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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.

Image credits: brownandbella

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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
    Community Member
    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
    Community Member
    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.

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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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    #9

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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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    earzeg Report

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

    Maybe he believes that because no one has ever enjoyed sex with him. What an a*s

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

    This sounds like he was willfully neglecting his duties as a doctor. Like he was just too lazy to try and find out what was wrong and that's scary as hell.

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

    More like willfully neglecting his duties as lover...

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

    oh, that's just horrendous on every single level imaginable.

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

    We should start a threat talking of bad gynecologists. I was 15 when my mom took me to her gyn to get birth control and the guy said i was too young, followed by a whole monologue of how he thinks the young generation gets motivated to have sex by giving them free condoms at parties and having access to birth control. He was also touching my breasts under my tshirt without asking me if i was ok with it.

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

    Whoa! Your mum didn't realise how bad he was clearly. Hope neither of you ever want back there.

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

    Holy s**t, they should be struck off!

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

    Dear gawd! If any women reading this have pain during sex, PLEASE get it checked out by a non-quack-of-a-doc, ASAP! :-(

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

    How? Seriously, how did he get through medical school and a residency?

    Kaitlin Gaerte
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    6 years ago

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    Bre Klein
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL Some are soooo dumb. I had a similar experience with a FEMALE OBGYN....who was like " I don't know...just don't get with anyone "well endowed" and maybe you won't experience pain."....NO...I ended up actually having a real diagnosis (provoked vestibulodynia) that many women sadly deal with and "push through" for their partners anyway. Lol bye.

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

    I have a friend who shared with me her story... she will experience a stomach pain similar to wanting to poop during penetrations (including finger) and is very uncomfortable. She went for few gynecologist and they can't find the reason behind it... Is that normal?

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

    Could be muscle tension in the pelvic area, she should see a physical therapist specialised in the pelvic area. Could also be spastic colon or vaginismus. Does it happen all the time or after certain foods? Then it is probably spastic colon.

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

    I only see female gynecologist because 1. They can better understand my body as they have the same body parts 2. They most likely won't say stupid s**t like this 3. It makes me uncomfortable to have a male gynecologist touching me

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

    Vulvodynia is very real and affects hundreds of people...

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

    another one who needs to be outed, and license taken away

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

    I stopped going to male doctors in my 20's. I have had some disturbingly incorrect and thoughtless things said to me by male doctors. Do I think all male doctors are like this? No, but I got tired of finding the many who were. My internal medicine doctor is a woman who I started seeing over a decade ago when she was alone in her practice. She has ended up developing a practice with 6 female docs and 4 nurses mot of whom can write scripts too. It's amazing being cared for by a team ow women. And when I need a referral she always remembers I want a woman.

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

    I thought that doctors in US still has to meet anthropology or anatomy guides/books at least occasionally. I guess I was wrong.

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

    That is why I only will have a female as my gynecologist. They know what we are going through.

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

    Pain during sex is a sign of a serious medical condition...like endometriosis.

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

    They have medication for that. I’m on it because I would start crying during sex because it was so painful. Thankfully, I have a supportive lover!

    Cindy Bohacek
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WOW! What a jerk! I can name a few places that he can put a speculum!

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

    This is why you don't go to a male gyno. They have no idea what pain is or what women go through.

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

    I am so disturbed by some of these comments.

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

    Good! That is a scary man and doctor!

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

    I don' think I'd even finish the appointment.

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

    Says a man who has never given a woman multiples.

    ptm45
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He should listen to Tormund Giantsbane and get some pointers!

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

    Unfortunately, some women do experience painful sex, Dyspareunia.

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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
    Community Member
    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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    Jamaican_Ivy Report

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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
    Community Member
    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
    Community Member
    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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