Women in particular get comments about their anatomy and reproductive health so often that it's almost commonplace. Those misconceptions can be so prevalent that they even make their way into potential law.
That's how we end up with proposed laws for things like "relocating" ectopic pregnancies when that procedure literally does not exist.
Reddit user ReallyQuiteRude asked:
Women of Reddit, what is the dumbest thing a man has ever said to you about sex, reproductive health, menstruation, etc.?
The lack of understanding of how basic female reproductive health is truly staggering. Maybe we should stop separating children in sexual education classes (and actually teaching those classes with medically accurate information) because this is ... a lot to process.
Choosing The Sex
Giphy"My ex was convinced that he could consciously choose the sex of any children he fathered. He'd heard (presumably in some science class) that the sperm "decides" the sex of a baby, which is cool and all. But he got hung up on that phrasing and wouldn't listen to logic."
A Disease Now
"My best friend was having sex with her new boyfriend and unexpectedly got her period. She was embarrassed because they had just started dating, and instead of comforting her his response was to disgustedly say "am I going to get a disease now or something?" he's an ex-boyfriend now."
- er_bear
Breaking Up Sooner
"My ex asked me how I knew my period was over. He was 21 at the time. Now, that wouldn't have even been that bad, but I started to explain how the flow gets lighter until it eventually stops and he cut me off. Said it was gross and he regretted asking."
"He also thought any pubic hair on a woman was gross. I get wanting it tidy, but he thought all women should be shaved/waxed all the time. And no, his pubic area was never hair-free."
"My only regret was not breaking up with him sooner."
Missing One Period
"My friend's husband thought women knew they were pregnant by missing just one period and that it started again the next month. It gave me a giggle."
Stretch First
Giphy"Before I understood how periods work or what period cramps are, I remember there was a day in middle school PE where the class was running laps but two girls were not participating and instead walking slowly around the outside of the track. When someone asked them why they weren't running they said "we have cramps" and my dumb self, assuming they both somehow got leg cramps or something from trying to run, said something to the effect of "that's your fault, that's why you need to stretch first!"
"Later on after learning some stuff, I remembered the incident and their silent, shocked confusion at my response made perfect sense."
The Exact Moment I Realized
"My creepy older boyfriend when I was 18 made a comment (in front of friends) about the first time we hooked up."
He said: "When I hit your g-spot, your legs clamped down on my head like a vice."
I said "You never hit my g-spot. The g-spot is on the inside."
He responded in a condescending tone, "You have more than one g-spot, dear."
If I had to pinpoint the exact moment when I realized I was dating an idiot, it'd be right then.
RescheduleĀ
"I once used my period to get out of a date with one guy and he seriously said, "can't you reschedule it or something?"
Anemia Treatment
"Cant you just stop the anemia by injecting your period blood back in?"
Wrong On So Many Levels
"He was CONVINCED that it was impossible to have twins, as "the uterus only produces one egg per month". He also thought women could ONLY get pregnant on their period, because "the sperm swims up the blood". When I told him it's the complete opposite, he said "Oh, what does the sperm swim up then. The piss?" I then explained that women do not piss out of their vagina. He then exclaimed "wait, there's two holes???"
"I officially lost it when he told me that the vagina is in the same place as a mans penis, you know, "bellow the belly button".
"Let's just say I'm glad i never ended up dating this guy."
Immoral Women
"Someone once complained about how, "Women are immoral because having a period is equal to having an abortion." Luckily this was a teaching moment and he learned something that day."
Like A Chicken
Giphy"I once got asked by my ex if I ever saw the egg cone out during my period"
"He thought the reason girls had cramps was because they passed an egg like a chicken would or it was at least like passing a kidney stone."
Women Don't Poop
"Stop lying, you don't poop. Men do."
"Actual ex boyfriend who was a high school football player who GRADUATED."
"When he finally asked his mother (yeah...) he was so disgusted, I thought he was kidding but he really wasn't."
