It can be really frustrating to engage with a person who seems absolutely ignorant about very basic information. Whether they are clueless about biology, important world events, or acceptable behavior, it can feel bizarre to have to explain simple things to a person who should ideally know better. Women in particular have to bear the brunt of explaining how their bodies function because sex-ed in America is pretty abysmal.
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On Reddit, women are sharing the most shocking things they had to explain, and yes, people are very confused about vaginas and periods.
They’re also apparently confused about whether or not humans hunted dinosaurs, so yeah.
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1. Earning A Degree
“An employee of mine asked if some women really went to school to earn degrees and have careers, not just to find husbands. He asked me, his female boss with an engineering degree with my chemist colleague, also female, standing next to me. He was just starting community college and taking his first psych class. Hoo, boy.” — 7000DuckPower
2. Tampon Orgasms
“I was once asked if I’d ever had an orgasm inserting a tampon. Like not only that it’s pleasurable but that a woman just needs to touch her vagina to orgasm. Completely shocked.” — youki_hi
3. The 1950s Happened In Black And White
“In high school, there was a girl who thought the 1950s were in black and white. Not television or movies, but real life. She thought real life didn’t have color until later.” — MostlyALurkerBefore
4. Sex and Your Period
“I had a guy friend who said I was a hoe because I was on my period. He thought you had to be having sex a lot to have your period. I was a confused and frustrated virgin.” — Hikarixoxo
5. Pads Do Not Work Like Band-Aids
“Had to explain that pads do not stick to our vaginas like bandaids to soak up the blood. also had to explain that our periods aren’t like peeing and we can’t just push it all out at once.” — [deleted]
6. Heart Transplant
“I had to explain to a friend that when someone had a heart transplant that they didn’t stop loving their families and spouses. She thought that people’s hearts dictated who they loved.” — peedsnme
7. The Holocaust
“My cousin didn’t know about the Holocaust and she went to see a concentration camp while on holiday. She wanted to know why people didn’t want to go there when it’s so peaceful. She’s an adult…” — alisong89
8. Apartheid
“Had to explain to someone that I, as a 23 year old, was part of the first generation born post South African apartheid. They thought I was being a SJW by talking about the long term impacts apartheid had on South African society when ‘apartheid ended so long ago that people would barely remember what it was like under it if you guys stopped talking about it.’ I had to explain to him that apartheid ended in 1994, this man was a university student at one of the best universities in the world.” — Zuzara_The_DnD_Queen
9. Women Do Not Care For Catcalling
“That women are not generally flattered, but threatened by catcalling. That one turned into an argument. Finally convinced him by telling him of a recent scenario I had dealt with.” — Ember357
10. PMS
“My ex bf was 23 when I explained to him that PMS actually did not stand for Pissed at Men Syndrome.” — goody-two-sneakers
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11. Dirty Laundry
“That you can and should put the dirty laundry bag in the wash with your clothes. He hauled his clean clothes back in a dirty laundry bag for years.” — probablyafraid
12. Potatoes Don’t Grow From Plants
“Not me, but my aunt told her mother-in-law that she was excited to start a small garden with the kids and she had bought some potato plants. Her MIL laughed at her and said she got ripped off, that potatoes don’t grow from plants, you just buy them at the store. I don’t know how but my aunt had to explain that yes, potatoes are root vegetables.” — redhotairballoon
13. The Disappearance Of The White Race
“When I told a co-worker that I was not going to have kids, I had to explain to her that no, I am not afraid of the disappearance of the white race. Shocking and disturbing.” — sixhoursneeze
14. Humans Hunted Dinosaurs
“I had a screaming match in college with multiple other college students who thought humans hunted dinosaurs. God, I should’ve transferred that day, why didn’t I.” — woman_thorned
15. No, You Do Not Get Three Sets Of Teeth
“Had to explain to a woman that no, another tooth isn’t going to grow back. You have your baby teeth, then your adult teeth…then that’s it…you are not a shark.” — awesomeroy
16. Accents
“I remember when we were kids (around 6 or 7) a girl from Wales moved to our school, so she had an accent. I was used to it because my mom has a British accent. One of my friends asked the girl if she could turn off her accent as she couldn’t understand what she was saying. The girl got upset and stormed off. My friend was confused as to why she was offended. I had to explain to my friend that’s just how she talks and she can’t do anything about it.” — bambiartistic
17. Consent
“That sex that she didn’t consent to even if it was w her partner is rape.” — jade96_
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*First Published: July 9, 2021, 5:32 am
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