WHY MOST WOMEN WON'T BLEED DURING THEIR FIRST SEX By Dr Oyebade Obalola Jerry

THE MYTH ABOUT FEMALE VIRGINITY -why most women
won't bleed the first time they have sex.
There's a very common myth in South and Central Asia
(Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan etc.) and
Africa (Nigeria and many other nations ) that you can tell
if a woman is a virgin, by whether or not she bleeds the
first time she has sex. There is zero truth in this. Not all
women bleed the first time they have sex, as I'll explain
in this post. To understand why some women bleed and
some don't, it's very important to understand what the
hymen is. The hymen is a membrane that tends to cover
part of the vaginal opening (it does not always block or
cover the entire vagina, as some people mistakenly
think). NOT ALL WOMEN HAVE A HYMEN. The hymen
also differs from woman to woman - like all women have
different heights and weights and features, all women
also have different amounts and types of hymen. Some
women have thick hymens, some have very thin
hymens, and some women have NO hymens at all. Some
women have larger hymens, some women naturally have
a very little amount of hymen that covers only a small
portion of their vaginal opening (and hence does not
really get in the way, during first-time sex). In addition to
this, the hymen wears away on its own as you grow up.
For most women, the hymen wears away on its own with
exercise, bicycling, horseback riding -it can wear off with
pretty much any other physical activity, even dancing! -
or from using tampons when menstruating. Especially if
the hymen is very small or thin, most of it tends to wear
away on its own as a girl grows up. If a woman is born
WITHOUT a hymen, she won't bleed the first time she
has sex. If a woman has a small or thin hymen, she
might not bleed the first time she has sex. If a woman's
hymen has worn away on its own (which is very
common as girls grow up), she won't bleed the first time
she has sex. The result is that the overwhelming majority
-at least 63% of women - will NOT bleed the first time
they have sex, according to a study published by the
British Medical Journal. Women who do bleed include: -
Women with thick hymens (who constitute a small
percentage of the population) - Younger girls. Because
the hymen wears away on its own with time, a 16-year
old has a higher chance of bleeding than a 25-year old.
By the time a girl is of or above the legal age of consent

• 18, 20, 24 years of age, for example - most of her
  hymen is likely to have worn away on its own, meaning
  it's unlikely that she'll bleed a lot, if at all. However, even
  a young girl can be physically active, have a thin or small
  hymen, or have no hymen at all, meaning she might not
  bleed during first-time sex. - Most often, women who
  bleed tend to be women who are dealt with roughly
  during sex. If the guy forces himself inside the girl, when
  she isn't ready, relaxed or aroused enough, he is likely to
  cause injury or bleeding. Because most people think it's
  normal for women to bleed the first time they have sex,
  they don't realize that this bleeding is a result of the
  woman having been hurt, and not of the hymen
  'breaking.' Painful first-time sex is generally because the
  woman is not relaxed or aroused enough, and gets hurt
  as a result; it is rarely ever because of the hymen
  breaking. The bottom line is that there is no way to
  assess female virginity. Bleeding does not have anything
  to do with virginity - it has to do with the kind of hymen
  a girl has, and hymens differ from girl to girl from birth.
  The result is that only a small percentage of women
  bleed the first time! (Only 37% bleed during first-time
  sex, according to the study published in the British
  Medical Journal.) Why is this so important to be aware
  of? Women all over the world get abused, injured and
  even killed due to the myth of 'virgin bleeding.' Because
  most people (men AND women) think that bleeding is a
  sign of virginity, women who don't bleed the first time
  have been divorced, suffered from suspicion leading to
  domestic violence and abuse, and even killed for honour.
  Educating people that a girl does not necessarily have to
  bleed the first time she has sex (because not all girls
  have thick hymens, and some are born with no hymen at
  all) is important because it can literally save lives.