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The author of the post, u/CataleyaJackson, believes that it's certainly a lack of education that leads to misinformation and misconceptions about women. "In my country, we do have sex education at ages 13, 15 and again at 17 (if they've opted to study biology in 11th and 12th grade otherwise it's just at the former 2 ages)," she shared.

"It's very scientific and doesn't leave space for questions about things that actually matter, things that happen in real-life. Most people don't even learn, they just memorize it to be able to reproduce it during the exams, and then they forget all of it. We need better education, and it has to be more informative and relatable than scientific," she told Bored Panda that there has to be more meaning to education than just passing tests and exams.

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work Men. Sweet, summer children. We have three holes. The urethra is between the clit and the v**ina. It goes a-hole, rectovaginal septum (perenium) , vagina (introitus), vestibule, urethra, clit.

We don't pee from our vaginas. We pee from the urethra. Which - again - is a different hole. We can control whether we pee. We cannot control whether we bleed. Sneezing, coughing, etc, can shoot forth an amount of blood. Our uturine lining is shedding, and it happens whether we like it or not (hint: we don't).

Just because your brother's girlfriend had mild cramps and said that women were overreacting doesn't mean that is true. For some fortunate souls, their cramps are light and barely noticeable. For others, it is truly debilitating. You cannot imagine. There is no good comparison. That said, there are cramp simulation units. Keep in mind when you're using those that it's only one aspect of the full picture.

If you find any of this too gross to contemplate, you are not mature enough for sex.

SJ_Barbarian , Liza Summer Report

Final score:

341points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

In fairness after like 35 sneezing or coughing can cause pee to shoot out too

219points

NsG 2 years ago

And laughing. Actually, the whole "we can control whether we pee" gets a little less accurate after 35...

49points

Bettie-Jean Neal 2 years ago

I think that's only if you've had a child. I'm 51, child-free and do not have this problem.

14points

Mewton’s Third Paw 2 years ago

Maybe for some, but that’s not a reasonable generalization of being over 35 at all.

6points

Louloubelle 2 years ago

Yes, especially if you've had twins and one sat on your bladder the entire time you were pregnant.

5points

Jus 2 years ago (edited)

I'm allergic to pollen and after a few sneezes I pee myself a little, the muscles can't hold it anymore. It started around my 30s. So it's true. I have no children.

2points

Rob Williams 5 months ago

After 55 it’s not just women either…

1point

Mooooomooooo 2 years ago

So true :'D

0points

Elizabeth Sundby 2 years ago

its true.

0points

Rainy Day Wolf 2 years ago

if sneezing or coughing makes you pee you need to work on your Kegel exercises

-2points

Vihra Stancheva 2 years ago

I had to explain the hole thing to grown up girl. She was like 22. She had no idea. She was not a virgin. She was shocked.

18points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I had to explain it to a friend of mine too. The whole 'tampon/virgin' thing prompted it I think.

1point

Lilly Rose Poppy 2 years ago

I feel like boys need to be taught about periods FROM A MATURE WOMEN. Why? Because if they are taught by a guy who might not understand than it's just a domino effect where it never stops until a women teaches them. My brother asked why I didn't just wear a tampon all the time so I can just hold my pee longer. So much about that is wrong because he was never taught correctly. Also can we plz talk about all the amazing women focused Bored Panda Articles today!!

15points

Crochet lady 2 years ago

My husband and I signed up for birthing classes through our hospital when I was expecting our eldest son. The nurse starts her class and begins using a stage whisper each time she needed to say vagina. At first I thought it was a joke but she continued to do it. We left after that first class and never went back, we signed up with a private nurse for one on one classes. I called and let the hospital know it wasn't acceptable to have her teaching. How does a hospital think a nurse who can't say vagina makes for a good birthing teacher/coach?

13points

Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)

I like my period. Weird, I know, I know, but my body seems to be quirky in this one way. I don't get pms, so that part's fine. I do feel a bit ill all over during the menstruation itself if I have to sit or stand in one place, but the solution to this is just to lie down and relax for the first day. It's the most incredible feeling, like taking 10 muscle relaxers at once, except without any druggy side effects. I'm like a noodle. Best sleep of the month. After the first day or two my body is pretty much over it, and then it's just a matter of letting anything leftover drain out. I know some people have it rough. I'm sorry for those who do. Please don't hate me for saying these things. I just thought I'd voice this since it's literally never an opinion I hear.

10points

lazy panda 2 years ago

Can we trade????

4points

MSD 2 years ago

I learned about the reproductive system (both male & female) in a 9th grade general science class in South Africa. We also learned about the digestive, skeletal, neural, etc systems. It's science, people! I've been in the U.S. since '99 and am constantly amazed at how little the average American knows about the functions of the human body. The cultural norm of associating science with shame, fear, and superstition is reflected in the way the pandemic is handled in the U.S.

9points

Louloubelle 2 years ago

I had endometriosis. The uterine tissue migrates outside the uterus. This causes intense pain. This is how I've described it: You're standing between 2 trucks; one if front & one in back. They drive up and squeeze you between them, not hard enough to run you over, but enough to cause intense pain; then they backup and repeat the process over and over again. Now this can also explain any level of cramps. It's just the amount of pressure that the trucks place on you that's different. And this pain is different, but no less significant with every women. So, your pain might be worse or less than mine, but that doesn't mean it's ever comfortable.

7points

Ozacoter 2 years ago

Hugs to you endo sister

6points

Martha Meyer 2 years ago

For me, period cramps are about equivalent in intensity to a really nasty toothache, even if they are completely different "flavours" of pain.

6points

Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago

When I was young, I was lucky. My periods were light and my cramps mild. BUT the other shoe fell when I was older. My periods got incredibly heavy and my cramps unbearable—-like bedridden at least one day a month unbearable—-for the last 5 years before menopause. Menopause wasn’t any kind of joyride either. It epigenetically triggered hypothyroidism and gluten sensitivity. Tons of fun (/s). Oh yeah, the universe sure evened out the score. It evened it out but good.

4points

Silre 2 years ago

Why is vagina said multiple times but censored once. Why is it censored at all?

3points

Adriaan Verhelle 2 years ago

Regarding the number of holes, to my complete surprise I once met a girl that actually assumed boys, just like girls, had a separate urethra and semen hole. Not sure if she envisioned us having 2 separate penises as well. She got to embarrassed for me to continue the conversation to figure that one out.

3points

Marcellus II 2 years ago

The REAL mystery is why the first occurence of v**ina is censored, and the next two (one in same sentence!) not.

3points

Jacob Nunez 2 years ago

I learned more about the female body from a random person then my religious mother

3points

Aballi 2 years ago

This is GREAT!!!!

3points

Natalie Kudryashova 2 years ago

Vagina is not a bad word. Stop censoring basic anatomy

2points

MarioRossi 2 years ago

*perineum, and *uterine.

2points

Max PePel 2 years ago

The last sentence. Bam!

1point

StealTheFruit 2 years ago

boredpanda isn't mature enough for sex- they censored vagina then got too grossed out to scan the rest for 'naughty words'

1point

Rebekah Krause 2 years ago

I told a guy about the urethra and he laughed in my face and told me I didn’t know my own body, also told me vaginas were gross because we urinated from them.

