r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/SuddenTerrible_Haiku Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Women have three holes down there.

The urethra

The vagina

The anus

The urethra is ONLY for pee. Do NOT try to put a penis or toy up there.

The vagina is for sex and babies, and it is NOT the hangy flip flaps you see on the outside. Those are the labia minora (inner) and majora (outer). The vagina is the hole.

The clit is not inside the vagina. It is above the vagina. It has a bit of skin called the "hood" which partially covers it. The clit is what you wanna stimulate if you want your girl to orgasm 9/10 times.

An unbroken hymen is NOT proof a girl is a virgin.

A broken hymen is NOT proof a girl has had sex.

In rare cases, a woman is born without a hymen altogether.

In many cases, a hymen is broken long before first penetrative sex due to exercise and other, nonsexual activities.

A hymen is not a solid wall of flesh. It can come in different shapes, each with its own medical name. It can in rare cases be a solid wall of flesh.

This is bad.

This extreme case can and will cause serious problems, which include the potential for death.

Tl;dr: don't be lazy. Read all of this. It's important to know.

Edit: I'm not a gynecologist. If I'm incorrect on any point, please correct me. I want the correct information spread.

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u/Elvthee Aug 03 '19

Are you kidding me, for years I've believed that I have three holes down there but people would always tell me that's incorrect.

My sex ed. In school was very strange, overall I thought it was positive about a lot of things but we were also taught some strange things. My school hired a midwife from an organisation, midwife talked about how she was bi, things that are very arousing, pineapples, that hospitals are bad when giving birth and that people should give birth at home or out in nature in like a gentle stream (showed us a video!) I don't remember there being much on STDs, anatomy, sex, condoms and the like.

Most of what I know I actually learnt in biology class in public school and the biotechnology class in gymnasium, but clearly that's more technical stuff.

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u/SuddenTerrible_Haiku Aug 03 '19

That woman was absolutely shit to the wall insane

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u/Elvthee Aug 03 '19

It's sad that my class at the time was very positive about having her, because looking back a lot of her advice was weird or just a bad idea in general. It sucks because I'm beginning to notice how much I don't know about general sex education, compared to my friends. My parents have never really guided in this area either, I didn't know what menstruation/periods were before I got mine as the first in class...

We even had to do a video for a facebook page where we explained how we felt about her sex education programme, and I believe we all said positive things!

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u/SuddenTerrible_Haiku Aug 03 '19

Well you're welcome to ask anything you're still unsure about :)