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Myth vs. Fact: Coke is It?

THE MYTH: Douching with Coca-Cola (“Coke”) right after sex will prevent pregnancy.

The urban myth that Coke can be used as a contraceptive has been around for decades, since before most of today’s modern contraceptive methods were readily available.

The common belief was that the acidity of the soft drink would kill sperm and the sugar would cause the sperm cells to explode. After sex, a girl would put warm Coke in her vagina, making the soda a spermicidal douche. Sounds messy, right?

THE TRUTH: Coke has many unconventional uses. You can soak pennies in it to make them shiny. You can use it to tenderize a pot roast. You can even use if to help get sticky gum out of your hair. Coke does not, however, work as a contraceptive. Here’s why:

  • Coke is not very effective in killing sperm.  At best, Coke’s sperm-killing potency is relatively weak when compared to other easily available over-the-counter spermicides.
  • Douching of any variety isn’t an effective method of pregnancy prevention.  Sperm are extremely fast swimmers—hundreds of thousands of them can reach the cervical canal within seconds meaning that, by the time you’re trying this method, it’s already too late.

Douching with Coke can also have other negative heath effects, too. If the acidity of Coke can remove rust from metal—which it can—just imagine what it does to the sensitive tissue inside the vagina. Coke damages the top layers of cells and could make a woman more prone to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Also, the friendly bacteria that help keep the vagina healthy could be adversely affected by the high levels of sugar in Coke. This could lead to vaginal yeast and bacterialinfections.

OUR VERDICT: Douching with Coke right after sex will NOT prevent pregnancy.  Coke is not a good spermicide and douching isn’t going to help— and may even hurt—your chances of avoiding a pregnancy. There are much more effective and easy-to-use methods of contraception around.  Check out our Birth Control section to learn more.

Posted on Jan 11, 2011 by Stay Teen
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WHAT OTHER TEENS ARE SAYING:

ON MAY 5, 2012 AT 5:43 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

That is SICK! >_< I aint never heard of that and I sure as heck wouldn't do it! The best way to avoid pregnancy is to avoid sex in the first place! HA! Not bad for somebody that slept through sex ed.(:

ON APRIL 27, 2012 AT 4:21 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

who in their right mind would do that?

ON APRIL 20, 2012 AT 12:52 PM, LAINA SAID:

tht is soooooooooooooo nasty who would put COKE in their VAGINA!!! thts trifling they need to be slapped, ugh - _-

ON APRIL 1, 2012 AT 3:30 PM, LYNDSEY SAID:

That is just plain nasty why would enybody do that??????

ON MARCH 21, 2012 AT 4:22 PM, REBECCA JEAN SAID:

that is DISGUSTING!!!!!!! >_< WHO WOULD DO THAT!!! wow... its nice to know though. im doing a project for a class and i had to know a myth about this. Disgusting but true i guess. Who ever reads this i hope you dont ever do it... and if you like coke (which i do) dont judge its just a disguting myth still drink it. thanks for giving me the info!!! Have a nice day everybody!

ON MARCH 11, 2012 AT 9:01 PM, IMANI SAID:

I have tried it. lol No I havent. There are these things called CONDOMS EVERYONE!!!!

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2012 AT 10:21 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

THAT'S SO WIERD

ON JANUARY 7, 2012 AT 9:28 AM, BOBETTE SAID:

That's so disgusting! >_<

ON DECEMBER 19, 2011 AT 11:37 AM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

i dont know why people would even think of that at all... That is the most disgusting thing that i have ever heard of why would you put something you drink in your privates.. this is gross and makes me uncomfortable to read..!

ON DECEMBER 16, 2011 AT 2:25 PM, CHAOS ANONYMOUS 411 JOSEPH SAID:

who even came up with this .....stuff (dont swear joseph dont swear) .... and who wood want to try this.....not me

ON DECEMBER 9, 2011 AT 6:27 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

Eww...

ON NOVEMBER 29, 2011 AT 12:39 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

cool

ON NOVEMBER 19, 2011 AT 3:44 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

thanks booboobear for scarring my life ;p i sooooo dint want that image xD

ON OCTOBER 26, 2011 AT 1:15 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

i think that this is definetly a good thing to know even though it sounds gross its a good thing to know if you end up being stupid enough to try it

ON OCTOBER 19, 2011 AT 2:12 PM, WOLFIE HOEBOW SAID:

didn't Need To Kno That xD. I am beyond disturb and i didn't like coke in the first place that just made me hate it even more :X.

ON OCTOBER 3, 2011 AT 10:12 PM, AUTUMN SAID:

thats relly gross. i dont even see why people would even think of coke for your vagina, i mean seriously, thats dirty. itll get all sticky .! pheww!!!

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 AT 3:39 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

yeah, it's gross, but when the rumor started, contraceptives weren't readily available. I mean, people probably did it more "back then" than they do now.
And about damaging the tissue, I'm sure the carbonation plays a part in it, too; not just the sugar.

...I wonder how many infections were caused by doing that?

