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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.

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    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
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created 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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    6 years ago Created 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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    6 years ago Created 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.

    Hans
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Besides...what kind of intrusiveness is it if a girl old enough to use tampons is stopped from doing so by a parent?

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    Val
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's so incredibly cringy that people sexualize the use of tampons.

    Agnes Jekyll
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a sick father. Why is he thinking about his daughter's vagina?

    Jill Owens
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is the creepiest of comments from a father...wtf?

    Amy Osborne Farrar
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex husband said the same to our girls.. I set them straight!!!

    Alex Grosdanofski
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like more religious extremism to me on the part of her pathetic father.

    Randy Dhuyvetter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Walking around with a penis between your legs"... Does dad even know how sex works?

    StelleyPootz
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was unfortunately told the same thing by my own mother. She thought masturbation would "make me gay", and I was punished and humiliated by the family discussing "catching me". I cut her out of my life.

    Lynne Thom
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents were both the same way. I had to drive two counties over to buy my tampons. My friends and I called the pad contraptions Bible Belts.

    Koni Royval
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The women in Bible time would have LOVED to have anything near to the pads we have available. What they went through--yuck.

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    Susan Gardner
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father has 5 daughters and never said a word to us about any of this. He just tried to steer clear lol

    MagicalUnicorn
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that's plain stupid, also none of his business

    G13
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's welcome Uwe, our new troll (;

    ♥Kitty♥
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents also believed that I would lose my virginity by wearing a tampon xD

    Cat on a bike
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't worry, my mom also thought that tampons "would take my virginity". Not only a dad problem.

    Steve Cruz
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Landover Baptist Church" is a fictitious online spoof (that many Christians believe is real). Mrs. Betty Bowers (America's Best Christian) writes some of the most bitingly funny articles and tweets. One of her most memorable articles is "Tampons: Satan's Cotton Fingers."

    Rosie Hamilton
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Satan's Cotton Fingers!! Hahahah! Sounds hilarious. I'll have a look for that!

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    Maria Rohlen
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Virginity is a myth invented by men to control women sexuality ...

    Anna Repp
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom refused to give me a tampon when at 14 I had a very important sports qualification event at school. I forget what it was, but something like making the short list for the varsity team... I bled heavily so pads were not an option, but no matter how much I begged, she refused to give me one of her tampons and never explained why. I missed the event, never made it on the team, never got an explanation from mom and only years later I realized she was afraid I would "lose my virginity" but was too scared to talk about it to me. Granted, I was born in the Soviet Union and the year was 1991, but still!

    Martha Meyer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so sad, intrusive and upsetting. Not just the sheer stupidity but the dad feeling ge gad any right to dictate his daughter's choice in monthly hygiene. And just WERE was her mom in that whole story?!

    TheExtremeSmell
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true. It’s how me and my gf decided to lose our virginity together. Tampons inside both of us. It was magical

    Jessany Trotter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time to take control over your body in every aspect. It’s YOUR body NOT his!

    Myriam Ickx
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From this piece of advice, I would say the father has some serious issues about sex in general and his daughter's supposed sex life in particular! "Walking around with a penis between my legs" indeed! Daddy does not say "masturbate", but you understand that's what he is thinking. I suspect the man is an Evangelical Christian or something of the kind, and sex education for him means abstinence before marriage and nothing else. In short, this is not some advice a concerned single father might give to his daughter, it's a MORAL ISSUE for him: his daughter should remain an innocent virgin.

    Alex Craig
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so sorry but your dad is a douche bag. How?

    Koni Royval
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder just why dad knew? Mine never did.If he has asked I would have ignored him.

    Karen Bird
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad didn't get involved in my periods by dictating what I should use. That's just weird!