- slampons
Unlocking Your Female Power
"Girls can control their periods and bleed whenever they want to." This fool was the only boy with probably eight girls at the table. It got bad when he INSISTED he was right and got angry as eight other girls repeatedly told him no. He tried to explain how the female body works and how if they tried they would just stop bleeding, like they could just "unlock" this female power inside them. I couldn't believe what I was witnessing. Mind you this dude was your typical creepy low IQ rude virgin. (I think, or I hope he was a virgin. He went for the really quiet small freshman and all the other girls warned everyone not to date him. Big ugly rude mass of a dude.) No idea why those girls allowed him to sit at the table. I see him wandering around the mall all the time circling the food court and I always remember this period instance."
Night Pads
"I went over to my dad's place, and unexpectedly got my period. I was sitting on the toilet, panicking because I only had a leftover tampon from the last time my sister was here, and I use pads. So I begged my dad (who was about to come home) to please go to the store and pick up "night pads" for me (I always use night time pads because I have a heavy flow), and told him I didn't have any pads at all with me, so I really needed him to buy some."
"Well... He came home, I thanked him a lot for picking up the pads, and he said: "Wait, I didn't buy them. They're night pads and it's still daytime. We have time."
"I had to explain to him WHY I specifically asked for "night pads".
All Boys School
"My partner saw a midwife friend on his Facebook post a status about a 'bum breech' baby she had delivered. He thought it meant the baby breaches it's mother's vaginal wall on the way out and ends up being born out of the mum's bumhole. I explained breech birth to him and it made more sense, I think his explanation is pretty funny though (probably not for the mumma in that situation.)"
"He also thought you could cause injury to your unborn baby in the womb if you have sex while pregnant - as in the cervix and walls were so thin you could poke the baby with your penis. He was therefore adamant if I ever get pregnant I wouldn't be getting any D until the coast is clear. I had to show him an anatomy diagram from Google for that one."
"You probably won't be surprised to know that this particular big dummy went to an all boys school. He's my big dummy though."
Pleasurable?Ā
"I was talking with a few female friends about tampons and pads and which we prefer (we were sleeping over at a friend's and a few of us were on our period) and my male best friend was shocked that I didn't like using tampons. Turns out he thought that inserting a tampon was "supposed to be pleasurable, just like having sex." I cried with laughter for what felt like ages."
Brain Damage
Giphy"Guy here, once knew a guy who thought that any time a guy ejaculated in a woman, the sperm would stay in their body, and eventually swim up to their brain, giving them brain damage."
"As such, it was his duty as a man to be willing to commit to taking care of women he slept with because every time they had sex she would become a little bit dumber/less capable of living without him and eventually nothing more than a mindless shell."
- Aazadan
That's Not What Curves Mean
"That having sex makes a girl fully develop. My ex-husband truly believed that if a teenage girl had curves, it was evidence that she was sexually active."
"He also believed a pelvic exam and inserting tampons caused arousal."
Not From The Vagina
"The worst offender was an old coworker (who really liked bringing up sex all the time) because absolutely flabbergasted that pee doesn't come from the vagina. He swore up and down I didn't know WHAT I was talking about, that that's 'the only hole it can come out of' and wouldn't listen to me until I googled a diagram to show him. At which point he was grossed out."
"The guy was like, 40, and I was no older than 22 at the time, which I guess is why he thought he knew better, but still guy. Yeesh."
- Perscoot
Condoms And HymensĀ
"It did not happen to me but to many female friends of mine..."When you have sex for the first time, you should not use condom. Otherwise, you cannot break the hymen".
We clearly need better reproductive health classes!
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"Men are cool and whatever but women are f*****g warriors and capable of anything," she wrote.
Schumer continued thanking her birthing team and her husband Chris's doula, Domino Kirke ā who's married to actor Penn Badgley.
"I was lucky enough to get to have a doula. Her name @domino_kirke @carriagehousebirth what do doulas do? I don't totally know But what she did was make me and Chris feel totally secure and supported throughout my pregnancy and the birth process."
