what is a hymen?

Question

what is a hymen and how does it affect your period

Answer 1

it doesnt affect your period at all.Many people are under the impression that the hymen is located within the vagina. It is not. It’s a mucous membrane that is part of the vulva, the external genital organs. It’s located outside the vagina. The hymen is a layer of tissue, just like the tissue around the opening of your vagina that partially conceals the vaginal orifice. You may or may not have one, most females do. The hymen is not an indicator of virginity; a girl is a virgin until she has been penetrated by a penis.

The hymen is named after the Greek God Hymenaeus - the God of marriage and weddings, FYI.

During the early stages of fetal development there is no opening into the vagina at all. The thin layer of tissue that conceals the vagina at this time usually divides incompletely prior to birth, forming the hymen. The size and shape of this opening (or openings) varies greatly from person to person.

Sometimes this formation of an opening does not occur, resulting in an imperforated hymen (it lacks the more common opening). Some females have no hymen at birth at all, since the tissue divided completely while they were still in the womb.

Many girls and teens tear or otherwise dilate their hymen while participating in sports like bicycling, horseback riding, gymnastics or inserting tampons, or while masturbating. A girl may not even know this has occurred, since there may be little or no blood or pain involved when this happens. The tissues of the vulva are generally very thin and delicate prior to puberty. The presence or absence of a hymen in no way indicates whether or not a female is a virgin. * You are a virgin until you have sexual intercourse.*

Some hymens are elastic enough to permit a penis to enter without tearing, or they tear only partially, and there is NO bleeding at all. When adequately lubricated the vagina is fairly 'flexible' and will stretch without discomfort for most women. Sometimes, a woman has sex for years with no real 'tearing' at all, only stretching of the hymen and then at another time the same woman might tear from 'rough sex' or sex with a different partner with a larger penis. Remnants of the hymen are usually still present until a woman delivers a baby vaginally.

Answer 2

A hymen is a thin tissue that grows around the entrance to your vagina. Usually it's sort of a crescent shape and grows along the bottom, but sometimes it can go across the vagina or actually cover it. It's usually torn the first time you have sex, which is why virgins sometimes bleed, and is finally destroyed if you ever go through vaginal childbirth.

It shouldn't make any difference to your period unless you have an imperforate hymen (one that covers the entire vaginal opening). In that case, it can be hard for the blood to get out of you, and a doctor needs to correct it with minor surgery. This is pretty rare.

Answer 3

The hymen is a piece of skin which partially closes off the vagina in a virgin. It only covers part of the entrance. If it covers the whole of the entrance a girl will not get periods (Imperforate hymen).

Answer 4

the opposite of a lomen? Actually, it is a thin membrane found just inside the vagina in virgins. It is usually ruptured the first time the women has sexual intercourse, but can be ruptured through exercise, masturbation, etc. The hymen has a small opening in the center that allows menstruation to happen.

Answer 5

The hymen (from the Greek word for membrane[1]; also called maidenhead ; also used as a name for the Greek God of marriage and weddings, Hymenaeus[2]) is a fold of mucous membrane which surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva, or external genitalia

Answer 6

The hymen is a piece of tissue at the beginning of the vagina.
It has no impact on the period.
You can still use a tampon if you're a virgin.

Answer 7

dude on dope??
A fictitious body part that covers the opening to the vagina.
The foolish religious notion it is proof of virginity.
But no one admits it has a hole in it to allow your period to exit.
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Answer 8

its a thin piece of skin in the vagina that can be easily broken