40 Unbelievably Wrong Opinions About The Female Body That Were Shared Online (New Pics)
Alright class, today we’re going to be labeling a diagram of the female reproductive system! Do you know the difference between the vagina, vulva, ovaries, uterus and urethra? Well, if you’re a man, there’s apparently a 50% chance you don't.
While some women enjoy having a little mystery in their love lives, being with someone who knows absolutely nothing about their anatomy is not what they mean. So in honor of all the overly confident men out there who make ignorant claims about women’s bodies, we’ve gathered some of our favorite posts from the Bad Women’s Anatomy subreddit down below. Enjoy reading through these facepalm-worthy posts, and be sure to upvote the ones that make you weep for straight women everywhere!
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I Can’t Believe This Is Really A Thing
Just Wow
Maybe Because Babies Come From Women's Womb
If you’re a straight woman, chances are the photos on this list will disappoint you but not surprise you. Unfortunately, many women have found themselves in relationships with men who couldn’t find a clitoris if their life depended on it. And while it does require being curious and caring enough to listen to women and learn about their anatomy to actually be able to label the female reproductive system, that’s certainly not rocket science. But if you ask any of the men featured in the Bad Women’s Anatomy subreddit, it might be even more challenging than rocket science…
This online group, which was created in 2014, has documented countless occurrences of men demonstrating just how little they know about the female body, but with great confidence. The group has amassed an impressive 566k members, and it showcases just how failed sex education is in many places (in schools and in homes). From judging women for having hair on their bodies to assuming you can tell who is a virgin based on how they feel, there seems to be no end to the amount of ignorant things men have said about women online.
Nice Try, Guys
The Cathedral Is A Myth
Time Zones Are Weird. France Is In 2023 And The Us Is In 1823
Now, I want to be clear that this group is not shaming men in general. There are plenty of men out there who have no problem doing research on their own and talking to their partners to understand the female body. But the guys who feel comfortable spewing ignorant, misogynistic and downright ridiculous claims online about women’s bodies deserve to be called out. According to one survey, 17% reported that they didn’t think gynecological health issues was anything they needed to know or worry about, and a quarter admitted that they weren’t comfortable discussing gynecological health with their partner.
This is unsettling considering that gynecological cancers, including those of the ovaries, uterus, cervix, vulva and vagina, are the fourth most common cancer among women in the UK, killing thousands of women annually. It’s important for women to feel comfortable discussing these issues and for them to feel safe bringing them up in front of their partners. Plus, when men view women’s reproductive health as shameful or taboo, they’re likely to pass those beliefs onto their children as well, furthering the stigma surrounding women’s bodies.
Pov: You're A Woman In A Doctor's Office
I wish I could, but disabilities make that hard. Some of my favorite experiences include being told “well don’t hold it that way” when showing them a dislocated joint, being told “well that would hurt a great deal of that was true” (it did hurt horrifically, that’s why I was at the doctors office), and being told to try mindfulness exercises when a new medication was giving me cardiac side effects (which are well known and have literally killed people before, I found it later) but when I called back the doctors office begging for help because I still felt like I was going to die, the doctor’s response was: noted. That’s it. Noted. Fück then all with a sideways stethoscope.
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Sad, but true. I was told for years that my back pain was because I was a few pounds overweight and that it would get better if I just walked more. Lost the extra weight, but still had horrible back pain. Changed doctors because he wouldn't take me seriously. New doctor quickly diagnosed me as having scoliosis.
I feel you there. Not a woman but same thing. Would have people tell me I should do yoga when I couldn't walk. Scoliosis along with 5 other spine problems and surgery later I can walk again. Doctors suck
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Or “you’ll get married one day and your husband will probably want children”, or “oh, you’ll change your mind”. 30 years later and I never did, still never want kids and have had 30 years of unnecessarily painful periods.
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I legit had a male dr in an ER tell me once that my neck pain, coordination issues, and face numbness was because I was on my period. I went to a different ER a few days later and I had a mini stroke.
None of that is EVER because of a period. That's ridiculous and that doctor needs to be sacked and prevented from ever working in medicine again.
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Or if you have something like diabetes, every issue you have is a direct result of diabetes. You can't possibly have another completely different issue. Nope it's the beetus
Missed the main one "HORMONES" - everything I've ever visieted the doctor for has been attributed to "hormones" before anything else. Until I asked for a full hysterectomy, THEN they tell me that's not a good idea because I NEED hormones, so they're probably not the issue - I mean, wtaf?!?!
"Lose 20 lbs and you'll come back in here feeling better next year." ~Cardiologist, 2022, when I was having literal unexplained shortness of breath.
