“I didnt know, until 10 years ago, that the menstrual pad is stuck on the underwear.

I thought that you stuck it tight on the vagina like a bandaid.

Im 39 and Ive been married 13 years.”

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Here are some of the most-upvoted responses from people about vaginas:

1.

“Vaginas secrete a fluidwhich can bleachunderwear.”

u/Previous_Film9786

“It can actuallyput holesin underwear over enough time.”

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u/bothwatchxfiles

2.

“People who can get pregnant or have periods havethe greatest propensityfor iron deficiency/anemiabecauseof pregnancy and periods.

u/llcucf80

3.

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“Period poopsare real many people poop a LOT on the first day of their period.

Like, a lot.”

u/trolladams

4. u/trollsoultoll

5.

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“I didnt know, until 10 years ago, that the menstrual pad is stuck on the underwear.

I thought that you stuck it tight on the vagina like a bandaid.

Im 39 and Ive been married 13 years.”

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u/Em4gdn3m

6.

“Boobscan lactatewithout their owner being pregnant.”

u/Captain_Crouton_X1

7.

“I never knew that CHUNKS came out during periods.

I knew it was like thicker blood.

I never thought it was like solid chunks of uterine wall, though.”

u/dudeimjames1234

8.

“I didn’t know that the labia didn’t have any sort of mobility.

I had this idea that when people with vaginas go to pee, the lips would sort of… u/aodancampbell

“Like the demogorgon???”

u/incognitoplant

9.

“This is nuts.

Brace yourself.Fallopian tubes are not connected to the ovaries.

They hover above them.

u/erosogol

10. u/TheHomieData

11.

“I thought after the baby came out, the belly immediately deflated.”

u/Sxn_Angelo

12.

“Many people poop while giving birth.

Huge dumps that empty the entire contents of the colon.

My OB explained it like rolling a bowling ball along a tube of toothpaste.”

u/IvoShandor

13.

And you pee out of the urethra, not the vagina.”

u/WestminsterSpinster7

14.

“Growing up Mormon, I had no idea a clit was a thing.”

u/muchlovemates

16.

Uteruses (uteri?)

That’s like its sacrificial anode it builds up to keep the placenta from killing it.”

u/LongJohnSelenium

17.

It’s called a false period.”

u/lilyboocakes

“I’m a 43-year-old woman, never had kids.

I had no idea about this.

That’s wild!”

u/Jape240

“Two of my children had them.

Nobody fucking warned me.

Suddenly my newborn started bleeding from the vagina and I panicked like a bastard.”

u/Pedantichrist

Thanks tou/pragmail124andr/AskRedditfor having this discussion.

Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.