1point

Kristy White 2 years ago

i know a woman who, at 24 year old thought that she had to remove her tampon to pee, she honestly thought that your menstruation and pee came out of the same hole, i hope she knows more now she has a daughter!

1point

Eiram 2 years ago

Wait till they discover PCOS, which has painful cysts, long and heavy cycles due to bloodclots, and the imbalanced hormones that mess everything up.

1point

MaggieWest 2 years ago

I didn't learn that I had three holes until the day I got my period and had to figure out how to get that damn tampon in!

1point

Julia Cargile 2 years ago

You rock!

1point

Ellie Rosser 2 years ago

I kicked a guy in the nuts once and he said it didn't hurt all that much so it should be fine if I kick you in the nuts now right?!

1point

Maurettis 2 years ago

knowing the difference is basic human anatomy, what were these guys doing in middle school?

1point

Fat Harry 2 years ago

This isn't limited to guys. There are plenty of girls who don't know s**t about their anatomy too.

3points

Mooooomooooo 2 years ago

Amazing post. That should be taught in school. Says everything

1point

Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

Amen.

1point

Candybalism 5 months ago

Imagine feeling the need to censor an actual organ. Bored Panda, the vagina is an organ, a medical term.

0points

Snow Gum 2 years ago

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Aaron Wagner 2 years ago

eff all that noise.. i'm 40 and male and i sometimes pee when i laugh or sneeze too hard.. also, thanks for the info on what the "taint" is actually medically named. i did not know that, nor want to know that, but information is always good?

0points

Nadia Egypt 5 months ago

Men should also do pelvic floor or kegel exercises

0points

Orion Red 2 years ago

Aren't those the names of the places in a church entrance?

0points

Rannveig Ess 2 years ago

And yet BP censors "died" and "B1tch " ok. is there any content on the internet or places to get things to repost, besides Reddit? seriously....

0points

GaeFrog 2 years ago

I'm so lucky I have no period symptoms

0points

J.L. Martin 2 years ago

I want to upvote this 1,000 times. I'm female. And sadly you have educated me, too- I did not know the a-hole-to-clit anatomy!

0points

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

Yes I know that.

0points

Blobban 2 years ago

What's wrong about thinking periods are gross? It's blood.

0points

Kathy Hague 2 years ago

No matter, when it seems to be a lot of blood coming out of you it's gross no matter where it's coming out of. But the day that your period Sneaks up on you and you end up having blood on the back of your white/any other color pants Or skirt it's a disaster embarrassment that you Can carry with you for the rest of your life.

0points

Tee Witt 2 years ago

Never, ever have problems with periods, I did not realise how lucky I am.

0points

Laura Bate 2 years ago

My husband was extremely shocked to find out this information while I was pregnant with our first child, he was 43 at the time!

0points

Asswipe 2 years ago

Blame your education system

0points

Rosie McLeod 2 years ago

Not having periods is amazing. I haven't had them for coming up two years (pregnant and now breastfeeding) omfg until they're gone you don't realise just how crazily soul sucking they are. I don't even get cramps and I hate them, the bloating, mood swings, mess urghghg

0points

albernistuff 4sale 2 years ago

Please do not worry. Men get their comeuppance starting about 50 and get to enjoy worrying about sneezes, hiccups and coughing leading to a washroom visit.

0points

Frannie Kaplan 2 years ago

Most women Don't know this

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Calvin Girvin 2 years ago

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Lizard Gaming_YT 2 years ago

I really hope you are joking

13points

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work Went on a date with a guy whilst on my period. We ended up kissing on the date and he asked if we could do the deed.

I told him that I was on my period and didn't really feel up to it. He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Can't you just hold it in? I promise it's worth it."

I didn't have any words, just left.

TheLittleCas , Sora Shimazaki Report

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280points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

No, YOU hold it in you twat.

195points

According to Cataleya, there's a stigma surrounding sex education that needs to be erased. She shared an example of how ridiculous things can get. This particular scene happened while the redditor was in the 6th grade.

"They called away all the girls from classes, brought us to an auditorium to discuss periods and what they are, why they happen, what we should do, etc. They gave us packets of pads and told us to keep them in our lockers for emergencies. Their heart was in the right place, but by only asking the girls to attend this, they ensured that periods became some sort of mythical and curious event in the minds of all the boys," she pointed out where the problem lies.

"[The boys] were not educated, they remained ignorant to what should be essential information to them. And of course, we all scrambled to hide our pads because we all thought we would rather be caught dead than holding a packet of them. They teased us about it and we, being only 11, had nothing to say to defend ourselves because the stigma around periods is very strong in my country."

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work He said, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” - Todd Akin, Republican, 2012.

cdnmoon , Liza Summer Report

Final score:

253points

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Sinkvenice 2 years ago

I was unconscious when I was raped, which obviously proves it wasn't legitimate as my body didn't shut down, it got pregnant instead. Silly me.

241points

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work When I was 17, I needed to ask my dad for money to buy period products. He just said: "You needed money for this reason the previous month, it's not like you have your period every month"

I just stood there in chock, and borrowed some money from a friend until my mom got back the next week. It's not like he and my mom had been married for almost 20 years, and the fact that he was 56 lol

18justme , Skylar Kang Report

Final score:

219points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

Can your father wipe his own ass?

205points

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work My male friend told me that I don't necessarily know what blood looks like. And that when period blood gets soaked up by a pad or tampon it's no longer visible and soaks into the product losing the blood colour. So pads are always white and dry.

sweetpotatonerd , Sora Shimazaki Report

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202points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Yes, and the colour is blue, not red /s

186points

TicklesPickles , Alexander Dummer Report

The stigmas surrounding periods go even deeper. "I have friends whose own parents make them sit on mats on the floor when they are on their periods because they are considered impure and should not touch anything in the house," Cataleya said.

"Some women aren't allowed to enter the kitchen or the prayer room, they're not allowed to leave the house. A majority of women in my country have no access to pads or tampons and use cloth which causes infection and prevents them from being able to earn a living. I could go on and on about how bad it is here for a lot of women," she revealed to Bored Panda.

Cataleya believes that it's always best to own up to a misconception about women and have it corrected than continue staying ignorant. "There's no shame in it if you're 30 and have misconceptions about periods. It is sad that you may not have educated yourself about it, but there's absolutely no shame in asking women to educate them or to start reading online themselves. Sex Ed is so important," she said.

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work That an intact hymen means you're a virgin and a torn/broken one means you're not. You can have sex and your hymen remain unbroken and you can tear your hymen running, jumping, doing splits, stretching, etc.

Final score:

196points

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Francis 2 years ago

i, as a women, thought so aswell. and i know a lot of women who still believe this..

70points

ionfckingwannabehere , Sora Shimazaki Report

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work Periods are painless. We all overreact.

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182points

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Martha Meyer 2 years ago

How to know you are talking to an incel.

163points

Cultural-Feedback-53 , Mikhail Nilov Report

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work "Women have no inner life"

and flat out refused to believe or entertain other points of view. It was the saddest and most frustrating thing I've ever read.

He legitimately asserted the women have no inner consciousness. He wanted to pretend that 50% of the population were not quite fully human.

Final score:

181points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Lol whut?!