The reason why, by the time I decide to go to a doctor it's to an emergency room because I've let whatever it is progress to an actual emergency. Then I'm always asked why I didn't get checked out sooner. I need to start carrying a picture of this on my phone so I can just whip it out in response lol.
I had my appendix removed when I was twelve years old. First thing they asked me in the hospital was is it possible that I'm pregnant. I was twelve!
These days, that's not so unbelievable, unfortunately.
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Wait till you get to a certain age and it all becomes "it's your menopause".
There is an episode of "The Golden Girls" where Dorothy jumps from doctor to doctor trying to get a REAL diagnosis for her lack of energy. She was told everything on that wheel (except pregnant). She was finally taken seriously by one doctor who diagnosed her with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The point of the episode, I think, relates to this entry. Doctors, please REALLY listen to us. Give our disorder/issue a name instead of pulling sh*t out of a hat.
CFS isn't even a real diagnosis - it's like IBS. They're both fancy descriptions of symptoms without an identified cause. That's why they're hard to treat, or even just control, because it's just trial and error as to what might work.
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Well, lots of them are bûllshit, yes. But, obesity is a huge risk factor and a reason for many illnesses. So losing weight may be a proper advice.
When female, have as many female doctors as you can. For any specialty! Especially OB/GYN!!!
Yep and the reason I almost died 5 years ago and ended up in hospital for 7 months.
I have a serious autoimmune illness that took 25 years to diagnose. I heard everyone of those excuses & came close to dying twice before I was diagnosed.
I can't tell you how many times I have heard ovarian cancer patients were dismissed by their drs. And they weren't just male drs, female drs dismissed them too.
People from Europe: do you have the same experiences? Because I didn‘t and now I‘m wondering if I was just lucky or if there are differences across the world (which seams more likely to me)
My doctor: "You just need to stop drinking coffee." Me: "I don't drink coffee." My doctor: "Well, you need to stop drinking soda." Me: "I don't drink soda." My doctor: "You just need to eat better." - She never once asked me anything about my diet. Oh, and my previous PCP lied to me and told me my negative test for Celiac Disease was positive and she and my gastro went with this lie for five or six years before a different specialist showed me the lie in my record.
I had severe, debilitating anxiety for /years/. Could not leave my house because of it. From the moment I woke up to the second I fell asleep I'd have constant panic attacks. I went to four doctors. Here's what they said to me, a young woman: breathe, read a book, sniff a lemon, stupid things like that. The last doctor just had to read my pulse to realize something was wrong. Since seeing her, I've been continuing to get better. I'm happy I got the help, but it should've have taken two years and four doctors.
everything except the period and pregnancy is the same for men, know a dude who was told to lose weight cuz he was a lb. over.
"You shouldn't be in this much pain" said the a$$ho1e doctor who made me wait an entire month before I could get a d&c after a miscarriage. Then he gave me MIDOL!!!
As much as doctors should always, always check to make sure what the problem is. I've had so many problems that all turned out to be stress related, but that goes for both men and women.
I get the insistence that I might be pregnant. I embarrassed a nurse a couple of months ago when I pointed out that I've never had séx with a man, but boy did it make her stop bleating about my poor potential baby being subjected to X-rays.
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From the horror stories I've been told, there should be another white section labeled "Hormone Imbalance (Too Much/Too Little)" and the "Pregnancy" slice should be much smaller because the reason is always one of the white sections.
Is this like a US thing? Cause I have never heard any women having a problem being taken seriously in India.
Just Hold The Blood In
That Rare Example Of Bad Anatomy Done Intentionally For Humour. That Is Actually Funny!
Unfortunately, men aren’t the only ones who have trouble identifying parts of the female reproductive system. According to a 2020 poll, one in ten women were unable to correctly label a diagram of their own reproductive system. 57% even admitted that they didn’t have as much knowledge about their own bodies as they probably should. When asked whose fault it was for having such a poor understanding of the female body, over a third of the women blamed teachers, while 28% pointed the finger at their parents. A quarter also said the government’s education standards were lacking, and 24% said religious organizations were a factor.
“Dna Binds To Cells In The Brain”
Trans People Live In This Dude's Head Rent Free (Cw For Transphobia)
Comment From Someone Regarding A Suggestion That Period Products Should Be Free
This lack of knowledge can have serious impacts on women’s health as well. 52% of those surveyed said they don’t feel like they can properly advocate for themselves in doctor’s offices. And the top issues women want more information about are what the different organs do, menopause and perimenopause, when a woman is most fertile, how the reproductive system works, the stages of pregnancy, menstruation and puberty. While it’s easy to laugh about the unfortunate state of education we receive on the human reproductive systems, it’s not so funny to know that this leads to women being diagnosed later than men on average for over 700 diseases.
