Celebrities offering bad medical advice seems to be an unavoidable modern phenomena. It’s a bit like athletes thanking God, male politicians on women’s health or Donald Trump on pretty much any topic. I really wish they’d keep their mouths shut and opinions to themselves, but sadly that seems to be too much to ask for.
In the medical field we’ve had Jenny McCarthy spewing nonsense on vaccination, Suzanne Somers making dubious claims on cancer and Gwyneth Paltrow’s bizarre diet advice. The latest from the fair Gwyneth is particularly entertaining – vaginal steam cleaning. Apparently it’s a real thing.
You sit on what is essentially a mini-throne, and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleanses your uterus, et al. It is an energetic release—not just a steam douche—that balances female hormone levels
Gwyneth Paltrow
As you might expect the experts, those crackpots who waste time building expertise over years of study, are less than impressed. Apparently a good blast of steam to your nether regions will not balance your reproductive hormones. Crazy but true.
While the health benefits may not exist, I do wonder if the device might find a second home in kinky play spaces. It sounds like it might be a lot of fun, particularly if used on skin already warmed up by some corporal punishment. Just add some bondage straps to the throne and fire up the boiler. As an added bonus, everyone would finish up with sparkly steam cleaned bottoms. Just make sure it’s not too hot. Having a ‘blistered bottom’ should remain a figurative expression rather than literal.
I’m afraid that despite my best efforts, I was unable to find a suitable femdom images featuring steam. So instead here’s a man getting his bottom warmed in a more conventional way. This is from the Women Spanking Men site.
You only have to see “celebs” invited to appear on TV quizzes to appreciate what a bunch of dimbos they are. And yet we collude with their delusions by inviting them onto interview programs and asking them “grown up” questions and we have to keep a straight face while they talk nonsense. Poor things ,they must be terrified when invited to talk about poverty in Africa or existentialism etc and yet they plough on regardless.
I suspect that there’s a mix of smart and dumb celebs, just like there is across the general population. The problem is the dumb ones seem to get the most airplay as they say the most controversial things. There’s doubtless hundreds of celebrities who do vaccinate their kids, but it’s Jenny McCarthy we unfortunately always hear about. Nobody in the media ever seems to start with the question “Why the hell should anyone pay attention to what you think about medicine/politics/poverty/etc. ?”
-paltego