I think the point was that alot of pain and discomfort is cause from skin[ the frenulum] being stretched for the first time, afew studies have been done but they tend to focus more on the effect of sex on the hymen
they basically found that
1) rarely is there any breakage or bleeding[>30%], but more a uniform stretching
2) the amount of sexual experience directly relates to the condition of the lower part of the hymen, i.e more sex = more wear and tear
3) the hymen in most cases stays mostly intact until childbirth, but even then some portion may remain
so my opinion comes from those findings, that if a girls hymen is mostly intact until childbirth, how the hell can it have anything to do with the myth we are taught?
which basically goes along the lines of
- a girl has a hymen to prevent or detect sex [false, most of it is still there after sex]
- a hole is present to allow period out [true, but that might not be the sole reason]
- upon a girls first time, the hymen tears causing bleeding and pain [ can be true, but most often false]
- after sex, the hymen is gone for good [false, unless the guy has a dick the size of a newborn]
- a virgin can be detected by checking to see if the hymen is intact [ partly true but not in the way they thought in the middle ages, but a single sexual experience is very hard to detect when compared to a virgin]
Its my understanding that what was thought of as a hymen is more to do with the opening passage of the vagina[ i wrongly called it the labium as it seemed to fit with the pattern labia major> labia minor > hymen ] rather than a seperate tissue and what does exist is quit different to the myth
either way its a controversial topic and there is no right or wrong opinion as of yet... obviously some studies need to be conducted
/puts hand up to be examiner
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