THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

In women, the openings of the vagina and urethra are susceptible to bacterial infections if fecal bacteria are wiped towards them. Sometimes parents who are toilet-training a toddler usually wipe her from back to front, thus “imprinting” that sensation as feeling “right” to her, it is important, rather, that that little girls be taught to wipe themselves from the front to the back to help prevent vaginal and bladder infections. Older girls and women who were taught the wrong way need to make a conscious effort to change their habits.