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Men that don't know what a cervix is

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biddyboo · 18/08/2024 19:39

So David Lammy is probably the most well known example, but the whole boxing fiasco has been quite illuminating in illustrating how many men don't have a clue what a cervix is (whilst arguing with absolute conviction that IK has one). Some men also seem to think that it is something that is checked for at birth 🙄

Here is the latest example I've seen

https://x.com/OkayBiology/status/1825174768460673063

For those not on X, it's journalist Benjamin Butterworth mansplaining about cervixes to two exasperated women.

I must ask my oh when he gets back if he knows what a cervix is. I suspect he has a vague idea. Do the men in your life know what the cervix is?

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https://x.com/OkayBiology/status/1825174768460673063

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outdamnedspots · 19/08/2024 12:15

GrumpyPanda · 18/08/2024 19:49

Not just cervixes. There was a genius on Twitter claiming the Algerian boxer has, I quote, "a uterus and a womb."

😂😂😂

SinnerBoy · 19/08/2024 12:13

sashh · Today 10:36

I stand corrected.

No problem, I asked Aunty Google, as I thought I must be wrong. I know lots of medical terminology has Greek roots, along with geology.

BobbyBiscuits · 19/08/2024 12:07

I was never ever taught the word 'vulva'. Not in any science lesson, in sex ed. It was always vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes.
They never discussed labia or the clitoris either bar maybe mentioning it once.
My mum taught me the name for the vulva was vagina?! So it would be vagina, and 'inside the vagina'. Not very accurate at all really?!

bigyellowduster · 19/08/2024 10:40

I did Human Biology O level, way more interesting than plants and stuff, and despite being in my 60s I have retained enough knowledge of my body for my consultant to say 'you obviously have a medical background...' - no I just have an interest in my body, doesn't everyone?

sashh · 19/08/2024 10:36

I stand corrected.

Mumoftwo1316 · 19/08/2024 10:30

sashh · 19/08/2024 10:24

Greek.

Medical terms usually come from Greek.

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Usually, but cervix is Latin!

sashh · 19/08/2024 10:24

SinnerBoy · 19/08/2024 08:57

HoppityBun · Yesterday 21:13

Cervix does in fact mean neck. That’s why we all - men and women- have a cervical spine.

Yes, it's simply Latin for neck.

Greek.

Medical terms usually come from Greek.

blackcherryconserve · 19/08/2024 09:54

GrumpyPanda · 18/08/2024 19:49

Not just cervixes. There was a genius on Twitter claiming the Algerian boxer has, I quote, "a uterus and a womb."

Ths would be funny if it wasn't so serious.

Grammarnut · 19/08/2024 09:53

Retiredfromthere · 18/08/2024 22:51

Well I know where my cervix is. Did biology and human biology and watched the scary giving birth film and all. But I think the logic during my schooling days was the girls needed to know about reproduction and biology and men did not. At least he is claiming no formal schooling in biology. (To be fair he does understand Physics and I do not). Most importantly he straight up admitted he did not know where it was. Which is better than a lot of men it seems.

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Agree. Bit silly, though. And fuels some culture's blaming a woman for not producing sons - blame dad, it's him!

Igmum · 19/08/2024 09:32

I had to Google Buttergasp too (MN is very educational) and that is seriously bad acting. I mean seriously. There are pantomimes that would reject that guy for being too hammy.

SinnerBoy · 19/08/2024 09:01

Omlettes · Yesterday 22:34

Does the womb have a view?

I know a song about that... GBH. I won't post it here, as it's totally sexist.

SinnerBoy · 19/08/2024 08:57

HoppityBun · Yesterday 21:13

Cervix does in fact mean neck. That’s why we all - men and women- have a cervical spine.

Yes, it's simply Latin for neck.

