I've been debating an almost laughably silly topic for this week, but I'm wondering if anyone has any answers for me... The human body is an incredible, strong machine, and everything that our body does usually takes care of itself in a natural way. But I've been curious about this for a while. With everything that our adaptation has taken care of, why is it still necessary to wipe our butt after we go to the bathroom? I suppose it's not necessary, but if you weren't to in a natural setting, you'd end up with a lot of the bacteria from the feces on your body, which wiping with paper takes care of... I guess this is kind of an open discussion about why this is, if it would be necessary to wipe, or if we would become immune to the bacteria, or something... I don't know.
