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hymen
hello, I saw your responce to someone else's question. And you said that sexual relations not invluding sex, can't break your hymen. and neither do tampons... Is that true? because I was wondering?
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The hymen is not normally damaged by playing sports, using tampons, pelvic examinations or even straddle injuries.[21]
Once a girl reaches puberty, the hymen tends to become quite elastic. It is not possible to determine whether a woman uses tampons or not by examining her hymen. Sexual intercourse is one of the most common ways to damage the hymen, although only 43% of women report bleeding the first time they had sex; which means that in the other 57% of women the hymen likely stretched enough that it didn't tear.[21]
It is rare to damage the hymen through accidental injury, such as falling on the top tube of a bicycle. Although such an accident may cause bleeding, this is usually due to damage to surrounding tissues such as the labia.[22] It is unlikely that an accident would damage the hymen without injuring any other part of the vulva. Therefore, damage to the hymen alone, described as an accident, would be seen as a strong indicator of sexual assault.[21] However, a hymen can vary in size, and, as described above, be very hard to find, even if the person never had sex before.
This came straight from Wikipedia. I do believe this content to be true, however, there is questionable material on this site pertaining this article. However, the information that I provided here is from a study done at Oxford University, so I take it to be credible.
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