THE MYTH ABOUT WOMEN VIRGINITY

VIRGINITY
I was discussing about females virginity yesterday
with some friends and someone was like the only
way to know if a girl is a virgin or not is that it's a
must every girl bleeds during her first sex and am
sure majority have same mindset but this is
wrong.. Bleeding doesn't determine if a girl is a
virgin or not so I decided to release this article to
help educate our young men and women on this
issue of girls bleeding during first sex... THE MYTH ABOUT WOMEN VIRGINITY-why most
women won't bleed the first time they have sex.
There's a very common myth in South and Central
Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan etc.)
and Africa (Nigeria and many other nations ) that
you can tell if a woman is a virgin, by whether or
not she bleeds the first time she has sex. There is
zero truth in this. Not all women bleed the first time
they have sex, as I'll explain in this post. To
understand why some women bleed and some
don't, it's very important to understand what the
hymen is. The hymen is a membrane that tends to
cover part of the vaginal opening (it does not
always block or cover the entire vagina, as some
people mistakenly think).
NOT ALL WOMEN HAVE A HYMEN. The hymen also
differs from woman to woman - like all women have
different heights and weights and features, all
women also have different amounts and types of
hymen. Some women have thick hymens, some
have very thin hymens, and some women have NO
hymens at all. Some women have larger hymens,
some women naturally have a very little amount of
hymen that covers only a small portion of their
vaginal opening (and hence does not really get in
the way, during first-time sex). In addition to this,
the hymen wears away on its own as you grow up.
For most women, the hymen wears away on its own
with exercise, bicycling, horseback riding -it can
wear off with pretty much any other physical activity,
even dancing! - or from using tampons when
menstruating. Especially if the hymen is very small
or thin, most of it tends to wear away on its own as
a girl grows up. If a woman is born WITHOUT a
hymen, she won't bleed the first time she has sex. If
a woman has a small or thin hymen, she might not
bleed the first time she has sex. If a woman's
hymen has worn away on its own (which is very
common as girls grow up), she won't bleed the first
time she has sex. The result is that the
overwhelming majority -at least 63% of women -
will NOT bleed the first time they have sex,
according to a study published by the British
Medical Journal. Women who do bleed include: -
Women with thick hymens (who constitute a small
percentage of the population) - Younger girls.
Because the hymen wears away on its own with
time, a 16-year old has a higher chance of bleeding
than a 25-year old. By the time a girl is of or above
the legal age of consent - 18, 20, 24 years of age,
for example - most of her hymen is likely to have
worn away on its own, meaning it's unlikely that
she'll bleed a lot, if at all. However, even a young
girl can be physically active, have a thin or small
hymen, or have no hymen at all, meaning she might
not bleed during first-time sex. - Most often,
women who bleed tend to be women who are dealt
with roughly during sex. If the guy forces himself
inside the girl, when she isn't ready, relaxed or
aroused enough, he is likely to cause injury or
bleeding. Because most people think it's normal for
women to bleed the first time they have sex, they
don't realize that this bleeding is a result of the
woman having been hurt, and not of the hymen
breaking Painful first-time sex is generally because
the woman is not relaxed or aroused enough, and
gets hurt as a result; it is rarely ever because of the
hymen breaking. The bottom line is that there is no
way to assess female virginity. Bleeding does not
have anything to do with virginity - it has to do with
the kind of hymen a girl has, and hymens differ
from girl to girl from birth. The result is that only a
small percentage of women bleed the first time!
(Only 37% bleed during first-time sex, according to
the study published in the British Medical Journal.)
Why is this so important to be aware of? Women
all over the world get abused, injured and even
killed due to the myth of 'virgin bleeding.. Because
most people (men AND women) think that bleeding
is a sign of virginity, women who don't bleed the
first time have been divorced, suffered from
suspicion leading to domestic violence and abuse,
and even killed for honour. Educating people that a
girl does not necessarily have to bleed the first time
she has sex - because not all girls have thick
hymens, and some are born with no hymen at all -
is important because it can literally save lives. .
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