14 Questions Guys Have Always Wanted to Ask About the Female Body: Answered
If your science class was anything like ours, sex was reduced to strictly talking about reproductive health: sperm-meets-egg fertilisation and female body parts were simply a diagram somewhere in page 218 of the textbook. Accurate? 💯 Illuminating or useful for real life? Hardly.
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And while that may have been sufficient to pass our exams, our knowledge about the fallopian tubes can only take us so far in our physical interactions with those of the fairer sex. To tackle this, we asked a couple of guys about their doubts, and these are the questions they had. In this article, we help you answer some of the juicier questions that could have got you in trouble if you asked it to your science teacher back then!
Sex-related questions about the female body
🙋♂️ Does the vagina produce natural lubrication?
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✅ Yes, it does! In fact, lubrication is produced by glands in the cervix and vaginal walls all the time — even when the female is not aroused, since it is a natural physiological function. The main aim of lubrication is to prevent the genital area from injuries or tearing, and to keep the vagina clean and moist.
However, the natural lubricant only is mostly insufficient for sex, and it would be best to use artificial lubricant for further moisture to reduce any discomfort.
🙋♂️ Does discharge mean you’re wet?
✅ To clarify, discharge is seen as a broad term for the various fluids that come out of the vagina. One form of discharge is cervical fluid, or lubricant, as covered in the previous question. Arousal fluid is the type of discharge that is released as part of the body’s physiological reaction to prepare for sex. However, every female body is different and the amount of discharge does not equate to how aroused they are -- That’s why people buy Lubricants!
When a female starts to get excited from sexual arousal, the increased genital blood flow leads to swelling of the blood vessels. The pressure created causes fluid to be pushed onto the surface of the vaginal walls. This arousal fluid is an additional layer of vaginal lubrication to further smoothen the process of penetration.
TL;DR: the presence of discharge does not always mean that a female has gotten wet in the sexual sense.
🙋♂️ I heard that women can have orgasms in their clit and vagina. Is this true?
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✅ While it is true (since both these organs have many nerve endings which contribute to the big-O), a combined orgasm tends to result in bigger fireworks for a female in her nether regions.
The clit can be stimulated by rubbing (but not too hard) with your fingers or tongue repeatedly, and orgasms are often felt as tingling sensations on the skin.
Vaginal orgasms require the least work for penises, but reaching it is often the most difficult for females. Once the G-spot is engaged, these orgasms can easily be felt by the person penetrating the vagina because the vaginal walls will pulse.
🙋♂️ Most sexually excitable spot on your body?
✅ Based on a study published under the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the clitoris and nipple are most sensitive to pressure and vibrations, and the clitoris is most sensitive to vibration out of all body parts (to nobody’s surprise).
Although the researchers collected this information to better understand breast augmentation and gender reassignment surgery, you might want to bookmark the report for other reasons!
🙋♂️ Does size matter in order to orgasm?
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✅ While a longer or wider penis would definitely feel nice, size and good quality sex are rarely correlated. More importantly, it is how you make whatever you’ve got work for you. As long as you and your partner are able to find a good rhythm, we’re sure you’d be able to have a great time!
🙋♂️ Can you orgasm by doing random, non-sexual tasks?
✅ Yes, it is possible. Spontaneous orgasms can occur without any sexual sensory stimulation. A study found the activities that trigger it include exercising, sleeping, breastfeeding, listening to certain types of music and even eating.
🙋♂️ Is a loose vagina caused by too much sex?
✅ Firstly, the concept of a “loose” vagina has historically been used to shame women who have had multiple sexual partners. In actuality, penetration will not cause a vagina to stretch out permanently despite the number of people or times a female has had sex with.
The vagina is elastic and is able to accommodate the shape of things being inserted or pushed out. Just like an elastic rubber band, the muscles on a vagina are able to retract back to its original shape (although it does get looser with age or post-childbirth).
Periods, Pregnancy and more: Your doubts about the female body’s natural functions
🙋♂️ Do you pee out of your vagina?
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✅ Not at all. The vulva has 2 openings — the vagina and the urethra, which is the hole you pee out from. The urethral opening is a tiny hole located below the clit and above the vaginal. And while things can be inserted into the vagina, the same cannot be said about the “pee hole”.
🙋♂️ Can you hold in your periods like pee?
✅ Unfortunately, no (@ ladies, imagine how convenient that would be!). Pee exits the body through the urethra, which has sphincters (a circular muscle that maintains constriction of a body passage and relaxes as required), hence allowing for pee to be released in a controlled manner. Period blood exits through the vagina, which does not have any sphincters.
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🙋♂️ I always hear my female friends talk about being on “day 1” or “day 2” of their periods, and all her friends seem to understand her pain. What is this inside info y’all have?
✅ This “pain” is likely to be a combination of the actual physical discomfort caused by the period, and the inconvenience periods bring. The first 2 days are normally when the flow is heaviest, which is correlated to more intense period cramps for some females!
Simply put, menstrual blood is made up of blood and discharge from the uterine’s inner lining. The uterus has to contract to expel this lining, and contractions are triggered by hormones called prostaglandins. Higher levels of prostaglandins are associated with more severe cramps.
🙋♂️ Why is there the common stereotype that girls are angrier when they are on their period?
✅ Rule #1: If you’re ever in a fight with a female, do not ask her if she’s angry because she’s on her period.
There is no actual proof that periods = angrier females, but there is the underlying idea that the fluctuations in oestrogen and progesterone levels affect mood swings by triggering negative emotions of anger and irritability.
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🙋♂️ Are eggs only produced when periods start?
✅ You would be surprised to find out that a female is actually born with all her eggs! During each menstrual cycle, an egg (or two) will be released from the ovary, while the uterine lining will thicken in preparation for pregnancy. The egg is then released and if there is no fertilisation, the egg moves through to the uterus and disintegrates. The period starts when the body sheds the uterine lining.
🙋♂️ Can you get pregnant from swallowing cum?
✅ No. Although you might have remembered from science classes that the sperm can survive in the reproductive tract for 3-5 days, sperm is unable to survive in the digestive tract due to the difference in environment. However, STIs can still be transmitted through oral sex, so the necessary protection should still be used.
🙋♂️ Is breast milk there all the time?
✅ No. The production of breast milk is triggered by estrogen, progesterone and human placental lactogen that is released by the placenta when pregnant. At delivery, levels of estrogen and progesterone fall, allowing the hormone prolactin to increase and initiate milk production.
However, if a female were to lactate without being pregnant, it could be a sign that she has Galactorrhea, caused by hormone imbalances or tumours.