And what's THAT?

[Handley_Page]

Somewhere in one of the many threads hereabouts, There's a statement to the effect that there are several (male) authors who know damn-all about the basic anatomy of the female of the species. I find this very surprising in these days of porn and the Internet.

But I was really surprised to hear on the radio (BBC Radio 4) this morning that of a load of 26-35 year-old women, 50% didn't even know their own bodies well enough to identify a vagina from the standard illustration.
(I should mention that the main subject was Gynaecological cancer and how to spot problems early, thus increasing the chances of a successful treatment.)

Perhaps such ignorance is limited to the UK (I don't recall if they said), but, ladies, how old were you before you discovered where the parts were?

 

[lovecraft68]

I don't know....

That doesn't sound right at all....82% and at that age group? If nothing else they've had sex and I'm sure their boyfriends let them know where it was.

Just sounds wrong.

 

[Handley_Page]

I don't know....

That doesn't sound right at all....82% and at that age group? If nothing else they've had sex and I'm sure their boyfriends let them know where it was.

Just sounds wrong.

Sorry; I had to await the availability of the repeat on the 'net. I've corrected the figure. It's 50%.

 

[lovecraft68]

Sorry; I had to await the availability of the repeat on the 'net. I've corrected the figure. It's 50%.

But even at that number it seems absurd, again for that age. I would think most teens know what it is if only because of their period....

I'd be curious to know more of the demographic as far as lifestyle, job, upbringing.

 

[patientlee]

I learned from the tampon instructions when I was 12.

 

[oggbashan]

I wonder more about 'the standard illustration'.

If it was a drawing of vagina from a post-mortem, then it would be nothing like what a woman feels she has...

It could look like a sea-slug...

http://www.marlin.ac.uk/imgs/o_aeopap.jpg

 

[soflabbwlvr]

I suspect most probably know what's down there, but they're a little fuzzy on the terminology.

 

[PennLady]

I suspect most probably know what's down there, but they're a little fuzzy on the terminology.

True, and it's also hard to get first-hand visual experience, like a guy can.

 

[Privates1stClass]

I suspect most probably know what's down there, but they're a little fuzzy on the terminology.

Yeah, and maybe it's the fuzzy that keeps them from seeing what's there with a mirror.

 

[lovecraft68]

Obviously they interviewed women who have never watched porn.

 

[lovecraft68]

I learned from the tampon instructions when I was 12.

This brings back a horrible flashback of when my oldest got her period for the first time and my wife was away on business, my ex-wife was camping and my sister was working.

My daughter, "What do I do?"

Me to myself "What do I do?"

 

[patientlee]

This brings back a horrible flashback of when my oldest got her period for the first time and my wife was away on business, my ex-wife was camping and my sister was working.

My daughter, "What do I do?"

Me to myself "What do I do?"

My daughter is going to get her period for the first time any minute now (if the mood swings are any indication). I just hope she's home with me when it happens.

 

[squirrelzo]

I was 5 or 6. I found out there was a word for THAT and thought it was the coolest thing in the universe. I ran around saying vagina! to anyone and everyone until my mother told me to Cut that out!

 

[lovecraft68]

When I was little my parents called a penis, a "weinie"

Now if you are from RI or NY you know there is a place "The New York System" that sells a type of hot dog called a "Hot Weinie"

I remember my father saying to my uncle one time, "Hey, I'm in the mood for weinies" and my uncle replying, "Oh, yeah I can eat six of those things!"

I was....very concerned.

 

[JWren]

My daughter is going to get her period for the first time any minute now (if the mood swings are any indication). I just hope she's home with me when it happens.

I think the whole menstruation business is yet another example of how men understand so little of how nature affects women. We're obviously aware of "mood swings" but have no idea what these monthly visits do to our ladies equilibrium. I'm just grateful I've only been affected second hand.
As for that radio survey, I'm amazed at 50% not being able to identify the illustrated vagina. And why choose the 26 to 35 years old group?

 

[patientlee]

I think the whole menstruation business is yet another example of how men understand so little of how nature affects women. We're obviously aware of "mood swings" but have no idea what these monthly visits do to our ladies equilibrium. I'm just grateful I've only been affected second hand.
As for that radio survey, I'm amazed at 50% not being able to identify the illustrated vagina. And why choose the 26 to 35 years old group?

That's why men shouldn't be gynecologists. They can't understand. (I had a male gyno. He didn't think it was such a big deal to have a 20 day cycle because the book says it's normal. It's a big friggin' deal.)

 

[JWren]

That's why men shouldn't be gynecologists. They can't understand. (I had a male gyno. He didn't think it was such a big deal to have a 20 day cycle because the book says it's normal. It's a big friggin' deal.)

Normal? Good grief!

 

[oggbashan]

Aha!

No wonder 50% couldn't identify the picture.

It was a RADIO survey, and they couldn't see it.

 

[patientlee]

Aha!

No wonder 50% couldn't identify the picture.

It was a RADIO survey, and they couldn't see it.

Thanks for the giggle. I needed that.

 

[sr71plt]

I suspect most probably know what's down there, but they're a little fuzzy on the terminology.

And if they don't trim, they might be more bushy than fuzzy.

 

[49greg]

When I was little my parents called a penis, a "weinie"

....

My parents didn't call it anything. It wasn't spoken of, at all. The whole subject of sex might have well not existed as far any mention in our house.

So I learned about sex from kids at school, which turned out to be mostly wrong, and from dirty books, that were way exaggerated, and from pictures in the playboys that Dad had hidden - my big brother told me where they were.

When I was a day or so from leaving for college, my Dad gave me the "talk". He talked about sex and relationships for about five minutes in such a convoluted way that I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about even though I already knew as much as what he was trying to tell me.

I didn't figure out what he was talking about for years. Partly because I absolutely KNEW that he would never ever talk about sex.

 

[sr71plt]

My parents didn't call it anything. It wasn't spoken of, at all. The whole subject of sex might have well not existed as far any mention in our house.

Bingo. And I didn't get "the talk." All sisters and my father was mostly and conveniently always off to war.

 

[Handley_Page]

Aha!

No wonder 50% couldn't identify the picture.
It was a RADIO survey, and they couldn't see it.

Hysterical !

My parents didn't call it anything. It wasn't spoken of, at all. The whole subject of sex might have well not existed as far any mention in our house.

So I learned about sex from kids at school, which turned out to be mostly wrong, and from dirty books, that were way exaggerated, and from pictures in the playboys that Dad had hidden - my big brother told me where they were.

Here Here.
Only I didn't have the benefit of Playboy for a Very Long Time.

I just found that thread: HERE.

 

[49greg]

Hysterical !



Here Here.
Only I didn't have the benefit of Playboy for a Very Long Time.

I just found that thread: HERE.

I can still remember when playboy first did a full frontal nude fold-out. I think I was in college. It certainly didn't show detail but it created quite a stir in the dorm. I get the feeling now that kids in junior high know more about sex than I did when I was in college.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Maybe this song by Oscar Brand (one of HP's favourite folksingers!) will help us all identify the parts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydzykj2CJiM