ON AUGUST 21, 2011 AT 12:18 AM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

Thats disgusting...there's no way to stop sperm from going to the egg.You could wear a condomn but thats not 100% affective.The only 100% of preventing pregnancy is TO NOT HAVE SEX!!!!!!!!!!

ON AUGUST 17, 2011 AT 1:34 AM, MARRIED@19 SAID:

I have heard of this but I didn't think they were serious about it! That's some nasty s**t! Why would anyone even try this?!

ON AUGUST 5, 2011 AT 2:08 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

Most of you find this surprising, but I have heard this before. And one boy told me that is wasn't Coke but Mt. Dew. How sad that people believe these myths.

ON JULY 19, 2011 AT 10:38 PM, SCAREDOFSCREWINGUP,(: SAID:

never drinking coke again! gross.

ON JULY 7, 2011 AT 3:01 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

who in thw world will be so crazy and deranged to put coke down there ewwwwwwwwwwww

ON JUNE 29, 2011 AT 1:14 AM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

Grosss! I woudnt want an infection or something!!

ON JUNE 19, 2011 AT 5:23 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

thats really nasty, you wouldnt have to do that if you didnt have sex in the first place i cant picture my self doing that

ON JUNE 17, 2011 AT 12:25 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

would that not like give u a uti or something i mean thats just nasty who would do that???

ON MAY 27, 2011 AT 9:22 PM, STAYYTEEN<3 SAID:

I Think Sticking Coke In Your Vagina Is Just EWWYYY Ive Never Tried It And I Dont Want Too The Only Way To Not Get Pregnant Is To Be Absent...Im A Virgin And Im Planning On Staying 1 Till Im Marriedd(:

ON MAY 13, 2011 AT 3:26 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

UGH , Thats Nasty .
DONT TRY THIS !

ON MAY 10, 2011 AT 11:49 AM, BOOBOOBEAR SAID:

eww.. that is so gross with the coke.. y would you do that ? it would be all sticky...

ON MAY 5, 2011 AT 12:18 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

wooowwwwwwwwwwwww

ON MAY 3, 2011 AT 11:46 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

and they wonder why i can't stand cokes XP

ON MAY 3, 2011 AT 8:11 PM, MISS ANONYMOU$ SAID:

Ewwww and Ouch! that sounds like it would hurt. why who is dumb enough to actually do this. Ewwww

ON MAY 3, 2011 AT 12:46 AM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

I will never look at a bottle of Coke the same way... ever again.

ON APRIL 20, 2011 AT 11:50 AM, EMILY SAID:

yay for another use of coke i guess?

ON APRIL 12, 2011 AT 2:38 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

This is just really EEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Who in their righ mind would put coke over their vigina after having sex?

ON APRIL 12, 2011 AT 12:40 PM, X SAID:

That is just disgusting an gross and ew. I honk that is just wrong. Ewwww. =P
O-o O.o

ON APRIL 11, 2011 AT 11:56 AM, BRITTANY SAID:

way would someone do that if you are going to take the chance of geting pregnant then why use coke ????????????????.

ON APRIL 8, 2011 AT 3:28 AM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

ewwww. disturbing! gahh

ON APRIL 4, 2011 AT 9:15 PM, SAMANTHA K SAID:

I find this hard to believe. Who even thought of even trying this? This is gross...

ON MARCH 31, 2011 AT 7:26 PM, BRIANNA SAID:

Uhh...ew. That's utterly disturbing.

ON MARCH 30, 2011 AT 5:09 PM, BABYGURL SAID:

WOW!! I had never heard of this until now that is gross and wweird in soo ways ways!! I would and could never do that! Its kind of commond sence that, that wouldn't work! GOOD LUCK! To people who do that! Peace <3

ON MARCH 26, 2011 AT 5:40 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

lol heck naw!!!!!!!!!!!! who does this?????????????? this is hilarious

ON MARCH 22, 2011 AT 8:02 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

thats strange in so many ways

ON MARCH 19, 2011 AT 11:14 AM, TAYLAAPAIGE SAID:

Thats just gross. Do people really do that?
ew

ON MARCH 10, 2011 AT 4:09 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

ewwwwwwwwwww thats so gross!!!!!!!!!!

ON FEBRUARY 25, 2011 AT 5:50 AM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

.............why????? why would anyone in their right mind do that?????? that's just.... EWW!

ON FEBRUARY 22, 2011 AT 9:34 PM, BUNBUN36NY SAID:

I wasn't thinking sounds messy! I was thinking ...sounds disgusting! Ew! And yeah, that DOES make me feel uncomfortable...Just...weird... xP

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2011 AT 10:47 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

That's so disgusting and abnormal!

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2011 AT 6:08 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

coke? thats gross! i dont want a soft drink in my lower part!

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2011 AT 5:19 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

I don't get how someone would think that would work!!!!

ON JANUARY 29, 2011 AT 2:37 PM, ANONYMOUS SAID:

I'm really glad to have read this article. A lot of my friends are having sex. I want to be able to tell them the full truth

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