Bidet

Use

The bidet is used mainly for the Hygiène of the external genitals and the Anus. It can be also used to wash other parts of the human body, such as the foot S and the hair.

In spite of its resemblance to the Toilet S, it is closer to a Bassin or a Tub: it is practical to wash a baby or to help the people with reduced mobility to maintain a personal hygiene.

The users who are not accustomed to the bidets often confuse them with a Urinoir, Toilette S or even a fountain with water.

It is to better use the toilets before using the bidet, because its raison d'être is to wash itself. The bidet is used while sitting down above, back with the tap or facing him.

The oldest models of bidets were pieces of furniture removable, generally made up of a porcelain basin inside a piece of furniture out of wooden provided with four feet, and covered with a wood lid.

Nowadays, they are in Porcelaine or enamel and are equipped with a mixing Robinet to fill them of water, and with a drain to empty them. The tap can be directed so as to project a water jet so as to directly reach the genitals.

Popularity

The bidets are usual equipment for the bathrooms of certain countries of Europe (France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal), of Latin America (in Argentine just like in Italy, they equip approximately 90% with the hearths), of the the Middle East and Asia (particularly with the Japan). They can be installed at the private individuals as in the hotels. They are so common to Japan which they are often present in the public toilets.

In France, the bidet is generally not used for the cleaning of the anus after the defecation (what is made by the Toilet paper), but for an optional additional washing, or a personal hygiene day laborer.

In 1980 in Japan, the first toilets without paper were launched, a combination of toilets and bidet which dries the user after having washed it. This combination toilet-bidet equips 60% with the hearths and is not rare in the hotels.

The residents of the countries where the domestic use of the bidet is rare (the United States and the United Kingdom for example) can not have any idea in the manner of making use of it if they meet some abroad. The Americans would have met the bidets for the first time in the Bordel S French during the Second world war and would have thought that they were used for the prostitutes to wash the interior of the Vagin after an sex act. The prejudices are thus widespread among the people not having never used bidets, which can think that it is a strange and even dirty object: its use belongs to the Tabou S related to the individual personal hygiene.

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