"Vaginas Are Way Further Down Than I Thought": Men And Women Are Sharing The Surprising Facts They Didn't Know About Each Other

"As a woman, I had no idea that most guys can't stop once they start peeing because it's either very uncomfortable or even hurts. This fact still blows my mind to this day."

Reddit user u/zenithjonesxxx asked "What's the most interesting revelation you've had about the opposite sex?" and the comments came pouring in from all perspectives. I found the answers truly fascinating and now I can't "unthink" some of these.

Here are the top-voted responses:

1. "It was decades ago, but until I lived with a woman I had no clue how expensive bras were. I honestly thought they were like underpants...maybe $10 for a three-pack."

TV Land

—u/RetroactiveRecursion

"This made me cackle. I honestly wished I could get some nice F-ing bras for 10 dollars in a three-pack 😂."

—u/angelsanguish

2. "I just learned that those pad things don't stick to vaginas. They stick them to their underwear 🤯. I guess it's obvious in hindsight"

—u/TokiStark

"DIY Brazilian. LMAO."

—u/TooFetchToFunction

"I legitimately feel stupid reading this. I’m not going to like. My jaw actually dropped at how dumb I am."

—u/BeatinOffToYourMom

3. "As a woman, I had no idea that most guys can't stop once they start peeing because it's either very uncomfortable or even hurts. This fact still blows my mind to this day."

ABC

—u/savagegiirllll

"Ok, this one got me, women can just stop at any time? Is this true?"

—u/jteprev

4. "Took me a couple years of marriage to realize, but for women crossing two to three things off their to do list is equal to foreplay."

—u/Counthermula

"I believe the term is 'Choreplay.'"

—u/Shaggyninja

5. "I'm a woman and when I lived with male roommates, I was the one who would deep-clean the bathroom. Everything was always covered in a thin sheer of beard hair which, like, whatever, price of admission of living with men. But the dust and hair around the base of the toilet was always immune to a broom so I would have to get down and scrub with a lot of force. I didn't realize until I moved out and live with a woman that the gross sticky hairy stuff at the base of the toilet was from PISS SPLATTER 🤮. The dust is sticky and caked to the floor because of piss splatter. I felt so stupid for not realizing until that moment and also so grossed out for every time I personally scrubbed my roommates’ piss off the floor."

HBO Max

—u/kaikaibean

"Sit down to pee and never deal with it again!!"

—u/Knope_Knope_Knope

"As a guy I don’t understand why some guys are so protective over the concept of standing to pee. Like yeah sometimes it’s more convenient, but ultimately it doesn’t matter."

—u/Yeah_Mr_Jesus

6. "Women's pants don’t have a waist size and leg length. Just an arbitrary number. The f*ck is a size 3?"

—u/PewpyDewpdyPantz

"It’s actually awful. I hate shopping for pants."

—u/rhandy_mas

7. "Vaginas are farther down than I expected."

Warner Bros. Pictures

—u/bigloser42

"Definitely. I always assumed they’d be where dicks are. I never knew how doing it from behind was physically possible."

—u/Pooltoy-Fox-2

"Funny enough, I’ve had to explain to a few women that dicks are way higher than they’d think."

—u/RelaxRelapse

8. "That sometimes a woman’s fart will bubble up and go through the lips her vagina. I just learned this and it blew my mind."

VH1

—u/samdd1990

"I heard someone call them a 'lip-rippler' and I howled at the mental image."

—u/nuclear_shenanigans

"Steaming the clam 💀 💀 💀."

—u/ewilliamb123

9. "That guys don't talk about their sex life with each other. I grew up watching all these movies where guys were in locker rooms describing their sexual encounters. So I thought all guys did this. I was surprised to find out that they hardly ever do this, and a lot don't want you discussing it at all with anyone."

—u/Madamemarriesgrouch

"The type of guy who would talk about his sex life in a locker room is the type of guy who only tells lies about his sex life."

—u/JoeyJoeJoeJrShab

10. "I just realized that shirt buttons are different sides when it comes to men and women's clothing. WHY?!"

Fine Art Photographic / Getty Images

—u/Fr8tliner

Editors' note: This is true! And here's a quick explanation why: During historical periods like the Victorian Era or Renaissance, women's clothing was WAY more complicated to put on versus men's. Imagine putting on a corset, bustle, or petticoat by yourself. Many women of the middle or upper class typically had servants or other women help dress them. To make it easier for someone else to button up their dresses and other clothing, clothiers started sewing buttons on the left side of clothing so right-handed women, maids, or servants could easily close them. As clothing began being mass-produced, this tradition continued. You can read more about it here. H/T to u/RambleOnRose42 who also mentioned this in the thread.

11. "Women just want dresses with pockets."

—u/BicycleMinimum4629

"I am a man and even I think it's absurd that their clothes don't have pockets or have terrible ones. There's no good excuse for most of what they wear not having pockets."

—u/matlynar

12. "I'm a dude and when I grew my hair really long and the amount of hair I had to pull outta my butt while showering was SHOCKING. Wild that all the long-haired ladies had been pulling hair out their butts most their lives."

CBC

—u/KillerGoose

"As a dude with short hair who is married to a woman with long hair...it's crazy how much hair I pull out of MY butt."

—u/AreYouBeast

13. "Both men and women have hairy asses and buttholes."

—u/matlynar

"I was taking a shower with my boyfriend the other day. I started shaving down there and he goes, 'Why are you shaving your butt?' He told me he never knew women grew hair there. He's 27."

—u/alaxsch

14. "I recently learned that there is apparently a large subsection of women that do NOT know you can't flush tampons. I really thought this was common knowledge, as I have seen the signs in every unisex bathroom I have been in that say, 'Do Not Flush Hygiene Products.' It seems to me that even if no one told you not to do this, the regular plumbing issues you must encounter would correct the problem on its own. Seems wild to me."

CBS

—u/alaxsch

"I'll admit it. I was well into my 20s before I realized those signs didn't just mean the applicators. I always thought, 'Well, duh. Why would you flush the plastic thing?'"

—u/shorty_cant_surf

15. "Every guy I have asked says it's true, and I find it amazing and interesting. Apparently, men can actually sit and think about absolutely nothing. Like they can have a completely blank mind and space out on nothing for like 10 minutes or more. I wish I could do that. Even meditation and deep relaxation doesn't fully blank out my mind. How do guys do it?"

—u/BlondeChick_Lexi

16. "After watching my wife give birth this week I realized she's way way way tougher than I am."

CBC

—u/ForsakePariah

"My wife and I also had a baby this week. The epidural failed and the baby was toddler-sized and flipped two hours before delivery. The OBGYN had to stick her entire arm up my wife and flip the baby and then they almost broke the baby's clavicle trying to get her out because of how big the baby was. Flash forward an hour. My wife was just laying there saying she was hungry. Women are strong as hell."

—u/xsp

17. "I was 16 or 17 when I found out periods happen over time and they're not a one-time-only instant gush of blood that comes out at some random point over a week. I blame adverts for panty liners where they poured all the blue liquid out at once."

—u/samdd1990

And finally...

18. "It's all fun and games until you put her favorite bra in the dryer, even accidentally."

TV One

—u/TheLonelyScientist

Now, it's your turn! What's the most shocking thing you've learned about the opposite sex? Comment below!

Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.