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You can't judge a book by its cover, and you can't judge a woman's sexual activity by one look at her vag or butthole. Mostly, though, it's comments like this:. It goes on, not just as a spectacle of slut-shaming, not just as proof of how often it's sadly women policing other women about their sexual activity, but of proof that no one has any idea how vaginas or buttholes work. Vaginas and rectums are designed to expand and contract! You do not get loose from fucking in your vagina or your anus as a general rule! Nonetheless, let's explore these holes one at a time.

A leading blog on the science of sex, love, and relationships, written by social psychologist Dr. Justin Lehmiller. Thanks for asking this question. The hymen is a small, circular piece of tissue that partially covers the vaginal opening; however, it can vary dramatically in both size and appearance across persons.

The hormone fluctuations that begin in perimenopause bring about many physical changes. Similarly, regular sexual activity helps maintain vaginal flexibility and pliability, presumably because it increases blood supply to the vagina and can also have a stretching effect. Penetration may be uncomfortable or even painful, and can lead to irritation. Antihistamines, for example, dry vaginal tissue as well as nose and eye tissues.

Skip navigation! Story from Body. There are so many myths attached to the hymen — the thin membrane that surrounds the vaginal opening — that sometimes it's difficult to sort fact from fiction. If you believed them all, you'd think it "pops" the first time you have sex; that if yours isn't visible it means you've already had penetrative sex; that you're no longer a virgin if yours is "broken", to name just a few. At best, these misnomers are harmless — at worst, they perpetuate sexist notions of female virginity and leave women feeling baffled by- and detached from their own vaginas.