benefits from the days, stressing low pressure, lukewarm water,
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not over using the spray, and keeping the nozzle clean
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that gives us a balanced picture. Water cleansing can be beneficial.
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Gentleness matters, Technique matters, moderation matters, Clean equipment matters. That's
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reasonable and that's good common sense. And while not every
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wellness influencer has spoken specifically about the days, many of
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them return again and again to the principle that small
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daily habits affect inflammation, comfort, and resilience. Doctor Axis health
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writing frequently emphasizes daily retune routines that support gut health
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and reduce inflammatory burden. Jordan Rubens's public work repeatedly ties
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digestive health to the body's larger symptoms, and human biologists
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Scarry Brecas platform has emphasized how diet, environment, and routine
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shape biology and the microbiome. Human biohacker Dave Asprey defines
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