I mean, with the amount of tampons used and difference of flow, I could see why someone would think a quart of blood is lost each cycle. But this isn't a "men are stupid" article--it's not mens fault that our school systems fail them. It's not anyones fault except the super religious parents or govt officials who demand certain subjects be banned from school. When I was in high school about 100 years ago in a red state, it was "abstinence only" learning.

I find it disturbing that men think women can just have sex soon after birthing a baby, and one guy even acknowledged it would hurt. Well, duh. This must be a wide misbelief because my ex was adamant that I was just holding back sex from him because I was only exhausted and uncomfortable, and tried telling me it's supposed to be painful. I didn't want to have sex and it was excruciating. The first time I had sex was painless for me, so I knew that it wasn't normal. I would say 4 weeks is too soon. That's how long I kept him waiting.

Well, I just asked my husband and he mostly got them except how much blood, which frankly I think is lies as there's zero chance that's the amount that comes out of me, just had my period and I bled through multiple clothes while using tampons and pads - I was terrified of sneezing!

I'm a girl, and going to go with the men with some of these "wrong" answers- *The "G" spot, although it doesn't move per se, during arousal the vagina becomes bigger and longer to prepare itself for penetration, so the cervix and the G spot both appear to move upwards as they become further up. *As for peeing with a tampon in, some women prefer not to do this as the urine can travel via osmosis up the string and saturate the lower part of the tampon. At least I assume how this happens, all I know is if I pee with it in, it often ends up with wee in it, which I don't want in my vagina so I usually change it before. *Regarding the amount of blood lost, every woman is different but the average of 4-6 tablespoons is deceiving, because a large portion of menstrual fluid is not actual blood, so the average amount of menstrual fluid lost per cycle is far greater.

Huh. I didnt know it was an average of 20 tampons and I've been having my period for 30 years now. I never paid attention just bought a huge box every month or two when they're on sale. The have sex right after giving birth assumption is problematic though.

1) this is a really badly laid out article, eesh. 2) it's great to raise awareness, but I think this person missed an opportunity; we don't all fit this cookie cutter description. The flow and quantity would be completely dependant on the person. For postpartum sex, those who had tears after giving birth therefore needing stitches are likely to need longer than women who didn't, and those who had C sections are different maybe too (so the answer is medically different but always only when the woman is medically, physically, and emotionally ready). There's also pads, menstrual cups, period underwear etc etc etc etc They can't cover everything but it's good to at least spend a few seconds explaining all people are different. Especially as (sadly) there's the odd person who will notice their partner is different and confront them on why, not necessarily from a willingness to learn.

I think this kind of shows that these topics are still very taboo to talk about in general and that's why both men and women have a lot of misconceptions.

In my opinion, I think it's kina rude to shame these men. Knowing these answers, these men were probably not taught anything about the female reproductive system. I think that's more of a reflection "taboo" topics in the education system and how much needs to change.

To be fair on "how soon after giving birth can a woman have sex" question, I bet there are alot of women don't know the answer because you don't really need to know until you get pregnant the first time. Also, technically a woman can have sex immediately, but recommended to wait until healed. And, as the one guy said, it would hurt. Better to ask "how long should a woman abstain from sex after giving birth"

Ok, so not four litres - but how do they get that average, I don't know many women who lose only 2-5 tablespoons, is that for those women who only have their period for 1 - 3 days?

I think this is going to be tonight dinner time conversation - asking these questions of my husband and son. Very curious if they know they answers.

"Hey, let's make a baby, but there's nothing here so just shoot it out the ovaries," like what the heck? 😂

I think not knowing how much blood is lost during a period (and it's not really *blood* in the same way as blood flowing through your veins and arteries--it's blood-rich uterine tissue, mucous, and uterine flora, similar to gut flora) is legit, because I don't think most people with uteruses even know that... but 4 liters!? That's almost as much blood as there is in the whole body. I think the general population needs to be better educated, not just dudes. There are even women out there who think ridiculous things about the female reproductive system. Because American schools don't teach it. Sigh.

Sure FEELS like 4 litres, ha!

The looks on some of their faces had me giggling 😁

Idk what kinda light a*s periods this lady has, because I'm bleeding around 2-5 tablespoons for each day of my period, not the whole thing

When I was younger, I would bleed 5 tbsps a day for 2-3 days, and the rest was stretched out. I envy those who only bleed 2 tbsps in total.

When I was in my 20s, like these guys apparently are, my girlfriends never talked about most of this stuff, so why would I know? After being married for a few years, my wife is very open about these things now, but early on, she never would have dreamed about it.

I was laughing so hard at the answer that one gave about it going further up, poor guy.

This was... insightful, to say the least. Honestly, I'd probably give the same answer if asked what a period was because it was literally stated as such in my textbook. As for the other answers, well, you learn something new every day.

Oh nooooo! We don't know about women's body! Now flip it. What is the reason of morning wood? What's the function of the prostate? Can you pee with an erection? Can men produce milk? Can you revert a vasectomy?