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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?

x.com

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

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RoyalCorgi · 18/08/2024 20:02

ApocalipstickNow · 18/08/2024 19:59

Men don’t know much about woman’s anatomy- Tbf a lot of women don’t know much either.

There’s a line in Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane where Kath says something like “I knew more about the geography of Africa than my own body.” It’s almost like women’s biology is an unnecessary subject.

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."

VaddaABeetch · 18/08/2024 20:01

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."

Always handy to have spare.

ApocalipstickNow · 18/08/2024 19:59

Men don’t know much about woman’s anatomy- Tbf a lot of women don’t know much either.

There’s a line in Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane where Kath says something like “I knew more about the geography of Africa than my own body.” It’s almost like women’s biology is an unnecessary subject.

DonaldJohnTrump · 18/08/2024 19:55

I know, it's a kinda spotty cat thing.

quantumbutterfly · 18/08/2024 19:52

lcakethereforeIam · 18/08/2024 19:50

I've heard he's got fallopian tubes too, I think he's been using vouchers.

😂

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biddyboo · 18/08/2024 19:51

lcakethereforeIam · 18/08/2024 19:50

I've heard he's got fallopian tubes too, I think he's been using vouchers.

And we will all have to eat humble pie when he gives birth!

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biddyboo · 18/08/2024 19:50

AquaFurball · 18/08/2024 19:47

Good grief, I'm sure plenty of women on here have had the experience of it taking a minute to get a clear view/angle during a smear test at least once.

Checked at birth? No words.

Yes, a bearded man on X was arguing passionately that IK has a cervix because the doctor observed it at birth.

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lcakethereforeIam · 18/08/2024 19:50

I've heard he's got fallopian tubes too, I think he's been using vouchers.

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."

AquaFurball · 18/08/2024 19:47

Good grief, I'm sure plenty of women on here have had the experience of it taking a minute to get a clear view/angle during a smear test at least once.

Checked at birth? No words.

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biddyboo · 18/08/2024 19:46

VaddaABeetch · 18/08/2024 19:42

Well India Willoughby has one. I believe kept in a jar by the door.

Says so so must be true.

Yes of course. I forgot about India's famous cervix.

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VaddaABeetch · 18/08/2024 19:42

Well India Willoughby has one. I believe kept in a jar by the door.

Says so so must be true.