96points

Im_Prolly_Depressed Report

Owning up to our mistakes might be difficult, but it makes others like us more. When we show that we’re embarrassed by our slip-ups, instead of running away from them, people tend to empathize with us more. That’s great news for anyone who has any blind spots regarding gender or any other topic.

"We spend a lot of time and effort presenting an ideal version of ourselves to other people. When something happens that contrasts with the image we’ve been projecting—when we say or do something that shows we actually aren’t as graceful or as smart as we’d like people to believe—we feel embarrassed," Vanessa Bohns, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University, told me what happens when people are confronted with the fact that they’ve made a mistake, during an earlier interview with Bored Panda.

#10

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work My ex boyfriend saw a TikTok that said (as a joke) that us women have blue piss if we were really mad and asked me if he could see it I obviously said no and told him that it wasn’t true but he seemed to not believe me so now I stay up till 3am every night thinking about it, Mark if your reading this, I’m so sorry that you’re stupid enough to believe something off TikTok

Final score:

180points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

It's true, we have smurf pee when mad and unicorn pee when happy :D

138points

#11

It was my first time having sex with my first bf after my divorce. I was nervous, as no one else had seen me naked since I had become a mom to three children, and this guy was gorgeous. I was athletic, fit and confident, but still, it had been almost 20 years since I had been naked around someone new. As things are getting hot and heavy, he starts kissing my stomach and heading south, he stops… and I hear… “wow, you are gorgeous down here… your pussy is gorgeous! Sorry, I’ve never been with a mom before and I thought it would be all messed up. “ I’ve never laughed so hard in bed, he was so genuinely shocked and pleased. We just got married last month after 6 years of dating.

ronsinblush Report

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174points

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Izzy Curer 2 years ago

Aw. This doesn't belong here.

98points

ArcadiaPlanitia , Ketut Subiyanto Report

#12

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work A friend’s boyfriend thought that it was biologically impossible for lesbians to get pregnant. Like, once they realize they’re gay, their ovaries just shrivel up and quit, so they can never have kids. His reasoning was that he’d never met a lesbian couple with children (this was a one-horse town with like 2000 residents, he’d never met a lesbian couple, period.)

I think men also tend to assume that period blood is 100% the same as the blood you see when you cut yourself—thin, bright red, etc (which I guess is a fair assumption.) Lots of men have no idea that period blood can contain clots and tissue, or that the color of it can vary throughout the cycle. They assume it’s just a constant, plain red drip like a nosebleed or something.

Final score:

172points

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Katherine Boag 2 years ago

Yeah period blood can have some pretty *interesting* consistency

124points

"Discovering you were wrong about something most everyone else around you has long known to be true is one of those moments. In that moment we learn, 'Wait a minute, maybe I haven’t been presenting the image of being smart or worldly that I thought I was presenting all this time,' which is embarrassing,” Vanessa explained to Bored Panda.

“One thing that’s interesting about embarrassment is that, for as much as we might experience it as painful in the moment, it’s actually very socially adaptive. Being embarrassed signals to other people that you care about what they think. And that actually draws people in to you,” the expert said.

#13

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work I (woman) once argued with a guy who kept saying that women aren't into p**n for the p**n part but for the story and aren't turned on by sex or naked bodies at all. He definitely thinks that to this day because my argument that "I'm a woman and skip any story part in p**n" was met with "Just because you're a woman it doesn't mean you know what women like."

Saberleaf , Charles Deluvio Report

Final score:

162points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Ultimate mansplain.

169points

#14

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work That women who have multiple partners do not deserve any chance of a faithful partner. Or her partner is crazy to be with girl with a “loose hole”

I told the guy that I will never talk to him ever again. It has been 16 years.

anarkiast , Keira Burton Report

Final score:

159points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

This a more openly vile version of the "chewed gum" crap religious schools like to push

85points

#15

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work Debating whether the 6 week abortion limit was a functional ban in abortion.

Him: No because you have 6 weeks to decide I you want an abortion.

Me: That’s not how it works.

Him: I remember my biology lessons.

Me: my menstrual cycle can be 6 weeks. I have been having them for nearly 30 years, trust my experience.

Him: That’s not right

Me: it is and I spent several years trying to get pregnant so I learnt to look for signs of ovulation and symptoms of pregnancy. It is impossible to know if you are pregnant on day one of your pregnancy because you could be a virgin. The first two weeks are shedding the lining of the womb (period) and growing an egg.

Him : quotes Web MD

Me: Oh f**k I gotta hand back my biology degree with all the exams I took in reproductive biology because a guy who googled the answer knows more than me.

Him : Oi. You better not be mean to me because I am well educated and have liberal views on abortion so you need to keep me as an ally.

Murka-Lurka , Duané Viljoen Report

Final score:

157points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

"You need to...", Yeah, sure.

106points

“So blushing, burying your head in your hands, laughing, acknowledging how embarrassing something was, are all totally healthy ways to react,” Vanessa suggested that admitting to our mistakes and being honest about our feelings is the mature thing to do. Hiding our embarrassment that we’ve made a blunder, however, is unhealthy.

“The unhealthy way to react is to pretend you’re not embarrassed, that you didn’t make a mistake, or to get angry. Those things undo the positive effect of embarrassment typically has on other people by conveying insincerity and pushing people away rather than drawing them in,” she explained.

#16

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work A grown ass man told me that period is actually an accumulation of all the “dirty things” that accumulate monthly in a woman’s body. And that men are clean so they don't have periods.

winston356 , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

156points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Well sadly a lot of cultures treat menstruating women ( or even women of the age to menstruate) as unclean, sometimes banishing them from the house or baring them from houses of worship. Super nasty patriarchal bs.

158points

#17

I’m not a woman, but from what some of them told me : Faster does not mean better

Apparently a lot of guys have a problem understanding that

Kaoulombre Report

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145points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago (edited)

Oh boy, do they ever. I call it 'The Jackhammer'.

110points

#18

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work That we really dress for attention from men. My ex seriously thought that. Ok, some women do as there are some men who do. But I know I dress for myself, however I want, because I'm my own individual who is doing it for me because I like it. Yes, we women can do things for ourselves for that reason alone!

minahmyu , YURI MANEI Report

Final score:

139points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

This is why most of women's dresses are uncomfortable/unpractical in principle, I'm not even talking about shoes.

59points

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#19

I met a guy who thought I had full control of the time it took my hair to grow. Basically if I wanted really long hair now I could just get long hair within like 3 seconds, and if I wanted my hair to be shorter it would just go short. Possibly the stupidest person I ever met and I have met some stupid people.

Final score:

136points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Oh like those dollies with the button on their back!

69points

#20

I saw a sign at a women’s March here in Texas that read “Men still think we bleed and pee out of the same hole.”

VictoriaNicole Report

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134points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

In Texas? Yeah, they do.

64points

#21

That I’m too pretty to be a lesbian. I’m a big lesbian, a BIG Lesbian, Mate.

associatedbears Report

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133points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

Dude, I´m too pretty for men.

110points

#22

A "friend" told me women can control their periods. Mind you, he is not a doctor, nor a nurse, he is not studying medicine and is not even a woman. I told him that's not how it works, all periods are different, but we CAN'T control it. Otherwise we would have done it for years! He refuse to listen to me and said he was right cause he read it on twitter. I never spoke to him again.

greenyoshi89 Report

Final score:

132points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago (edited)

Wow, this man can reduce an IQ of whole internet.

