If there’s one thing in this life that we should all understand, it’s ourselves. If you have a question about your health, a doctor should be able to clear that up for you. And if you’re struggling with your mental health, a psychologist might be able to help you make sense of everything going on in your mind. But for some reason, the female body continues to confuse many people, even some medical professionals.
Because their bodies are often shrouded in mystery, women have been opening up on Reddit about the information they wish they learned as teenagers. From assurances that certain things are perfectly normal to warnings of when to seek medical attention, this advice might be able to help many young girls. So enjoy scrolling through, whether you’re a woman or just want to understand the women in your life better, and be sure to upvote the info that you wish you had heard sooner!
#41
It is normal to have:
Hip dips.
A "trail" of slightly darker hair on your lower abdomen
Issues with lifting/moving heavy things.
A softer frame than men. This "my thigh is bigger than my boyfriend's" thing is absolutely normal and common.
Ugh, this caused me so much stress in my teens.
Hip dips.
A "trail" of slightly darker hair on your lower abdomen
Issues with lifting/moving heavy things.
A softer frame than men. This "my thigh is bigger than my boyfriend's" thing is absolutely normal and common.
Ugh, this caused me so much stress in my teens.
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15points
#42
I went to a Catholic school and leaned about women’s anatomy there. It wasn’t until I was in my early 20’s that I realized that there are two separate openings in the vulva.
I’m a woman.
I’m a woman.
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14points
#43
How many changes your body will go through and how most of them are entirely unacceptable to society at large.
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13points
#44
Understand the effects of birth control do research find what’s right for you and do general check ups.
13points
#45
It's OK to struggle with weight loss and gain. All women's bodies are different yet beautiful.
12points
#46
Sometime in your 30's you will have a *much* harder time losing weight.
12points
#47
Weight fluctuation is NORMAL. I’m 30 and I’ve had an ebb and flow of 15-20 pounds throughout the year, even with a healthy lifestyle and active lifestyle. My mom still to this day comments on my weight loss (if that’s the phase I’m in) when I go home, and I’m working through it in therapy. I feel the need to be the most slim when I see my mom, so I restrict and become obsessive weeks before a planned trip home.
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12points
#48
Somewhat related but if you go on the Hormonal Pill Progestrone your period could be horrendous and you give birth/pass something called a Dicidual Cast (Google it at your own risk) when it happened to me I was in the worst pain and on the toilet passed something I thought I was dying and had cancer. What else was I to think!!! Then you go to the Drs and they say oh yeah thats a very rare side affect. Why is it not on the flipping leaflet!!!!!!!
Thanks school and thank you Drs.
Thanks school and thank you Drs.
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11points
#49
It's normal and healthy to be "soft", women need to have some body fat to be healthy, our bodies aren't supposed to be shredded and "firm" like the magazines used to sell when I was a teen. I have been dieting since I was 9, developed eating disorders and hated my soft belly even when I was underweight, I always thought I should lose weight untill it was "firm". Knowing it's normal and healthy to have body fat helps me to accept my softness as a part of being a woman and even more feminine because of that (I am still mortified by the idea of putting on weight but things are getting better).
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10points
