The concept of 'weird' about the female body

In ancient times, science and technology have not yet developed, the spiritual element is still believed more by people, leading to misconceptions about women's health.

1. Menstrual women are extremely dangerous things

During the period of ancient Rome, philosopher and naturalist Pliny the Elder compiled an encyclopedia book entitled Natural History, which recorded the "accusations" of women's menstruation. .

At that time, people believed that menstrual women were scary, where to go, they would disseminate catastrophes, rusted iron and steel, causing dogs to be rabid and kill a group of bees. Even the old people believed that women's blood and blood could repel a storm.

2. Women have no sexual desire

From an old point of view, only men can enjoy the feeling of desire and women do not.

From an old point of view, sex is a taboo and only men can enjoy the feeling of desire and women do not.

So any woman who has thoughts about this 'delicate story' or has a lot of spoiled gas will all think she has the disease and go to the doctor for treatment.

Another misconception about women's sexuality proposed by the philosopher Galen has also existed for a very long time that women will produce 'seeds' when orgasm then become available. pregnancy and childbirth. Therefore, if a woman is forced, she will not be able to produce this seed and cannot have children.

3. Going to school will cause infertility

For a time, it was thought that women who read too much would be infertile.

There was a time when people thought that women who read too much would be infertile. This theory was widely popularized by a professor named Edward H. Clarke, who argued that women who study or read too much will be unable to give birth.

Clarke recommends that young girls not go to school to avoid harming their health and making them infertile.

Thankfully, the well-educated women later removed Clarke's theory on their own and demonstrated that women's schooling and fertility were unrelated.

4. Sleeping with a virgin will cure the disease, including HIV

There has been a long time when people believe that sleeping with a white girl will cure many diseases.

In the twentieth century, British and American people thought sleeping with a young virgin would cure syphilis and other venereal diseases. They believe that virginity of the virgin somehow has recovery properties and will transfer the disease from them to girls.

Even men with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and some parts of India and Thailand also believe in the miraculous healing power of young virgin women.

The Bible also mentions the story of King David who was too worried about his old age, so he slept with a beautiful virgin girl named Abishag. Based on this story, the concept of shunamitism was born, implying that older men sleep with young girls and virgins with the desire to "spring back".

Shunamitism then gradually became popular in many cultures. In the fourth century, a doctor also believed that virgins were able to heal stomach disorders.

5. The vagina is horizontal

There have been rumors that Asian women - typically Korean, Chinese, Japanese, have vaginal . horizontal.

Asian women are not the only case of suffering this misconception.

In a note in 1816, French naturalist George Cuvier argued that the female genitals vary by region of the world, and especially Chinese women 's vagina is horizontal.

By the 1880s, JW Buel, the author who spent many years studying Chinese women concluded, Chinese women also had normal anatomical characteristics like everyone else in the world.

However, during World War II and the Korean War, the legend of 'horizontal vagina' was once again surfaced due to US soldiers 'cutting the wind' when returning home.

Asian women are not the only case to endure this misconception. During the post-Jewish period in Europe, it was believed that Jewish women had transvaginal vaginality and the gestation period lasted only 6 months.

6. Women have fewer teeth than men

The old concept is that women are an "inadequate" version of a man, and even have fewer teeth than men.

The ancient Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle was very famous and had a great influence on Western philosophy but his views on women were also inevitable.

Aristotle believes that women are an "inadequate" version of a man, and even have fewer teeth than men.

According to Aristotle's social hierarchy, women are ranked higher than slaves, but under men. In politics, philosophers have argued that men are superior because they have "full wisdom" and women must serve men because they are physically and intellectually inferior.