97points

throwRA2748596 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

#23

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work I met a guy on tinder that didn’t think we could have sex bc I was taller than him. Like he physically thought it wouldn’t work/fit together or something. Needless to say I never talked to him again.

Also the first thing he said when I walked up to meet him in person was “Holy [cow] you’re a giant! Why didn’t you tell me??” It was a pretty awkward date.

Final score:

126points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago (edited)

You should have told him: "Holy s**t, you´re a hobbit, why didn´t you tell me??" (without insulting the hobbits, they are nice)

175points

#24

That we are all the same and all want the same things.

Despite the stereotypes, I absolutely hate going clothes shopping. I don’t want your money- I got my own. My job is just as important to as your job is to you. So quit thinking ALL girls fit in some mold.

erinwrestles Report

Final score:

126points

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Something 2 years ago

I've heard antifeminists say things like "but some women want to be housewives." And, like, so what? Let people do what they as individuals want to do. Gaining the right to do something else doesn't mean limiting people's choices.

60points

Delicious_Version892 , Valeria Boltneva Report

#25

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work My ex legitimately thought I could control the sex of the baby via sexual position at conception or eating certain foods.

Final score:

120points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Oh boy. Someone missed biology class

76points

#26

That we get a bit of sexual pleasure from inserting a tampon.

Hippos-n-Corgis Report

Final score:

118points

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Sinkvenice 2 years ago

I once knew an adult man who thought we got sexual pleasure from loading up a finger with soap or shower gel and shoving it up ourselves to clean it in the shower. When I explained that vaginas are self cleaning so we don't do that, plus it can cause infect or thrush, he didn't believe me and was disgusted. I said we obviously clean around it, the vulva and clitoris etc, he now thought all women were dirty.

121points

GoldDustWitchQueen Report

#27

Oh god....so you may not believe this(because I certainly did not think he was serious either at first) but when I was a teen I knew a guy that legitimately thought that girls breast size had to do with how much blow jobs they give. I laughed, he did not, I asked him where the hell he got that idiotic idea(again teen so not very tactful). He got angry and left so I never did find out where in the world he got that idea or how he thought that worked.

Final score:

117points

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SilverRain 2 years ago

That explains why I have a flat chest...

88points

#28

Years ago, when I was in high school, I had a classmate start telling me that his back hurt from being awake so long. I offered him an extra strength midol bc I had it and it works pretty well for general pain relief; and he refused it......on account that he didn't want to have a period. He would not be convinced that midol didn't cause periods.

nicococat Report

Final score:

116points

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DC 2 years ago

Don't ever use any neurotoxins if you are out to kill people of this kind. You know, these actually might not work at all on those.

45points

#29

My ex was thoroughly convinced that women have more ribs than men. You know. Because apparently Adam gave his rib to make Eve. Even after I went through med school and showed him countless images to the contrary.

Tofer02 Report

Final score:

107points

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Ben Moss 2 years ago

Also; girls pee from the butt, right?

31points

#30

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work That women can produce breast milk on demand, even if they’ve never been pregnant. If that were true, it would be very inconvenient to say the least.

JustAnotherAviatrix , iam_os Report

Final score:

105points

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Vihra Stancheva 2 years ago

It is possible to have breast milk if never been pregnant but not on demand

48points

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#31

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work That getting a UTI meant I was cheating on him. What?

Heterozygoats , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

49points

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Bilja M 2 years ago (edited)

Once a female doctor accused me that I got UTI because I had "too much sex with various men". So not just men are ignorant and stupid.

30points

#32

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work You can just turn your period off. Alternatives to this are "the big egg" theory where you have a period in a toilet all at once and also pass an egg big enough to see and the "just hold it" where they think you can squeeze your vaginal opening like a sphincter and just not bleed.

Bonus Misconception: I vividly remember my 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Spears telling my class how when she was a child she gained the notion that you eat food and it builds up inside your body from your toes to your head and that was why you needed to eat to grow up big and strong because you were literally getting bigger from storing chewed food inside of you.

Musikaravaa , Jonathan Borba Report

Final score:

45points

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NsG 2 years ago

That bonus misconception is kinda sweet - it's absolutely a child's interpretation of what the words they have been told translate to reality. It comes across that the teacher was telling her class (2nd grade is about 7years old?) as a "wasn't I silly?" rather than "this is how it works", which also makes it more harmless.

19points

#33

Had a classmate tell me catcalling is actually good and men should do it more because 'there's probably one woman out there who secretly likes it' and then says if it were him, he would feel flattered

... false equivalence is a real thing lol

Xelia17 Report

Final score:

45points

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Katherine Boag 2 years ago

Would he be flattered if it was an ugly woman tho?

18points

#34

Also, When I was in high school, my best friend’s boyfriend thought that when women went through menopause it meant that their vaginas were sealed shut forever. I blame our high school, honestly. These seem like basic things a guy should learn.

87319496 Report

Final score:

45points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

He'll be horrified to learn that grandma is probably getting it on the regular far more than he is.

44points

#35

I’m a guy, was raised by women (Mum and two older sisters). I once heard the middle sibling complain out loud that she felt like she had been stabbed up the bum with a knife, thought it was funny and had a little giggle because I was 8.

Later on I went to go use the bathroom and saw what looked like blood-dried cotton flower thingy in the bin, my tiny brain putting two and two together, I ran to my mum and screamed “_______ got stabbed in the bum with a knife”. She asked my why I thought that, I explained what I heard and what I saw and she had the biggest laugh I’ve ever seen anyone conjure out of themselves, of course at my expense.

It was around then that my mother explained to me what periods were, and up until that point, I could always sense that the general vibe in the house was off for a few days from time to time, but just never understood why and got used to it.

So now, I immediately recall the sheer fear and pure comedy associated with that memory whenever a woman I know mentions their period.

Amai_M4sk Report

Final score:

42points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

That's not ridiculous, that's just someone being a child :)

38points

#36

A male co worker asked me (f) if I've ever had a prostate exam.... He was a senior in college at the time. The shade of red his face turned when he realized his mistake. Poor Steve.

yokoshika Report

Final score:

42points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago (edited)

At least he is polite enough realize his mistake and blush.

22points

#37

Not a misconception as such but a casual attitude towards pregnancy. That it's like a easy/regular thing to give birth to babies. Like a rite of passage. Since all the women around the world do it so it's not a big deal that any one woman should be considered special for doing it. Mind it, it was just about the birthing part. The whole nine months before that didn't even count.

NrajSC Report

Final score:

41points

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Anna Banana 2 years ago

I don't even have children and I hate this one so much! Women's bodies go through actual trauma over 9 months (plus birth), but because so many women go through this, it must not be a big deal, right? I think this might be the original sexist idea.

22points

#38

That our periods sync with the moon cycle..

youngvolcano Report

Final score:

41points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Oh this is funny. We are women not werewolves.

