THE MYTH ABOUT FEMALE VIRGINITY

Bleeding doesn't determine if a girl is a virgin or not so I decided to share this to help educate our young men and women on this issue of girls bleeding during first sex.
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There's a very common myth in many countries 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 share 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).

The hymen 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 and some have very thin hymens.

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.

If a woman's hymen has worn away on its own (which is very common), she won't bleed d first time she has sex. The result is that d overwhelming majority -at least 63% of women will NOT bleed the first time they have sex,according to a study published by d British Medical Journal.

Sometimes 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.

P.eople think it's normal for women to bleed the first time they have sex, they don't realize that this bleeding may be as a result of the woman having been hurt, and not of the hymen breaking.

The bottom line is dt there is no way to assess female virginity. Bleeding does nt hv 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 dt only a small percentage of women bleed d 1st time!

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 is important because it can literally save lives.

P.S: I understand that not everyone is able to share material like this, even if they want to. However, you can retweet this.. and save lives.

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