    Peta Hurley-Hill
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am 50,when I was a teenage in the 80's,the whole "tampons take your virginity" c**p was a very common things said to girls by their parents(mainly mothers) ,as was "no man will want you ,if you're not a virgin".While most of our parents tried (usually unsuccessfully) to stop us having sex with our teenage boyfriends ,many of the girls I went to school with ,who were from conserative/christian or "new Australian" backgrounds(as they were known then) were married off as early as possible(engaged at 15,married by 16/17/18) for the sole purpose of avoiding the "Shame" of teen pregnacy! Things were thankfully very different by the time I and the man who had been my teenage boyfriend had our 3 daughters(and one son).

    L McN
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uhm, wow. And here my wife never used them until she got with me and I recommended it due to some of the issues she was having. Cotton is not a penis....and would not feel nor act the same way.

    Julie Fishman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a common belief. Especially in Asia.

    Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so happy I was blessed with a father that would buy me chocolate and not bother me about what kind of sanitary products I used.

    Maria Tsocheva-Stoyanova
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem is men like that father, ignorant and controlling, end up trying to control the women's bodies despite the lack of knowledge and common sense

    Best Finnish Potatoe
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it was her mom that told her that, I would be wayy more conserned. But, still...

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG. I am so sorry you were raised by such an ignorant jackass.

    Christine Ladyman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😲😲😲!I don't care that he's your father, it's not up to him. But, I guess his own perverted ideas have caused those ideas.

    Id row
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a special kind of stupid.

    Lorlie Ann
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow... There are no words for the stupidity of a grown man saying this to his Daughter.... Just WOW

    Marilyn Bojanowski
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You walk around with a penis between your legs all the time and you don’t hear me complaining 🤷‍♀️

    Id row
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another one who we should find and slap their mother.

    Louise Brigance
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh God...didn't your Mom ever clue him in? He probably wouldn't listen to her either!

    Kim Lorton
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg... how degrading for you as a young woman! I am so sorry you had to deal with that kind of thought process from your dad!

    Renata Gyorgy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tampon size penis isn’t a myth...

    David Folkard
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Went on to the Alabama state government.

    Kai Wendorf
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as a boy i am intrigued to know more but i am also recoling in disgust at the same time for what the dad said. what did this dad say to her when she asked "hey dad did you ever masterbait?" how did he respond then?

    Catffirmations
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dad, someone stole your brain long ago.

    Diane Phillips-Herman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your mom needs to have a talk with him, damn.

    Andrew McGregor
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you familiar with the film "Carrie "?

    Randa Ratliff
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. This speaks volumes & very , very creepy.

    Помаже Бог
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's my mom who'd say that to me xD although i don't necessarily agree, i just can't put tampons. Tried once, when i was 13, it was a nightmare and i said "never again".

    Kai
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've hear this from a friend's mother in high school. My mother still laughs about it lol

    Mo Poppins
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are there actually women who’ve been pleasured by tampons?

    Vivienne Packham-Wood
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why brothers and sisters shouldn't get married. The gene pool becomes so shallow you couldn't even wade in it

    John Matthews
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    Your dad is the smartest guy I know.

    Max L.
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    6 years ago

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    As long as you're not 35, no problems.

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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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    Nikki D
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good on you for defending your wife!

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    Nikki D
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That poor girl... Worse will be in store

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    Amina Hays
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created 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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    6 years ago Created 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
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created 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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    Koalamonster
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we should all just tell people that from now on.

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    Zenozenobee
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man, what aluck Humanitity survived till Pasteur saved us!

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    Nikki D
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, I really wish this were possible.

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    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be great, actually

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    Cherry Warr
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created 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
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, and that claws and fangs and fur thing...annoying.

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    Sarcastic Cow
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created 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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    Sarcastic Cow
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you hold that stupid sounds coming out from your mounth?

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    Natters
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shocking truth: babies are tiny robots juicing up inside their mums.

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    Luis Milian
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created 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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    GoodWolf
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So does he wash his penis every time after peeing?

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    nanashi
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created 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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    Luis Milian
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    let me guess...he is an anti-vaxx as well

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