StripeyBedCurtains · 19/08/2024 08:49

That gasp is so overblown and ludicrous 🤣

StripeyBedCurtains · 19/08/2024 08:47

My man didn't know, until I told him. I mean - it's not something that is taught in school, and unless you have a partner going through pregnancy and birth it doesn't tend to come up in conversation much.

But - if you're intending to talk about it, and use it to attempt to prove a point, then it does behove you to actually find out what it is you are talking about first to avoid looking like a complete tit on TV.

Oh well, sad for that man. What a wally.

RoyalCorgi · 19/08/2024 08:26

Oh wow, the gasp was in response to the statement from Bev Jackson that "We don't believe anyone can be born in the wrong body."

https://x.com/hatpinwoman/status/1306859372602064897?lang=en

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https://x.com/hatpinwoman/status/1306859372602064897?lang=en

CrunchyCarrot · 19/08/2024 08:18

RantyMcRanterton · 18/08/2024 20:30

Someone more techy than myself needs to put up the #Buttergasp gif for max lollage Grin

Well, when I asked Google to look for #buttergasp gif guess what came up first?

So I am none the wiser! 😂

Men that don't know what a cervix is
crochetandshit · 19/08/2024 08:10

Both DH and DS17 do. I also made sure to reach DS that women don't urinate from their vagina as that seems to be another thing a lot of people don't know 😬

Mumoftwo1316 · 19/08/2024 08:05

I think pp might think a molar pregnancy is where the embryo grows in your teeth.

LunaNorth · 19/08/2024 08:01

vawodoc · 19/08/2024 07:27

Some women seem a tad unclear, to be honest ...

There's an old man I know who just had a scan for cervical myelopathy. Does he have a cervix, and if not, where is the myelopathy?

Just saying.

😂😂😂😂

Mumoftwo1316 · 19/08/2024 07:57

vawodoc · 19/08/2024 07:27

Some women seem a tad unclear, to be honest ...

There's an old man I know who just had a scan for cervical myelopathy. Does he have a cervix, and if not, where is the myelopathy?

Just saying.

Is this supposed to be a clever gotcha that men can have cervixes lol... myelopathy is a spinal condition, the "myelo" bit means spine I believe.

Did you think your friend had a problem with his womb?? What did you say to him?

"Just saying"! You could have googled it.

Edit - my point is, the answer to "where is the myelopathy" is always spine, it just means "spine problem".

Motorina · 19/08/2024 07:35

vawodoc · 19/08/2024 07:27

Some women seem a tad unclear, to be honest ...

There's an old man I know who just had a scan for cervical myelopathy. Does he have a cervix, and if not, where is the myelopathy?

Just saying.

In the cervical spine. The word cervical derives from neck, and is used for both the neck of the uterus and the neck the head sits on.

vawodoc · 19/08/2024 07:27

Some women seem a tad unclear, to be honest ...

There's an old man I know who just had a scan for cervical myelopathy. Does he have a cervix, and if not, where is the myelopathy?

Just saying.

sashh · 19/08/2024 07:03

RoyalCorgi · 18/08/2024 20:02

Very true. There was a survey a few years ago that found that something like half of women didn't know where their cervix was. A lot of women, as we've seen on Mumsnet, think that they pee out of their vagina. (Obviously loads of men think that too.) It's all a bit crazy - what on earth do they teach them in schools?

That clip is hilarious though because Butterworth clearly has no clue - as Alex Smith tweeted: "doesn't know what he's talking about but he makes up for it by talking with greater self-assurance."

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I was teaching a VI form class doing a 'Health and Social Care' course. They had to create and deliver a health campaign and had chosen 'contraception'.

When they were researching the cap one asked, "What happens if you need to go for a pee?"

My initial, not very profession reaction was, "you have three holes".

I stopped the lesson to draw female anatomy.

VaddaABeetch · 19/08/2024 05:50

Omlettes · 18/08/2024 22:34

Does the womb have a view?

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Only posh ones, you know women who have a second one in Tuscany or Cannes.