We recently asked members of the Save us from cancer Community to tell us the most ridiculous assumptions they've ever heard about the female body. Here are some of the wildest responses.
"I've had multiple cis male friends of mine have the misconception that the vagina is an opening on the front of crotch area, right around where the penis would be if the individual had a penis. They didn't believe the clit existed, just a vast hole. Apparently this is a decently common misconception. Go American healthcare system!"
"I was told by another girl in high school that when nuns take their vows in the Catholic church, their menstrual cycles immediately stop for life because they will not be having children."
"I was told by a bloke on Facebook that the blood clots you get while on your period are due to poor hygiene."
"One of my exes didn't know ejaculating in a girl is what caused pregnancy. He said it only worked if you 'really meant it'."
"My periods were late, and me and the boyfriend were worried because we use mainly condoms for contraception. He told me to just get my period on time the next month. He was shocked when I told him I don't really get to control when it comes."
"'If your fallopian tubes are in your neck that really means you shouldn't be giving oral unless a condom is involved, right?' Welp. That would be the case, BUT THEY AREN'T IN YOUR NECK BRO."
"So I was talking to this friend of mine in school and she probably believed her whole life that you could only get pregnant once, and then you'll just have to wait to see if if you'll get one, two or more children. She thought that once you got pregnant, there were one, two or more single seeds in your body and these will determine how many children you'd get over the years."
"When I was about 16, a friend asked our Chemistry teacher if she could use the bathroom. He kept refusing, until she eventually said she thought she’d come on her period and needed to put a tampon in. He still refused and demanded to know why she hadn’t put a tampon in before class, saying that she was old enough to know when she’d come on by now. According to him, a woman’s period came on the exact same day, at the same time each month. It blows my mind that this guy was a science teacher."
"I had a boyfriend who thought that, after giving birth, the vagina stayed that stretched out. Like, it was literally just baby-sized for the rest of your life."
"I had a boyfriend who asked if it 'felt good' putting a tampon in. He legit thought you could orgasm from it."
"When I was pregnant, in the early stages my brother thought the foetus could travel around my body via 'little tubes'. This came to light when he asked me if I can ever feel it kicking by my knee."
"When I was in high school, this guy in my Science class overheard my friend and I talking about shaving and he immediately interrupted 'Why are you guys talking about that? Women don’t have to shave because they don’t grow hair'. All we could do was blink at the sheer stupidity but then another girl replied 'Yeah, and I bet you think girls don’t poop either..'. He just stared in horror.