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What's
a Bidet?
Around the
world, the bidet is the "fourth" bathroom fixture. It is considered
essential in sophisticated homes and hotels.
It's called
the Bidet (pronounced Bee-Day) and may be described as a little
shower to sit upon.
The Bidet
had its origin in France, and was originally a simple water bowl
and supported in a portable wooden stool. You sat upon it and "dipped".
The modern
Bidet is almost always found separately beside the toilet
itself (our unit is better as it is a part of the toilet itself).
It provides convenient facilities for intimate personal cleansing
of the rectal and genital areas, and is convenient for bathing this
part of the body when dressed.
It is the
most significant innovation in personal hygiene since the introduction
of indoor plumbing.
The purposes
of the Bidet (other than sanitation) is health. A Bidet should be
considered a hygienic necessity rather than a luxury or status symbol.
Daily use of a Bidet should become as conventional as brushing one's
teeth.
After elimination,
it is not possible to completely clean the rectal/vaginal areas
with dry toilet paper alone. Warm water is obviously better. The
softest, prettiest or costliest toilet paper available does not
work as well. Toilet paper can be perfumed, decorated in color,
sterilized and made antiseptic, but nevertheless, it is still dry
paper and only a step better than wiping with a leaf.
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