The Hymen

[kragey.livejournal.com]

Hate to double post, but I felt like this was worth it!

I always see my fellow VagPag women asking about the hymen. What does it look like? Is it normal if it's not like my sister's? Where is the hymen located? While browsing Rotten.com, I found this EXTREMELY interesting and informative page about the hymen. You may also want to check out the rest of their library. (Please note that a few of the things said here are the opinions of the writer, including what exactly CAN break a hymen...some doctors say things like horseback riding can break a hymen, others say it can't.)

(On a side note: mine is a cribriform, but it only has one or two tiny holes and a self-inflicted "puncture wound" towards the bottom.)

Comments

[ilikemytie.livejournal.com]

from what I have read, it's a genetic flaw.

[kragey.livejournal.com]

Personally, I never liked to think of it as a flaw. I always thought we just sort of "lost our use" for it.

Take our jacobson's organ. It's located up in the top of the mouth and used to be fully functional in humans--cats have them, too. It's still there, but we can no longer smell with it and it's therefore useless. My guess is that we haven't evolved enough to start being born without it.