What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

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smartnurse1982

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So I had to google, and everything I read had to do with plumping things up, not drying it out.

Well,when there is more wetness,there is less friction and less of a grip. The lady parts is also more loose.

When the lady parts is dry,there is less friction,plus the other benefit(to men anyway) is that the women does not feel pleasure. Some men like to see women not enjoying the act and in pain.

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This conversation is getting weird and x-rated.

NurseLauraM

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I'm just picturing all of these women trying to get pregnant, and holding their pee after intercourse because they are afraid it will wash the semen out :roflmao:

What the freak?

Where did I say i taught those things?

I was just making a statement.

Btw,i do not insert chamomile in my lady parts but I have used yogurt on a tampon,for a yeast infection.

Fire Girls original post was talking about nurses posting on Instagram about lady partsl steaming and the like - I think her point was that those health care professionals should know better, not that you should know better. At least that was my interpretation.

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Unfortunately, as long as parents and politicians fight against sex education, the number will continue to grow. It's sad. People should at least know about basic sexual anatomy. In my own community, they are trying to form a health clinic along with the high school that will be staffed by a nurse to provide more education and access to medical care. Sounds great, right? Except parents are fighting against it because they think their kids will receive vaccinations without their consent and that they will be handing out abortions to children without a parent's knowledge. These were actual concerns. Oh, the world we live in.

Libby1987

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Well,when there is more wetness,there is less friction and less of a grip. The lady parts is also more loose.

When the lady parts is dry,there is less friction,plus the other benefit(to men anyway) is that the women does not feel pleasure. Some men like to see women not enjoying the act and in pain.

I understand the physiology, what I was getting at is that every search I came up with was contradictory to your description of the practice.

Yes, it's pretty sad. Also, vulvas are mythical/mystical/magical in a somewhat evil kind of way, I've learned. Even many people in healthcare don't want to know anything about them.

I did my MSN capstone QI project on trying to decrease contaminated urine samples in an outpatient OB/Gyn clinic. As part of my project, I made a graphic representation (color drawing) of a vulva with labia separated, to visually show the two holes and where they're located, how to clean the area before peeing, etc. I posted the drawings in the patient restrooms. OMG, the complains I received! From other staff! One particularly vocal complainer was a pediatrician whose practice was with adolescents! The pictures regularly disappeared off the bathroom walls.

Six months later, I was invited to do a poster presentation at the local EBP symposium, and when I submitted the .PDF of the poster (which had a the graphic on it) I was asked by the symposium coordinators (who were healthcare people) to please remove the vulva from my poster.

This is very true, vulva/labia are forbidden words. When I worked in an outpatient lab we had posters that explained how to collect a clean catch urine. For males it said to wipe around the tip of the member, no big deal. For females it said use fingers to separate the "urinary folds" and wipe front to back! As if urinary folds is a body part or something. I guess using the correct term sounds too erotic and is therefore inappropriate for the general public.

Skippingtowork

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Years ago, while in nursing school, I was watching a video in which the instructor stated "do you know that many female nursing students do not know that they have 2 holes down there? One of which is for urinating?" I still remember how surprised I was and my first thoughts were "you've go to be kidding me. How come I didn't know that?" I came from an educated home and lived in a community where everyone was educated or being educated on a graduate level. So I understand. My kids now get all the information I can get my hands on. Nothing is taken for granted. You can receive instruction, but that doesn't mean you absorb or understand. And using medical lingo or correct terminology is no substitue to really showing someone what you are talking about and encouraging them to take a look.

With popular culture demonstrating individuals referring to theirher vulva as a lady parts it tells me that far to many are ignorant in this matter. I instructed a girl with children to clean her labia for the clean catch urine and she asked me what was labia. I told her lips. It asked sounds me but this lack of education is pervasive and extends to overall health illiteracy.

Asked sounds? You mean astounds?

I haven't read the whole thread, so if someone already brought this up, sorry. But what about women whose labia are sewn together and there is only one opening for both urine and menstruation?

Does the urethral opening, which is under the sewn up labia, close? Is this why fistulae often develop between urethra and lady parts (I guess) in these women?

Unfortunately, as long as parents and politicians fight against sex education, the number will continue to grow. It's sad. People should at least know about basic sexual anatomy. In my own community, they are trying to form a health clinic along with the high school that will be staffed by a nurse to provide more education and access to medical care. Sounds great, right? Except parents are fighting against it because they think their kids will receive vaccinations without their consent and that they will be handing out abortions to children without a parent's knowledge. These were actual concerns. Oh, the world we live in.

The world we live in indeed. I have heard that schools DO get abortions for students without parental permission or even knowledge, even after the fact.

Also, with Sex Ed, there is concern that kids will be taught about lifestyles with which parents might disagree, contraception, STD's, and other controversial issues.

Sex Ed can include a whole lot more than just anatomy.

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The world we live in indeed. I have heard that schools DO get abortions for students without parental permission or even knowledge, even after the fact.

Also, with Sex Ed, there is concern that kids will be taught about lifestyles with which parents might disagree, contraception, STD's, and other controversial issues.

Sex Ed can include a whole lot more than just anatomy.

Cite sources please.

Zelnik, M., & Kim, Y. J. (1982). Sex education and its association with teenage sexual activity pregnancy and contraceptive use. Family Planning Perspectives, 14(3), 117-9.

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