40points

Gloomy_Piccolo_4213 Report

#39

That women only date "chads" and not them because they are a "nice guy"

Final score:

41points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

And that's when you know it's time to run

27points

#40

the hymen is like a lid and covers the whole hole (how do periods happen then?)

lesbians just haven't had a proper d**k

women are so irrational and emotional (men literally murder someone for refusing to have sex with them)

women only get pregnant from period sex

plan b is an abortion pill

pregnancy is a break

detectivefrogbutt Report

Final score:

40points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

Women can't be presidents because they're too emotional meanwhile the number of male leaders in the world's history that started wars over 'his land is bigger than my land' is too high to count

32points

#41

I was about 19, had a male friend ask to come to the store with me because he needed to grab something. I told him I was going to buy tampons and he was welcome to come if it wasn't going to embarrass him and cause him to act stupid. He to me all offended like that he grew up with his mom and 2 older sisters and wasn't dumb. So, away we went.

We meet up and go the the register, he sees my 40 box (this was the 90s) and is like holy s**t that's enough for like a couple of years. And I was like what no, like a month or two. So, since he looked totally confused I was like some days you have to change them like every hour or so because of the flow. His mouth literally dropped open and he said, "YOU MEAN YOU CHANGE THEM? I thought you just noticed blood and poked one in and a week later pulled it out"

I'm assuming I educated him that day, and he's married now so I doubt he still believes tampons are a once a month plug. But you know, he did grow up with 2 older sisters and a mom, so gawd he wasn't dumb, guys

FreshChickenEggs Report

Final score:

40points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

You would actually die if you did that. Its a shame health classes suck so much

22points

#42

Even women have misconceptions about other women. My mom thinks that if you have period cramps that means you live an unhealthy lifestyle. Mind you, she is someone who has terrible periods every month despite doing her best to be healthy.

Misslovedog Report

Final score:

40points

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Anna Banana 2 years ago

This sounds a bit like a lack of self-love. Mom has terrible cramps and she blames herself, probably because she was thought to do so.

13points

#43

Not myself, but at my old job one of the servers had a miscarriage and was still on painkillers from it. My boss told her that she needed to come in anyway and told her that he's spoken to other women and that they told him miscarriages are no big deal. When she told me this after work I damn near went back to the restaurant to kick him in the balls. She and most of the other servers quit when he cut their wages.

He also tried to make me come into work after my mom got hit my a car. F**k you, Brandon. I hope your cockroach infested restaurant fails.

twitchy_taco Report

Final score:

40points

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Cookie Panda 2 years ago

Oh hey no comments. MUAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA (If it’s not obvious that’s evil laughter)

0points

#44

That women’s vaginas can become “loose” if they have too many sexual partners haha

Final score:

39points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

But it stays the same when it's just lots of sex with the same partner, right

39points

#45

Not a woman, but my younger brother asked my wife when she had just given birth to my oldest which of her breasts that had full fat milk. He thought one of the breasts had full fat and the other had skimmed milk. He was 29 and has a university degree..

FuryQuaker Report

Final score:

39points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago (edited)

And the answer is even in the name. Its called "skimmed milk" cause they literally skim the milk fat off the top in the dairy. Wanna bet he also believes chocolate milk comes from brown cows?

16points

paperconservation101 Report

#46

I knew a guy who swore up and down that all women's periods happen on the 28th day of the month. I got a calender to show him.that if you were the actual mythical 28 day cycle your period would move due months being uneven.

He told me I just didn't understand my period.

Final score:

39points

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Izzy Curer 2 years ago

Do you think guys like this ever look back and remember comments like these? Do they feel embarrassed or dumb, or are they just so full of themselves that these past conversations never enter their mind?

13points

#47

One of the men I work with needed a vitamin (can’t remember why specifically) so I offered him some from the bottle I keep at my desk, which is specifically geared towards women.

He took one look at it and was like “…I’ll pass” and I had to explain to him that “for women” meant extra calcium and iron, etc NOT estrogen.

To be fair, he was like “my bad”, laughed at himself, and took it at that point.

Stormingtrinity Report

Final score:

38points

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Kaseylulu 2 years ago

He needed a vitamin?

8points

#48

When my sister had her baby, they had collected the placenta in a container beside the hospital bed. Her boyfriend confidently said that it was her uterus. He believed that when women give birth, they push out their entire uterus and just grow a new one.

He also said that a woman’s pelvis breaks during child birth.

unicorndanceparty Report

Final score:

38points

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Katherine Boag 2 years ago

Only if they get a symphisiotomy or a pubiotomy (do NOT look this up if you are squeamish about medical abuse)

9points

#49

Any negative mood = period

amollecarg Report

Final score:

36points

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BAN CAPITAL LETTERS 2 years ago

"I don't get my period, dipshit. I don't have a uterus."

4points

Competitive-Show-272 Report

#50

Men thinking that women who prefer pads over tampons can't handle d**k. WHAT. Lol

Final score:

35points

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Bilja M 2 years ago

Pads are inconvenient but safer as you can't get toxic shock syndrome.

17points

#51

That all women are neat, have cooking skills, and are happy.

then i came into his life, the most desorganised human, with depression and anxiety, and my Sister, who can burn water.

he said we weren't woman, we are aliens

f**kingpanquee/ Report

Final score:

34points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago (edited)

Where the heck did this man grow up? Only-male cult? Republican household? Secluded in the woods?

12points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#52

30 Times Men Did Not Know How Simple Things About Women Work A male classmate who sat behind me kept whispering my name, so I turned around and asked what he needed. He said he had a really important question, but didn't want to seem stupid. At this point, I was still under the impression he was talking about something regarding the class so I just told him to ask and I'll do my best to answer. He proceeds to ask, "A girl's v**ina is just like an inverted d**k, right?" I was so caught off guard by the question that I never actually gave an answer.

Nice_Plant4367 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

33points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

No Billy, your w***y is inverted vagina.

15points

#53

We can pee out sperm

Fetus will come out traumatized if mother's have sex while pregnant

Women can only get pregnant while on their period

And thousands more.

LibertyRambo Report

Final score:

33points

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Dave P 2 years ago

sex during pregnancy is actually healthy for the baby according to modern science. Even more so there is an ancient text from the 5th century that states that and that husbands should have sex with their wives during pregnancy. Meaning this isnt new information.

10points

#54

"Hillary cant be president. What about periods?"

Yeah, a 70 year old woman totally still gets those

Final score:

33points

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Stephanie IV 2 years ago

Yeah, I know - but what if she did? Could she be president?

23points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#55

I had to explain to a grown man that pads stick to underwear. He agreed that made more sense, and we laughed about it.

TheOtherZebra Report

Final score:

33points

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Tess the ferret 2 years ago

At least he accepted it🤣

3points

#56

The amount of one-time hook-ups who seemed to think I would fall desperately in love with them after the deed was done. I'm like, nooo... we both understand this is a hook-up, not a date. There's nothing romantic here. Why do so many men assume they are irresistible sex-gods? IMO, that kind of arrogance is so off-putting.

jem55 Report

Final score:

32points

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DC 2 years ago

My, I'm already happy like ... ...... if I just find someone who is into the same perversions, or one of them, as I am into ... actually, not even knowing them too well makes things easier, you can focus on your shared kink, have a few great hours or so, clean up, part ways, meet next month, next year, next day ... repeat ... I'd not even want that to happen, don't want any relationship that close...

4points

#57

My friend (a medical student atm) thought that a tampon was like a plug, that basically it just stopped the blood flowing until you took it out then the blood would just flow out again. Shock of his life when I showed him how they absorb blood and how big they get when they do!

