Enemas, a common practice/kink depending on location around the globe?

Hello! This is my first post and since english is not my native language i apologize in advance for any errors. And if i posted this in the wrong section a moderator can move it to the right place.

I am interested to know if you think enemas(and other forms of kinks) are more common depending on where you live?

Here in Sweden it seems that it was a more common practice decades ago when an enameled enema jug was not that uncommon in households, now the average pharmacy only carries the disposable kind and it's not like you can go and just pick one up together with any other stuff you purchase because you have to ask for it.

Since i have known about this forum for a couple of years i figured i would make an account now that i am “on the market” again and check if there are more people in Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Finland that share my kinks and after looking around for a bit it looks like here in Northern Europe it's not a very common practice at all.

Any ideas why?

It's very difficult to get accurate data, but I'll hazard a couple of comments:

These days, the use of enemas to relieve constipation is largely obsolete. Due to a lot of marketing money, an enema has come to mean either a small, single use, bottle of solution or a smaller applicator. These are easy to hide, easy to use even in a public toilet, and usually makes someone poo quickly. Not comfortably, but they do work. They are also single use, so next time you have to buy a new one. Bags and cans are sold one time and wok fine for decades.

In the UK they were also kept behind the counter, and laxatives too, as I remember. I suspect because needing help to poo is somehow considered ‘not nice’. Years ago, in the US, birth control stuff was kept behind the counter., I was once asked by a druggist if I was married when tying to buy condoms or foam, many yeas ago.

Now, enemas have become much more common, although it's often called ‘anal douching’… obviously because anal sex has come far more out into the open.

I would guess that in countries where anal is not acceptable enema are pretty rafe.

Still a common practice in post USSR countries before surgeries or certain X-Rays/Ultrasound. Most likely you will get a course of herbal enemas in sanatoriums, mainly because it is a cheap one treatment. Hydrocolonotherapy is also quite often administered in sanatoriums, much less likely people will face this procedure at hometown medical centre without the health issues. Enema equipment or syringes are usually bought for the single usage before diagnostics if required. Cannot speak about the kink rate, most likely average.

In the Netherlands, it is not, and has never been a common thing in households as far as I know.

Nothing quite like what I read about the subject in the United States 😜 It often amazes me how common it was there to just be given an enema, even if there was no real reason to. I've read that it can be bad for your intestine flora to use enemas too often.

Though I am sure that the experienced enema lovers here have more to say about that 😃

I've been given, and given myself enemas a few times as part of diaper play. I can enjoy it, and also have a modest set at home. But it always has been just plain water.

I can't seem to find things like ‘saddle soap’, or 'Ivory', or safe alternatives in the Netherlands to experiment with. Something to provide that extra urge I do like a lot.