Can’t Find His Brain
Ah Yes, Put Water Inside Your Privates Girl!
"5min Of Continuons Sex"
In the United States, in particular, part of the reason we understand so little about women’s bodies is because they weren’t required to be included in clinical research until 1993, when Congress finally passed the NIH Revitalization Act. And for some reason, decades later, the gender health gap persists, Priyanka Jain and Laine Bruzek write for Fortune. “To this day, we don’t truly know how women metabolize and react to many medicines, why some adverse reactions are more common in women, nor how women experience or manifest pain,” Jain and Bruzek note. “The efficacy, dosage, and side effects of many drugs were never tested on women.”
Humanity Would Have Become Extinct A Long Time Ago
As A Guy, I Can Definitely Say This Is What We Expect Now
So, as a man, the only sex you can get is through artificial intelligence fantasy? You know that’s a really sad situation, don’t you?
On A Post Discussing The Misconception Of Intact Hymen=virginity
Clearly, as the photos on this list show, having a lack of understanding doesn’t stop many men from mansplaining away online about women’s bodies and health. But if you’re a man or a woman who’s actually interested in learning something about the female reproductive system you might not have known already, let’s start with discussing the menstrual cycle. According to the Cleveland Clinic, “Menstruation refers to the periodic shedding of your uterine lining when pregnancy doesn’t occur that cycle.” Most menstrual cycles take about 28 days and include three phases: follicular (when the egg develops), ovulatory (the releasing of the egg), and luteal (when hormone levels decrease if the egg doesn’t implant).
A Girl Posts A Selfie For Her 18th Birthday… Cue Men Being Confused And Rude About The Fact That Women Have Body Hair
`"Upincoming female wolverine dc movie"- this comment has me more enraged than anything else on this page. Wolverine is Marvel goddamit.
Woman Above +25 Are Old Hags…
Um What
Women are born with all of the eggs that they’ll ever produce, which is typically about 1 million eggs at the time of birth. “By the time you reach puberty, only about 300,000 remain,” the Cleveland Clinic explains. “The number of eggs you have continues to decline as you age and menstruate each cycle. Fertility also declines with age due to the decreasing number and quality of your remaining eggs.”
“9 Periods Per Year”
“We Can Always Tell”
Women don't have abdominal muscles obviously. We have a very complex system of stilts to keep ourselves upright.
It's Not Like A Woman Is 72% More Likely To Be Seriously Injured And 17% More Likely To Die In A Car Crash
They apply the same logic to drug trials: At one point they apparently set up a clinical study for a medication related to cervical cancer... with only men in the survey.
During this day in age, when many states in the US have enacted extremely strict regulations against abortion, spreading misinformation about women’s bodies can be incredibly dangerous. It’s funny to see an ignorant man tweet about how little he knows about vaginas, but it’s frightening when various aspects of women’s health are overlooked. Cardiologists aren’t even trained to recognize heart disease symptoms in women, and 53% of women who had heart attacks were turned away by their doctors. Women deserve better, and we deserve health care providers who understand our bodies. The information we need to stay healthy is out there; let’s make it mainstream.
That's Actually False
This Is Abhorrent, Even As A Joke
A Place Full Of Girls
Are these photos making you want to send every man you know back to middle school sex education class? There’s nothing wrong with admitting that you don’t know something and taking the time to educate yourself, but spewing ignorant and downright ridiculous claims about women’s bodies is certain to get you shamed online. Keep upvoting the pics you find most ridiculous, and then if you’re interested in viewing even more photos that will make you facepalm, you can find Bored Panda’s last article featuring Bad Women’s Anatomy right here!
The Secrets Out, Plus Size People Are Just Staying Super Hydrated
When Questioned About The Blood All Over His Car, Convicted Serial Killer Said His Girlfriend’s Period Got All Over The Front Seat And Was Blown Out The Window Into The Backseat
She must be one of those girls with an extra juicy uterine lining from the last post
There's No Other Function For Boobs Than Sex Appeal
I want them to shoot lasers out the nipples when you squeeze them so I can hunt down uneducated bigots
“Females Need To Reach Orgasm By Penetration. It’s Biology.” -Someone Who Most Definitely Failed Biology
Women Are Like...* Shuffles Deck *... Avocados!
The Gallopan Tube
Fellas, Is It Gay To Eat Pussy?