LazerTRex Report

Final score:

31points

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Nessy 2 years ago

To be honest, I (f) was surprised at how big tampons can get the first time I saw one soak up liquid

8points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#58

Not a woman but I had a friend who got upset because his girlfriend couldn't hold her period in like pee because it's the same hole.

Raxtenko Report

Final score:

30points

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Stephanie IV 2 years ago

Wouldn’t advise sex with this guy. Unless his penis is so small it comfortably fits into a urethra.

16points

#59

A guy on a talks how claimed that when a woman doesn't want sex she can clench her vagina tight and the p**is can not penetrate it. He was then asked if he had ever heard about rape...

TheHedonia Report

Final score:

30points

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Annett Nyrud 2 years ago

That was probably his claim - "She did not clench, so she must have wanted it. If she really did not want it, he would not have been able to get it in!"

0points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

#60

When we were in high school, my friend had a box of tampons fall out of her school bag and one of the smartass guys who saw goes “urgh Kathleen, who’d want to have sex with YOU?” My mate just laughed off the ignorance of that idiot, who thought tampons were some kind of birth control

cometsuperbee Report

Final score:

30points

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grindelwald_the_insomnia_panda 2 years ago

how can ANYONE be so stupid!????

0points

#61

That his wife was cheating on him because she was loose and wet instead of tight and dry like when they got married

Polyf**kery Report

Final score:

30points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Oh poor woman

26points

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#62

Once I made a comment about keeping my puppy close to my bosom after his first bath, and the guy said that it was disgusting. I was confused, he explained quickly to me that I shouldn’t hold a puppy against my vagina.

fritzgerald22 Report

Final score:

29points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Bet he was real confused when 19th century writers refer to men as having bosoms too. Of course assuming he could read

23points

#63

My husband, a very smart man, still thinks where I pee from and where I bleed from are connected. Although he also knows he’s not sticking his duck in my bladder. I’m not sure what exactly he thinks is going on down there. One day I might ask him to draw his vision out for me. Or maybe not.

TheRavenGirl13 Report

Final score:

29points

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Roland Gosselin 2 years ago

Husband??? Buy him an anatomy book. Jeezusss...

16points

#64

That boobs don’t hurt

Gherkingal01 Report

Final score:

29points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

Yeah, that bakelite things seen in porn maybe don´t.

6points

#65

Knew a guy who thought women also have prostates, because in his mind, it was the only reason/way women could enjoy anal. A fairly considerate and creative mistake, honestly.

metamorphotits Report

Final score:

29points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

A woman told me that no women enjoy a**l because women don't have prostates. I said I had known some women who enjoyed it - she said they only pretended to enjoy it. I'm pretty sure that some women like it and some don't.

7points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#66

There is a legend at my medical school of a couple who couldn't conceive... after questioning it turned out that they were having anal sex... I'm not sure how the interviewer kept a straight face.

It sends that they would need a lot more instruction if they actually did have a child.

soparklion Report

Final score:

28points

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Kanuli 2 years ago

I know a manga with that plot.

4points

#67

To this day I still get told by men that I should be used to period cramps as I have them monthly.

airivolkova Report

Final score:

27points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

This person deserves a kick in his balls monthly.

23points

#68

I'm not a woman but there are still an embarrassing number of men who think that p**ises can transform the shapes of v**inas and vulvas.

Viat0r Report

Final score:

26points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

The most powerful overestimation known to mankind

15points

UnhappyCryptographer Report

#69

A colleague really thought that the period always starts on the first of every month.

Final score:

26points

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Ray Martin 2 years ago

That would certainly make social events easier to plan.

23points

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#70

My friend thought that women secrete like 2 ml of blood during our period. One day, I had a period emergency so I texted him to get me pads from a convenience store bc I was stuck in the stall. He came back with ONE PANTYLINER and was genuinely confused when I told him that thinass panty sticker is not gonna last me the whole day, let alone an hour.

throwawayra4101 Report

Final score:

26points

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Tess the ferret 2 years ago

How can you even buy only one anyway!?

8points

#71

Guy I used to date thought I couldn't get pregnant because I identifies as agender and he thought that meant my ovaries went into some sort of hibernation. Little to say I didn't let his d**k anywhere near me.

DespessoEspresso Report

Final score:

25points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

His brain went into some sort of hibernation...

15points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

#72

When I was a young teenager I asked a female coworker what the difference between a tampon and a maxi pad was. She just stared at me and I awkwardly said - well I don’t know! Then she said ones a q-tip the others a band aid.

carsont5 Report

Final score:

25points

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Something Different 2 years ago

the forbidden q-tip

2points

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#73

My friend who was pregnant (her and husband were in their late 20’s) told me her husband told her they couldn’t have sex while she was pregnant because there wouldn’t be enough room for the second baby if they got pregnant again before she gave birth…yup, he actually said that.

Final score:

25points

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Jon Steensen 2 years ago

Some women can actually get a "double pregnancy" where the two featuces are concieved a different times. In fact it is not uncommon in cats and dogs that the individuals of litter of kittens/puppies have different farthers. It is very rare for humans, but it can happen, try googling superfetation. However they two fertalisations normally happens in rapid succesion, and hence the two babies act kind of like "twins" space wise, though they could theoretically have different farthers.

8points

Environmental_Hair_2 Report

#74

Not a man but my sister told me once a woman started having sex her hips became wider because her body knew she could possibly have children. That’s how she knew I was having sex at 13. I was not having sex at 13.

Final score:

25points

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Zedrapazia 2 years ago

The hips get wider because of puberty, not because of sex

9points

#75

When I was 4 (M) I thought girls also had a p**is because I had a p**is and I'm a human and she's a human.

Amazing deduction skills wise?

Come to my surprise when I was play wrestling with this 3rd grader girl and was losing i decided to win I must kick her d**k. It didn't effect her like I thought it would and said.

"Doesn't your weewee hurt"

You can use your imagination to fill in the rest there.

BoardProf Report

Final score:

24points

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Katherine Boag 2 years ago

Its fine for a child to not know things

15points

#76

When you talk to men about female anatomy, you really go down a rabbit hole. A lot of guys think women immediately dry up at 40 and become infertile.

Final score:

23points

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Roland Gosselin 2 years ago

Not all men. Some of us are properly educated. :)

5points

LongHeelRedBottoms Report

#77

I was reading a book about witchcraft and the male writer dismissed a passage because it referred to 'clots of menstrual blood' and he said that menstrual blood didn't clot. Currently shedding quite a few lumps at the moment and it still bugs me. It immediately flushed all credibility that the book might had.

(he also confused St Augustine of Hippo with St Augustine of Canterbury, which is okay and an easy mistake unless you're writing a book about the stuff)

MeckityM00 Report

Final score:

23points

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Stephanie IV 2 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

#78

I had a guy friend who was surprised to learn that inserting a tampon isn't pleasurable

married_pineapple Report

Final score:

22points

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#79

That we shed our facial skin when on our period. Smh

Final score:

22points

POST

Susie Elle 2 years ago

Are we lizards now, too?

25points

#80

I’m a guy but I used to think that women only had one hole…

Haywire70 Report

Final score:

21points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Like a bird or reptile?

