Six Crazy Myths About A Woman’s Vagina
By Unknown 14:43 Lifestyle & Relationships
Vaginas are an unfair source of widespread confusion and embarrassment: Plenty of us don’t know how they work or what they look like. But it’s not just popular culture that gets vaginas wrong. Scientific and medical minds long misunderstood female anatomy. We didn’t even fully know how the clitoris worked until 2009, and even today, many textbooks still misrepresent female sexual anatomy. Of course, we have it better than women in centuries past, when blatant misogyny shaped much of the mainstream cultural and medical understanding of women’s bodies. Early mansplaining about women’s bodies were used to validate sexist legal policies, keep women out of school and generally make humankind squeamish about the female form.
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Here are some of history’s craziest myths about vaginas:
1. Watch out, some women’s vaginas have teeth!
The myth of the toothed vagina, called vagina dentata, was a legitimate anxiety expressed in cultural folklore everywhere from Russia to Japan to India. In many of these myths, brave men needed to remove or break these vaginal teeth before safely sexing up their lady friends.
2. Women’s vaginas are just penises that got cold.
Galen, a second-century Greek physician, believed that the body was ruled by “humor” fluids. Men typically had “hot and dry” humors while women had inferior “cold and wet” humors. Under his theory, women and men had the same sexual system, but because women were “cold,” their s*xual organs had simply moved inside their bodies to keep warm. In early medical illustrations, women’s sexual organs were labeled in comparison to their male counterparts; ovaries were “female testicles.”
3. Educate a woman, and you’ll ruin her lady parts.
This theory is brought to you by 19th-century Harvard Medical faculty member Henry H. Clark who spent his life fighting the good fight to keep women out of school. He said that women’s brains couldn’t handle the same strain as men’s, and that ladies who pursued a college education risked stressing their brains and destroying their wombs. Other scientists of the time also cautioned that over-developing the feminine brain would make the uterus shrivel up. In this sexist fantasy world, women especially needed to avoid thinking while on their period. Ugh.
4. Women can’t get pregnant unless they have consensual sex.
In 2012, former House Representative Todd Akin and his merry band of anatomically-confused Republicans helped revive this terrible myth. Maybe they were inspired by the 13th-century British legal text, Fleta, which said that “without a woman’s consent she could not conceive,” and thus could be used to invalidate a woman’s rape accusation if she had become pregnant. The belief lived on through [terrible]CUT 19th century medical books, to misguided politicians today.
5. Sideways vaginas = a thing.
Think of this as early “bro-anatomy.” The rumour that Asian women had sideways vaginas originated as racist humour amongst gentlemen visiting Chinese prostitutes in California brothels in the mid-1800s. The rumour was part of the larger cultural fetishizing of Asian women, and persisted through the Korean War, because some people enjoy their misogyny with a side of racism.
6. Beware: Woman’s menstrual blood is potentially life threatening to men.
Menstrual blood has been considered dangerous to men in a number of cultures. A first century Roman Encyclopedia notes that Roman Pliny observed that “hailstorms, they say, thunder, and even lighting will be scared away” by a menstruating woman, while “meat will become sour and fruit will fall from the tree beneath which she sits.” Period-shaming continued, and in the 19th century, it was commonly thought that a man could contract gonorrhoea from having sex with a woman who was on her period.
Video: Young Ghanian Girls undergoing Dipo Virginity Initiation.
By Unknown 05:47 Lifestyle & Relationships
UNCOVERED: Young Ghanian Girls undergoing Dipo Virginity Initiation.
Puberty Rites called Dipo among the Krobos is a very prominent event which has been carried out for years despite the influences
of education, modernization and missionization. The practice is held very strongly by the Krobos and it is ensured that every
female in the tribe undergoes the rites. The rites are held every year between the months of April and May.
Several girls partake in this event which lasts for a period of
four days during which they spend most of their time in the
Dipo house where the rites take place.During this period, the
girls are dressed in a special way to show that they are initiates. They have food restrictions and are only allowed to drink water from a well. They are taught the Klama dance, undergo a ritual
bath and the crux of the rite is when the girls are made to sit
on a stone which is believed determines virginity.
Any girl who is found not to be a virgin at the time of the
rites used to be ostracized in the past and was treated as
an outcast. Nowadays, a set of purification rituals are
performed for such a girl. On the last day of the rites, the girls
are dressed up in colourful Kente cloth (a traditional cloth in Ghana) and adorned with a lot of beads on their neck, arms
and waist. A durbar is held during which the girls perform
the Klama dance amidst singing and in the presence of
onlookers.
In the past, when there was no formal education, the rites served as a form of vocational training period for initiates where they were taught housekeeping and child rearing skills. The girls were therefore initiated into womanhood after which, they were ready to be married.
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Last Longer In Bed Tonight With These Five Tips
By Unknown 16:18 Lifestyle & Relationships
What is premature ejaculation (PE)?
Is when a man experiences orgasm and expels semen soon after intercourse and with minimal stimulation. Other terms used for Premature ejaculation include;early ejaculation,rapid climax and rapid ejaculation. Men who have premature ejaculation said they had less control over the ejaculation.How true is that? Having this problem (PE), can be very embarrassing but you are not alone. Did you know that 20% to 40% of all men wish they lasted longer in bed?
If you are reading this post,then there are chances you are in the same position. So I am going to give you some tips to help improve your sexual endurance, and last longer in bed tonight!
TIPS:
- Sex is no big deal. If you treat sex like a big deal you have to stop it now!. Stop treating sex like is a super-important event. When you treat sex like is a big deal you will become nervous and less confident. The more you treat it like is not all that important,you will be less nervous,more relax and confident,and increase your performance.
- Calmness,confidence and a clear mind(the 3 C's). To last longer in bed you need to keep in mind the three C's,that is you need to have confidence,calmness and a clear mind. If you fear sex then you are giving yourself a self fulfilling prophecy. Don't anticipate that you will perform poorly. So you you can last longer in bed not only by having confidence,but also staying calm and having a clear mind. Stay in the moment.
- You need to focus on your breathing. This is really a simple trick and has two steps. When you are in the act, exhale when you are on you way in, and inhale when you are coming out;as simple as that. This is a very simple and powerful trick and it works like charm. Try it and see if it will work for you, who knows maybe is the only tip you need to improve your performance.
- You think long,you last long. You will need to keep it in mind the way you think will affect how long you will last in bed. You need to conquer the negative thoughts that are causing the problem, that is the important thing. You will need to identify and isolate all negative thoughts. An example is performance anxiety.What you can do is to visualise yourself lasting longer and thus improve your performance in bed.
- You need to take action. You need to take action if you really want to improve. Not just any action but the right action. Avoid pills, creams, sprays, herbs etc.
That is all I have for you,last longer tonight!