Unclean
From A Forensic Medicine Textbook
There’s People Who Really Think Virgins Can’t Use Tampons
Some people have been taught that if you are a virgin it's wrong to use a tampon. Proper sex education is desperately required.
Maple Syrup Can Do What???
Oh Yes! We Would Be Nothing Without Our Breasts
no breasts no art? Is that the equation here? So when Monet painted his stunning impressionistic masterpieces of French scenery he was thinking of boobs? sure.
"If You Start Giving Oral Sex To A Guy, All You Are To Him Is A Hole."
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I don’t mind if you’re young and didn’t get any sex ed: but please, please try to find reliable sources of information. Which is not that easy, apparently 🙈
The trouble is, the terrible stuff is usually easier to find, and it's possible that conservative parents and/or schools might block access to the right resources. Some of this lot are clearly ignorant and/or misogynists (especially the women), but there are definitely some kids just in need of a decent biology lesson or two.
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For me, the classic was the guy who tried to correct to a *female gynecologist* in relation to the term vulva (he was adamant vagina was the correct term and, when corrected, just doubled down on it and wrote a whole screed on it rather than admitting he was wrong)
Did anyone make it through the whole list? I couldn't even make it half way. My soul is crushed
I couldn't finish this. People: "sex education" isn't just about sex. It's about the human body and understanding the human body. EVERYBODY should know this stuff. It's science. Why should men not be taught about women's bodies? Why should women not be taught about men's bodies? This is basic anatomy, a fact of life. It's shameful the things people don't know.
Husband's coworker was bragging about giving his wife s**t because she was too much of a wimp to get a prostate exam.
This was like reading the "ask anything" in a teen magazin. I wished this boys here asked more.
Perhaps men should take a test and get a license for women to check before allowing them anywhere near their bodies!
Are there any equivalent misconceptions about the male body that we can see? From women? I think that men may have plenty but it would be interesting to see how many text books have crazy ideas about men's gonads based on their sexual history or where women have got it wrong in the same way as here.
That would require a culture where men don't dominate the direction of medicine. Though it is true that most men know nothing of the inner workings of their reproductive system. I've yet to meet any average Joe who knows what the prostatic utricle is, for example.
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Sigh. I can only say: " I lay my eyes upon your field of evidence and see that it is barren..."
Agreed… but then the idiots who made these posts would probably have a theory about how pleasurable sex makes woman barren or some other idiocy that got laughed out of the 14th century 🤦
Load More Replies... Oh the ignorance 😱 something very wrong about that lack of human biology and sex education that seems to exist from what some comments say.... (shakes head in confused disgust)
I don’t mind if you’re young and didn’t get any sex ed: but please, please try to find reliable sources of information. Which is not that easy, apparently 🙈
The trouble is, the terrible stuff is usually easier to find, and it's possible that conservative parents and/or schools might block access to the right resources. Some of this lot are clearly ignorant and/or misogynists (especially the women), but there are definitely some kids just in need of a decent biology lesson or two.
Load More Replies... For me, the classic was the guy who tried to correct to a *female gynecologist* in relation to the term vulva (he was adamant vagina was the correct term and, when corrected, just doubled down on it and wrote a whole screed on it rather than admitting he was wrong)
Did anyone make it through the whole list? I couldn't even make it half way. My soul is crushed
I couldn't finish this. People: "sex education" isn't just about sex. It's about the human body and understanding the human body. EVERYBODY should know this stuff. It's science. Why should men not be taught about women's bodies? Why should women not be taught about men's bodies? This is basic anatomy, a fact of life. It's shameful the things people don't know.
Husband's coworker was bragging about giving his wife s**t because she was too much of a wimp to get a prostate exam.
This was like reading the "ask anything" in a teen magazin. I wished this boys here asked more.
Perhaps men should take a test and get a license for women to check before allowing them anywhere near their bodies!
Are there any equivalent misconceptions about the male body that we can see? From women? I think that men may have plenty but it would be interesting to see how many text books have crazy ideas about men's gonads based on their sexual history or where women have got it wrong in the same way as here.
That would require a culture where men don't dominate the direction of medicine. Though it is true that most men know nothing of the inner workings of their reproductive system. I've yet to meet any average Joe who knows what the prostatic utricle is, for example.
Load More Replies... Sigh. I can only say: " I lay my eyes upon your field of evidence and see that it is barren..."
Agreed… but then the idiots who made these posts would probably have a theory about how pleasurable sex makes woman barren or some other idiocy that got laughed out of the 14th century 🤦
Load More Replies... Oh the ignorance 😱 something very wrong about that lack of human biology and sex education that seems to exist from what some comments say.... (shakes head in confused disgust)