"I really recommend getting one if you can. Doctor Brill and all the nurses and pediatricians at Lenox Hill and all the other hospitals I spent time in this year, thank you for everything."
During her pregnancy, the Trainwreck actress had to cancel some shows because she suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition marked by constant morning sickness that often leads to dehydration and weight loss.
"I did Pilates with strong women and went for walks. I threw up violently and felt sick mostly every day of my pregnancy."
"Hyperemesis is real and it's awful. But fuck, what they say is true. The second you give birth it's gone."
Fortunately, she found a solution.
"@hgmoms has the best research I found on the condition The only thing that helped me with my nausea was products from @thelordjones. I learned that globally 1 in 5 births take place without the assistance of a skilled birth attendant."
She also suggested how you can help expectant mothers in need of help in Guatemala and thanked her staff for their undying support after many visits to the hospital.
"@everymomcounts is a great place to donate $250 equips a midwife with a bag of medical equipment needed to provide care to hundreds of women and babies in Guatemala. All my friends. Friends I've had for 30 years or people who encouraged me to 'keep going' or telling me 'it will be worth it.' Thank you."
She felt a kinship with her encouraging female friends and medical experts who have helped her along the way.
"Every woman I encountered is so willing to help and advise you and I felt all their strength. And you were right. Thank you ladies from my family. Chris, Gene and of course Tatiana #titsleaking #wearingadiaper"
Her words are exactly what many women need to hear as they face their own challenges towards motherhood.
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Reality star Paris Hilton and fellow actresses Rosanna Arquette and Amber Tamblyn sent her some love on Mother's Day.
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Her post received 929k likes and praised her for being a "Warrior Queen."
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This user shared her own experience and some assurance.
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Others continued showering her with mommy love.
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Schumer and her husband Chris Fischer, 39, welcomed Gene on Sunday and announced the news on Monday's Instagram post.
She humorously wrote in the caption, "10:55 pm last night. Our royal baby was born," as a nod to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcoming their newborn son just a few hours later.
Congratulations, Amy! You are undoubtedly a fierce warrior and a beautiful mom.
Schumer and her husband Chris Fischer are still expecting their first child.
Along the journey, Schumer has been very open about her experience, whether that be the highs of seeing your child for the first time on the ultrasound, or the lows of vomiting.
Recently however, she took to Instagram to remind people that she's very aware she's still pregnant.
The caption for the Instagram photo reads:
"Oh yeah does it feel to everyone like I've been pregnant for a long time? It must be getting annoying to you all that I'm still pregnant"
"Well imagine how I feel mother fuckers!!!!!! #soblessed #hatemondaysloveweekendstho"
It would seem some people have been commenting to the comedian directly about how long it has felt, forgetting she's the one who is actually carrying the small human inside her.
Schumer announced she was pregnant in October. Since then she's shared her experience with pregnancy, both the good and bad.
It got particularly bad when she revealed she was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that causes extreme nausea and vomiting with her pregnancy. It was so bad, she had to cancel shows from her tour in November.
Sharing her experience has brought support and others sharing their experience.
People have been following Schumer's pregnancy feverishly. At one point, due to poor word choice, people had thought she was done with her pregnancy.
She had recommended a book to her followers saying it had helped get her through her pregnancy. Using the past tense had made people think it was done.
There was a follow up Instagram post that clarified.
"Amy is still pregnant and puking because money rarely goes to medical studies for women such as hyperemesis or endometriosis and instead goes to things like dā not getting hard enough or old guys who want harder dā."
Schumer has maintained her humor through the rough times, even when she got a particularly interesting cake for her baby shower.
But seriously, how long has she been pregnant?
Rest assured, when Schumer has her kid, you won't have to ask. The news will probably be plastered everywhere.
Just try to not act so exasperated when you're surprised an expectant mother hasn't given birth yet.