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High school biology doesn't teach guys how to understand women. But it at least gives them an idea of how their bodies work. Pass that and you won't infuriate your girlfriend by telling her to "keep it in" when she asks you to buy her some tampons. Recently, Twitter user @brownandbella asked women to share the most ridiculous things they've heard men say about "sex, reproductive health, menstruation, etc" and BOY did they deliver! As of this article, the thread already has nearly 20K upvotes and over 3.5K comments, many of which will make you wonder if men are really that stupid or are they just being dicks. Maybe the first, maybe the latter, maybe a bit of both.

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Almost a quarter of men have admitted that they have "no idea" what a pelvic floor is or what it is supposed to do. About 1 in 20 believe it's just another name for your pelvis and some even think it's a dance move. A new study has confirmed that men really are clueless when it comes to their female partner's body.

The study, released by pelvic floor experts INNOVO, found that nearly 4 in 10 men don't feel comfortable talking to women about it, too. 4 in 10 men also admit they have no understanding about the health issues their wife or girlfriend faces and are stumped when it comes to the length of their period.

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Paweŀ Ziem
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There should be mandatory sex-ed for everyone, that we wouldn't be oblivious for specifics of each gender

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The same magical 4 in 10 men don't feel comfortable talking to women about intimate health issues and as a result, more than a third try to avoid all conversations with their partner about subjects such as periods, intimate screening tests, and even sex.

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Clare McDuff
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Damn monthly subscriptions. Never can stop them. I hear you can pause them for 9 months, but it is SO not worth it.

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"Intimate health issues can be a difficult subject for many to discuss," Jane Wake, women's health and fitness expert, said. "'It may be funny to think men have no idea what a pelvic floor is or does, but it's a subject which needs to be taken seriously – especially as men also have a pelvic floor and can suffer the same problems as women."

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Koalamonster
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Either he has a very small penis or thinks tampons are far bigger than they are. Either way.... wow.

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Jane added that both men and women find it embarrassing to discuss their private health concerns with someone of the opposite sex, even if it is their own partner, but that being as open as possible with each other is the best way to gradually break down the taboo.

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Amina Hays
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was about 14, over 20 years ago, I was reading the problem page in a teen magazine. A girl had written a letter, in a total panic, because her periods weren't blue. She thought she had some terrible disease.

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Hans
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is less about guys and girls but about parents and an educationl system failing massively...

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Nikki D
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually scary. Wishing pain on someone? He needs his medical license revoked.

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Zenozenobee
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Be careful, be really careful. I'm pretty sure this is how all the Flat Eathers buzz started out. :p

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Ashli Barrera
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually true minus the size. Our ovaries release an egg (sometimes more on accident ex: twins) every month and when we don't get pregnant, thus causing a period, the egg is expelled with our period. We just don't notice it because it is so damn tiny. So yes essentially we lay an egg every month 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

RaroaRaroa
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you. And the education that this person must have had has led to a slight misunderstanding of the situation. The poster makes it sound like he was completely wrong. Perhaps showing up her own lack of knowledge.

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Moo Moo Futch
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly wish I did expel a Cadbury's mini egg when I had my period. That would kill two birds with one stone. Both my period and craving for chocolate....

Panda Panda
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LICENSE PEOPLE TO VOTE!!!! We don;t need these idiots anywhere near a ballot box!

Lily Takagi
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

one time when I had period cramps my little sister asked me 'are you going to lay an egg?' hopefully. She was about 9 at the time.

Luna Lovegood
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok this one is easier to believe. I mean they do say that women release an egg in sex ed classes.

N G
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is confusing... are you saying the monthly egg is way bigger than a mini chocolate egg?

Glenn Komus
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

damn, and i thought they all came from the easter bunny.... i don't think i want one next easter

Csilla Kaszas
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Egg cells are amongst the largest cells in the human body, they can be visible to the naked eye. no shell though. or chocolate cover. Maybe he just didn't choose his words carefully.

ანა გავაშელი
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

tis is true though. Our overies release eggs during ovulation. It typically happens about 13–15 days before the start of each period. Just not that big of a size. They are tiny. If we don't get pregnent, it comes out with period. As it seems most of the people who laugh at man here are equally unaducated.

Audrey Teoh
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because people keep calling eggs as chicken period is not helping.

Marcellus the Third
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an immigrant to the UK, you might have convinced me of that --- it's the only thing that would explain the flavour of those horrible horrible 'egg' things.

Richard
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should give him a chocolate egg every month, and tell him it's from you.

Lilyan
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone needs to do some gene editing so this actually happens, what a brilliant and tidy idea.

Christina Sersif
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If men start to believe that, can we get all the equality we've been trying to get then?

L McN
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That would be a bit gross, more so than this already is. But hot damn wouldn't that be an interesting rumor to spread, I wonder how far it could go

TD Baker
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh, if it was that easy... although it sometimes feel like you are going to pass a bowling ball.

KCN
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ohmygod that is too too funny. I was almost as funny when I first got my period, started looking in my underwear for a tiny little white egg,.

R Tate Dancer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should lay one for him! lol Get one of the plastic Easter eggs and put a little doll in it.

Sharon Archy
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would rather just pop out an egg once a month than bleed for 3-7 days as long as the egg popping procedure only took about 10 minutes. ..

Kai
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the kind of education ppl have from schools. When my first period came, I didn't know how to handle and tought it would only last for a couple hours. Same with sexual education, is almost nule.

Dilly Millandry
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Schools should provide good education on these subjects but what happened to a parent telling you the facts of life?

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Jane Thorne-Gutierrez
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a young girl who hadn't had " the talk" yet, we knew my girlfriend would give us the facts. Her parents were Doctors! Well, she said.." First you lay this egg... suggesting it was size of an ostrich egg( made sense), and then you bleed for about a week. You also grow hair in weird places. It's called PUBLIC HAIR! At that point we all swore we would just get to a Nunnery!! Somehow, reality reached us by high school.

Dilly Millandry
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the reason why there needs to be better education on the subject in schools. I know too many people who had parents who didn't tell them and they relied on playground 'facts' from friends.

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Hugo Raible
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The dude knows more about her period than her, just wasn't right about the size. It's not mansplaining when you are right.

Idiotnews
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Speaking as a male, what is truly dumb is that women still chase after the most stupid amongst us so ask yourselves the question, why? Doesn't that make you equally as stupid?

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Cherry Warr
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

how did ANYONE know how many she would need in space? how many women have had their periods in space? we know that the absence of gravity affects various body functions.

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Sarcastic Cow
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why on earth should father express his opinions about daughters sexual life?

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Luis Milian
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you dodged a bullet with that one. Just because you are in college, does not mean you are educated.

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nanashi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want a law that everyone need to have a certificate for passing Sex Ed in high school before you can be considered an adult.

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