Different types of hymens – you haven’t broken anything

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I remember being terrified of losing my virginity. The pain from vaginal bleeding and “bursting” was supposed to be a “rite of passage” but ended up delaying my sexual activity. Despite a pretty good sex education program at the time, it took me years to see past the membrane.

Let’s clear up some misconceptions…

This is not a cover

Well, not always. You can think of it as a fleshy hairband or elastic band that goes around your vaginal opening.

notes: From the Greek word for “membrane”.

It’s not always painful or messy

Bleeding and pain usually come from severe injuries caused by factors other than sex, a less-than-gentle taking of virginity (even if one tries to be gentle), or shapes that increase the likelihood of tearing or stretching. Plus one’s own bleeding time, etc.

They have different shapes

There’s more to a start than just having one or not having one. You might even be born without one. Here are seven different ways a start could appear…

Ring – The membrane ring around the vaginal opening can be stretched when you have intercourse or other things that may cause it to “erode.”

Next/First month – Similar to a ring opening, but more like a crescent shape above or below the vaginal opening.

Tooth – When you start having intercourse, masturbation, etc., the membrane becomes less round.

Tassel-shaped, septate, subseptate, bifenestrated, sieve-shaped, microporous – These are other ways that the hymen can form naturally, although these are less likely and are considered abnormal (in a neutral way), and are completely harmless to the body.

There are other forms that are not ordinary shapes…

Nonporous – Here’s the problem. It’s rare, but some women are born without an opening. This is bad because when you grow up and get your period, the blood has nowhere to go. If a baby is born this way, doctors will surgically create a hole.

absent – Yes, you can be born without a hymen. That kind of goes against your idea of ​​virginity, doesn’t it?

In addition, we also have some…

After birth – Having a child will definitely destroy the remains of the hymen.

Sexual Behavior – It can also change its morphology depending on your sexual activity or the amount of internal masturbation.

Side Note – Obviously, sexual assault can affect the shape of the membranes. Health professionals know what signs to watch out for in these cases.

Contains profound cultural connotations

The hymen is forever associated with chastity and female purity. Even now, some places still stipulate that if the hymen is not intact, a woman cannot marry or is worthless. Some people even offer bloody handkerchiefs or rags as evidence of sexual intercourse on the wedding night.

So you can imagine the problems some women face if they are born without this organ.

Some people even get “Hymenorrhaphy”, in which the hymen is literally reconstructed.

Final Thoughts

This caused a lot of uproar, but the end result is, the flesh headband – especially considering that there are so many different shapes and sizes of bodies born, it’s hard to define “normal” (so let’s not do it).

Finally, it is also worth mentioning that losing female virginity should not be painful or bloody. If the action is gentle, it may be uncomfortable, but it will not cause tears. “Tears” occur when the hymen is smaller, such as micro-perforations, etc.

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