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Subject: Re: Douche nozzle enemas- -novelist Anne Roiphe's description Author: Rob [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Thursday, July 01, 2010, 12:06: am In reply to: Eric 's message, "Douche nozzle enemas" on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 05:09: pm There is an excellant novel called Torch Song by Anne Roiphe, author of Up the Sandbox. In it she describes a little girl getting an enema, and the description is so good that you know that it must be autobiographical. Because it is written from the perspective of the girl the term douche nozzle is not used, since she would not have know it. However, the nozzle is described as "the glistening, multi-hole..." -- obviously a douche nozzle. I am sure that Roiphe wants the reader to know that it is a douche nozzle because the prospect of the enema troubles the little girl. No, I would not call it traumatic, but it is very stressful. The enema must have been given with the girl lying face down on a bed for she is said to feel "like a butterfly pined on a board". The douche nozzle no doubt contributed to that feeling. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Douche nozzle enemas- -novelist Anne Roiphe's description Author: Reader [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, July 01, 2010, 12:39: pm The book (published 1977, used copies on Amazon) has an S&M undertone, so the use of a too-big nozzle for the enema fits in with that. It indicates it wasn't the first one given. The litle girl is Jewish and the enemas are given by her stern German nanny c. 1940, so there is a lot of symbolism there. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Douche nozzle enemas- -novelist Anne Roiphe's description Author: Just Me [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, July 01, 2010, 02:04: pm Several people expressed the opinion that a douche nozzle is too big for a child. Just think about the size of what comes out of there every day. A douche nozzle is NOT too big. And because of the larger round end, the chance of injury to the rectum is less than with the smaller pointed enema nozzle. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]