Breaking The Hymen Myth

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The hymen myth tells us that the vagina is sealed off by a freshness seal that is only broken upon first penetration. Upon this myth rests the entire idea of female virginity, sexual purity and many other harmful ideas about sexuality that cause endless shame, fear and suffering. The truth is, the hymen is a flexible membrane that moves and stretches with the rest of the vagina. It is permeable at birth and can remain intact through childbirth. Some people have very thin and flexible membranes, while other bodies have very thick or rigid hymens. In rare cases, surgical intervention may be needed. But for most people, the hymen is simply part of the vaginal anatomy – and through getting to know your own hymen you can better understand how to enjoy your entire sexual system. Resources On The Hymen Myth: * Get a guided tour of the sexual system from world renowned sex therapist Cyndi Darnell with the *Atlas of Erotic Anatomy* * The Virginity Fraud TED talk* Our Bodies Ourselves on the Hymen Myth Podcast Transcript: Podcast transcripts are generated with love by humans, and thus may not be 100% accurate. Time stamps are included so you can cross reference or jump to any point in the podcast episode above. THANKS to the members of our Pleasure Pod for helping make transcripts and the rest of our free offerings happen! If you love what we offer, find ways to show your love and dive deeper with us here: SHOW SOME LOVE Chris Rose: 00:00 Welcome to Speaking of Sex with The Pleasure Mechanics. I’m Chris. Charlotte Rose: 00:05 I’m Charlotte. Chris Rose: 00:05 We are The Pleasure Mechanics, and on this podcast we have soulful, explicit conversations about sex, love, bodies, culture, all the conversations we need to have to move towards a more pleasurable relationship with sexuality, one body at a time on your own terms, and as a globe. Come on over to Pleasure Mechanics, I just said it, a global mission, folks. Come on over to pleasuremechanics.com where you will find our complete podcast archive. While you are there, go to pleasuremechanics.com/free to enroll in our free online course and get started with us. That’s pleasuremechanics.com/free. Chris Rose: 00:51 If you have been with us for a while and this show has already touched your life and brought more pleasure into your days, come on over to pleasuremechanics.com/love, pleasuremechanics.com/love, where you will find multiple ways of supporting the show and taking a deeper dive with us. All right. On today’s episode, this is an important one. It’s a big one and it’s one that we want to be tender with, because we are going to be tackling some of the foundational myths about sexuality and about the body that have been so persistent. They are global myths and so much rests upon them. Chris Rose: 01:38 And as we shatter these myths, you might feel a sense of some floor dropping out from beneath you,

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