17points

elizabethshortcake Report

#81

As a bisexual woman, I could just put a bag over my head and look in the mirror to turn myself on.

Final score:

21points

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Ray Martin 2 years ago

How could you see with a bag over your head?

23points

rabbitwarriorreturns Report

#82

I guess he thought we consistently feel the same way throughout, or that it always gradually gets better. He didn’t realize our period pain/sickness can be totally random.

Final score:

21points

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grindelwald_the_insomnia_panda 2 years ago

and THAT is why we need PROPER education!

1point

#83

Can’t think of a dumb comment from a man I personally know, but I do remember reading about a guy in the UK who went viral a few years ago for wanting to know why women have periods and why they can’t just hold their bladder instead.

desert_red_head Report

Final score:

20points

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grindelwald_the_insomnia_panda 2 years ago

whaaa....

0points

#84

He’s been corrected, but my dad thought that women could hold their periods in until they got to a toilet.

Cartoon_Trash_ Report

Final score:

20points

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Rainy Day Wolf 2 years ago

if only

2points

#85

That if you can't understand a woman's point of view it's because she is unreasonable or illogical. Some people don't find this funny but i think it's hilarious.

EnoughEye7 Report

Final score:

20points

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Tess the ferret 2 years ago

🤣bc it could never be that the man, well educated as he is, could be wrong!

2points

#86

That our hole can zip shut. a boy in my class last year told me this and i still find it hilarious. mind you he was about 14/15 ish

ImabratYah Report

Final score:

19points

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#87

I used to work with a guy who thought his wife’s, and I quote, “pussy juice” speeded up healing. He was an auto mechanic so his hands always had cuts or scrapes. If he cut his finger he would talk about finger-blasting his wife so the cut would heal faster.

WH1SKEYHANGOVER Report

Final score:

19points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

gross

18points

ButterflyLarge6526 Report

#88

That we do make up for you. We actually do make up for ourselves (and for other women sometimes!) hahaha

Final score:

18points

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Soyexfox 2 years ago

some truth in this

-2points

#89

I knew someone who thought that one was unable to have sex whilst you are pregnant. I had to explain that unless there was a medical reason to not have sex then there is no problem with it.

Pitiful_Pride8813 Report

Final score:

18points

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Tess the ferret 2 years ago

Im glad you explained it!

0points

#90

That pads stick to our vaginas instead of our underwear. Yikes

carlyyay Report

Final score:

18points

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Corinna Weisz 3 months ago

That's because they learn it's a band aid 😅

0points

#91

That short women have shorter vaginas, bigger women have bigger ones. It's not just "a man", I know and have seen/heard from many men who believe this.

meduiza7 Report

Final score:

17points

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Scipio Africanus 2 years ago

I thought that too

1point

#92

So I had a guy friend who thought that having a period is much like peeing. And not in the usual "why don't you just hold it in?" thing. He thought that periods come out in a continuous stream of blood for one week straight like how pee comes out in a continuous stream.

c0nfusedcl0wn Report

Final score:

16points

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Soyexfox 2 years ago

why do men think we can hold our wee in, but to be fair i always thought that if a guy was desperate for a pee then then could just hold the tip.

4points

#93

My first misconception when I was idk 13(?) Was that I thought women pushed babies outta butthole

69420isntfunny Report

Final score:

15points

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Ray Martin 2 years ago

On a related note, my wife described childbirth as "like crapping a pumpkin".

10points

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Martha Meyer 2 years ago

All of these people were failed by the school system.

23points

Mazer 2 years ago

Nope. It’s the whole, you can lead a horse to water but can’t make them drink thing. Some kids were homeschooled, some schooled in a religious oriented school etc.

7points

Sasy 2 years ago

What is sadder is the many that say nothing and just think incorrectly about things.

12points

SilentBob731 2 years ago (edited)

Meanwhile half the U.S. is still insisting on "abstinence-only" sex-ed. F*****g Christo-Fascist Cave-People.

11points

Helen Haley 2 years ago

This is why this shouldn't be omitted in biology or anatomy and physiology or in sex ed.

11points

Destiny Kruse 2 years ago

I grew up in a conservative part of Texas. Our sex-ed class could be accurately summed up by one word- "No". According to them everything was a death sentence and women are naturally dramatic so missing P.E. because of cramps was inexcusable. It didn't help that he was the P.E. teacher...

9points

Bilja M 2 years ago

Off topic, but just shows how ignorant society is. I hated one commercial for vitamins where there are "vitamins for her" which make her "hair, nails and skin beautiful" and "vitamins for him" which "build muscles, improve stamina and boost your immunity". Like, wtf, women also need vitamins to make us stronger, more fit and boost immunity! We are not just popping vitamins to be prettier. It was so horribly annoying to me, even visuals were stupid, woman with full make up showing her long nails and shaking her blow dried hair and man just running in his sport's gear. I hated it. Society has no clue about women.

8points

M O'Connell 2 years ago

The vitamins are probably exactly the same, they're just using stereotypes to market them as two separate products. The only possible difference might be that the "Women's" contain more iron.

11points

Something 2 years ago

Normal periods can be painful, but that doesn't mean that if you experience debilitating pain, you should dismiss it as normal. Commenting this because even some gynecologists tell their patients to just deal with it, but it can be treatable and there might be an underlying cause you don't know about.

7points

JessRS 2 years ago

YES, THIS, THANK YOU! Some discomfort is normal, some cramps are worse than others, but fainting because of the pain? Not normal and should be evaluated by a doctor.

2points

Aisling Raye 2 years ago

The one not mentioned in this list is that the clitoris is shaped like a wish bone and when measured in full (the "head" and "legs") can be a total of 10 or so cm. Sex education (especially in the US) is pretty terrible. I'm a cis woman and didn't learn that until university physiology.

7points

Eiram 2 years ago

Also, I despise pictures that show the urethra as a hole behind the clit. It is actually surrounded by it and a part of it. Female circumcision actually cuts off part of the urethra with it, and can cause incontinence because of the lost sphincter, or constriction that reduces the amount of urine coming out making a normal pee take several minutes.

4points

SusanS 2 years ago

Parents need to be more open and educating of children when it comes to our bodies. THEN when it's time to learn more about the mechanics in school, they are better prepared. Having a period is absolutely NORMAL and should be treated as such. THEN there wouldn't be such embarrassment surrounding it.

6points

Eiram 2 years ago

Sadly, many parent don't actually know themselves.

2points

Lsai Aeon 2 years ago

Not only males but an alarmingly high number of females simply don't know basic anatomy. Vag**a is the tube, not the whole genital area that many identify as the vag**a

5points

Milan 2 years ago

cringe

5points

NamiKoa 2 years ago

This whole thing makes me wonder if I have any ridiculous misconceptions about men. 😅

4points

Chicken Nugget 2 years ago

Schools are horrible for this type of stuff. As a woman, I learn more from this sort of stuff than health class. And when I came out as bi, my mom didn't want me to watch tiktoks and stuff pertaining to my sexuality because of explicit stuff (I was in 10th grade at the time) and I just thought, How else am I going to learn how to have sex--especially safe sex--with another woman? My health teacher in 7th grade made it through the whole sex ed unit without actually saying how straight people have sex.

3points

Viviane 2 years ago

I got some of my sex ed from a foul-mouthed neighbour my age. He told me dirty jokes, then had to explain them to me. In retrospect, I appreciate that because he was the only teenager around who could give me facts in a totally matter-of-fact way.

0points

Melanie Moseley 2 years ago

I dated a 63yo man who believed women didn’t bleed from their period when they were in water 🙄 We are no longer dating due to other misconceptions concerning me…

2points

Lisa T 2 years ago

It’s also not the “school system” to blame for bad biology/sex’s education. Sex education is a parents job, and should be ongoing information given to your kids as soon as they are old enough to understand or ask questions, and BEFORE they actually start going through puberty and/or having sex.

2points

Martha Meyer 2 years ago (edited)

It shouldn't be a parents job, because plenty of parents are so brainwashed by religion, they will deliberately withhold information. The school system ought to be a neutral and informative place for explaining biological functions to little humans to make sure those with brainwashed/idiot parents are informed as well.

6points

Stannous Flouride 2 years ago

Reading through these really made me appreciate the impact of having grown up with a mom and older sister. They were generally modest about bodily functions but when I asked I was given accurate answers. I've always kept menstrual products around even though I'm a single male.

1point

Josy Bannon 2 years ago

I get that some teenagers are like this, but grownups??

1point

未周陸 2 years ago (edited)

It has been A Vicious Cycle of People failing the School Education System and the School Education System failing the People. Sex education is just One Example obviously as we can see here!

1point

Teresa Cranner 2 years ago

My ex asked me once when he was going “down town” how long it had been since I had clipped down there. I thought he meant shaved and asked for clarification. No, he meant how long since I had my labia “trimmed”…he honestly thought they grew constantly and we have them cut back every so often so they don’t get unmanageable… I to this day am still amazed.

1point

Martha Meyer 2 years ago

He thought regularly cutting into human flesh was a thing? O_o

3points

Lara Verne 2 years ago

Lack of education in action.

1point

LesAnimaux 2 years ago

I can't get through this list, it's so bad

1point

Callie Ge 5 months ago

I truly Truly despair for the future of Man kind, if this is any example we’re Doomed.

0points

Jude Laskowski 5 months ago

When I was in my mid-30s, most of my female friends and I had just bought our first homes. We had good jobs and this was an investment. Because we had no money for frivolous things, we'd get together for potlucks, and someone would rent a DVD. One day, someone rented a racy, sexy movie from the adult section. Some of us really learned something.

0points

Jude Laskowski 5 months ago

Failed by parents who thought you shouldn't discuss s*x at home.

0points

Momica98 1 year ago

We need to stop coddling the man-children.

0points

Ka Se 2 years ago

Serious question from a middle-european: Don't you have some mandatory school education about the reproductive organs? I remember having this kind of class at least twice at school. Additional there were a lot of different teen magazines (90es) where there always had some mostly reliable articles about sex and love. So it was nearly impossible not to know how the organs look like and theoretically work. I am really baffled that this seems not to be the case in the USA?

0points

Donkey boi 2 years ago

Well, that was a nice collection of uneducated people! I guess they aren't all to blame for their ignorance.

0points

Jacob Nunez 2 years ago

Men please, just, god just, stop please

0points

Eppe 2 years ago

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Aliquid 2 years ago

There was a post just the other day about what prompted men to divorce their wives. All sorts of examples of horrible women. I guess you decided not to look at BP that day.

6points

SilentBob731 2 years ago

In fairness, most men are stupid. Much like most women. Dogs are cool though, they get it. ;-)

2points

jonathan rasco 2 years ago

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Meme Mee 2 years ago

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Well that's some sexist bullshit

4points

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Martha Meyer 2 years ago

All of these people were failed by the school system.

23points

Mazer 2 years ago

Nope. It’s the whole, you can lead a horse to water but can’t make them drink thing. Some kids were homeschooled, some schooled in a religious oriented school etc.

7points

Sasy 2 years ago

What is sadder is the many that say nothing and just think incorrectly about things.

12points

SilentBob731 2 years ago (edited)

Meanwhile half the U.S. is still insisting on "abstinence-only" sex-ed. F*****g Christo-Fascist Cave-People.

11points

Helen Haley 2 years ago

This is why this shouldn't be omitted in biology or anatomy and physiology or in sex ed.

11points

Destiny Kruse 2 years ago

9points

Bilja M 2 years ago

8points

M O'Connell 2 years ago

The vitamins are probably exactly the same, they're just using stereotypes to market them as two separate products. The only possible difference might be that the "Women's" contain more iron.

11points

Something 2 years ago

7points

JessRS 2 years ago

YES, THIS, THANK YOU! Some discomfort is normal, some cramps are worse than others, but fainting because of the pain? Not normal and should be evaluated by a doctor.

2points

Aisling Raye 2 years ago

7points

Eiram 2 years ago

4points

SusanS 2 years ago

6points

Eiram 2 years ago

Sadly, many parent don't actually know themselves.

2points

Lsai Aeon 2 years ago

Not only males but an alarmingly high number of females simply don't know basic anatomy. Vag**a is the tube, not the whole genital area that many identify as the vag**a

5points

Milan 2 years ago

cringe

5points

NamiKoa 2 years ago

This whole thing makes me wonder if I have any ridiculous misconceptions about men. 😅

4points

Chicken Nugget 2 years ago

3points

Viviane 2 years ago

0points

Melanie Moseley 2 years ago

I dated a 63yo man who believed women didn’t bleed from their period when they were in water 🙄 We are no longer dating due to other misconceptions concerning me…

2points

Lisa T 2 years ago

2points

Martha Meyer 2 years ago (edited)

6points

Stannous Flouride 2 years ago

1point

Josy Bannon 2 years ago

I get that some teenagers are like this, but grownups??

1point

未周陸 2 years ago (edited)

It has been A Vicious Cycle of People failing the School Education System and the School Education System failing the People. Sex education is just One Example obviously as we can see here!

1point

Teresa Cranner 2 years ago

1point

Martha Meyer 2 years ago

He thought regularly cutting into human flesh was a thing? O_o

3points

Lara Verne 2 years ago

Lack of education in action.

1point

LesAnimaux 2 years ago

I can't get through this list, it's so bad

1point

Callie Ge 5 months ago

I truly Truly despair for the future of Man kind, if this is any example we’re Doomed.

0points

Jude Laskowski 5 months ago

0points

Jude Laskowski 5 months ago

Failed by parents who thought you shouldn't discuss s*x at home.

0points

Momica98 1 year ago

We need to stop coddling the man-children.

0points

Ka Se 2 years ago

0points

Donkey boi 2 years ago

Well, that was a nice collection of uneducated people! I guess they aren't all to blame for their ignorance.

0points

Jacob Nunez 2 years ago

Men please, just, god just, stop please

0points

Eppe 2 years ago

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Aliquid 2 years ago

There was a post just the other day about what prompted men to divorce their wives. All sorts of examples of horrible women. I guess you decided not to look at BP that day.

6points

SilentBob731 2 years ago

In fairness, most men are stupid. Much like most women. Dogs are cool though, they get it. ;-)

2points

jonathan rasco 2 years ago

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Meme Mee 2 years ago

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Well that's some sexist bullshit

4points