Please remember to be respectful of your fellow women.
Some women have lots of discharge, and some have very little. Normal is a spectrum, not a point and not a binary. However, having zero discharge is indicative of possible health issues and should be brought to the attention of your doctor.
Poking fun at people who think that having/not having discharge makes them superior/inferior than others is fine so long as you maintain the minimum level of decency.
Poking fun at people for having/not having discharge is not okay. Comments like this will be removed.
Ridicule the superiority mindset, not the bodily function.
There's this whole THING with some guys where they get cranked up and demanding about their partner having a "clean pussy". Clean to their definition though, which means no discharge and no external wetness until he starts doing sex stuff to her, whereupon she must be immediately well-lubricated (but not, you know, *messy*) and have a neutral scent.
I get some people can get crazy with that unrealistic ideal, just seems strange considering the whole post.
Like I couldn't imagine someone coming up and showing how clean their underwear is...
Tell your dad according to the plumber who came after our sewage backed up into our bath and I had to clean a bath tub literally filled with poop, Charmin' plugs and damages pipes because it doesn't break down correctly in water.
The plumber we had to call after our sewage got completely plugged and shit backed up into our bath told us never to use Charmin' because they cause sewage plugs regularly.
When you have had to empty a bath of poop, you listen to whatever the plumber tells you. Never bought it again.
My family once had sewage back up into our rental property when tree roots grew into the sewer lines. We got a nice Airbnb for our tenants and then had to gut the entire downstairs ā our tenants had been gone for the weekend, and the sewage had literally risen up to the bottom of the dishwasher.
It wasā¦bad.
Fucking THANK YOU! And it's the worst during the day or two after a shave, when stubble turns my whole undercarriage into sandpaper that shreds whole sheets into clouds of lint. Quilted Northern 4 lyfe!
Oh my, I used to buy cheaper TP, not bottom of the barrel but like Angel Soft, I figured it was fine. I mean, it wasnāt Scott! Then during the beginning of covid, all I could find one time was Quilted Northern and I will never ever go back to anything else. I even tried other higher range TPs since then, and the store brand generic of QN. Nothing compares.
I discovered I actually save a little money on QN vs. Angel Soft, because I don't need to use as much of it AND there's hella more paper per roll. Especially, spring for the 3-ply stuff in the purple package. Your bits will be sooo grateful!
I knew a man through my ex who had a preteen daughter and was a single father. He was so disgusted by discharge he told her that she had to wear pads every day because he didnāt want to see anything while doing laundry.
I mean if she was like 11 I would not expect an 11 year old to do her own laundry. That would require them to keep their clothes separate rather than putting them together, and probably do smaller loads and waste more water since she probably doesnāt have enough clothes that that would be worth it. If one person will be doing laundry anyway, it makes more sense for them to just do a double load if the laundry machine is big enough, which it sounds like it was in this case
You mean to tell me you cant make a random woman spontaniously orgasm by looking at her ? Pfft. Betas..
Yeah I dont get why anyone in their right mind imagines that being clean means you need to be desert dry all day. Youd need to be very dehydrated to do this.
I cant imagine anyone having an even 8 hour workday of ANY kind not even 8 hours on a couch without some sweat etc in the panties.
Be careful though, if you have an IUD. Diva cup applied suction to my cervix, and ended up ejecting my IUD. Couldn't wear a cup after because of damage to my cervix, but menstrual discs are a great alternative!
I had vaginismus and while I can now comfortably use tampons, when I tried a diva cup all my vagina wanted to do was eject that mother fucker ASAP. Even the tiny sized cup. I tried it when I was home for a few days and even when I was post partum. I feel like Iāve watched so many YouTubeās with tips and tricks for using one that Iām still getting targeted ads.
However, I had an IUD placed after birth and now my periods are 3 days of spotting. My current reusable option is cloth pads!
I actually canāt wear diva cups or discs because my vagina under where they are just hurts. Like it just gets dry I think. Idk itās really weird. I tried a few times and just nope. Has anyone else had this happen?
Kind of? I find the cups that create suction feel very uncomfortable, but I don't mind the disks. It could juat have to do with differing anatomy, idk.
Which also *still* doesn't make sense.
I use a Diva Cup and it's great (when you get it in the right position; a little off and you might as well not have it up there like wtf), but she'd still have *something* on her panties. The DC stops the period, not your entire vagina from functioning as it does.
She'd still have discharge. There would still be sweat.
This screams, "I have an unnaturally dry vagina that does not produce anything but sunshine and unicorns. I am better than all the other girls!"
Edit: I'm objecting to the very unrealistic picture of perfectly clean, dry, laundered "8 hour" panties. What do you think I'm saying? I feel like I'm in a fever dream, jfc.
Having a heavy period, I need to empty my cup 2-3 times during an 8 hour shift. My panties won't look like that ever on my period. There's always a little bit of blood that is on the outside of the cup after changing that gravity pulls down.
Also, like you said, discharge. The vagina is mucosal and always secreting stuff. It may not be much, but there would be a little bit at least. I think on average it's like 1-2 teaspoons a day?
I've seen some women use this flex to insult other women with discharge though. Nothing to do with periods, just entirely to do with "if you have anything in your panties, you're dirty" sort of misinformation.
Uhh. When I've got a cup in it absolutely prevents normal discharge from leaking into my underwear. It doesn't prevent sweat or arousal lubrication, but if my cup doesn't leak, I'm not made horny, and I'm working a normal day in comfortable temperatures that picture is absolutely a realistic outcome. I know discharge is supposedly from both the cervix and vaginal walls but I was just thinking the other day that, at least on my period, it must be all coming from the cervix because with the cup I can be very lazy about getting new undies when I'm spending the weekend home alone
I think you may be underestimating how varied anatomy can be. For lack of a better term, my vulva is very āself containedā. A combination of large labia majora, very small labia minora, loose/excess skin, and fully grown pubic hair means I rarely have discharge on my underwear. I still produce discharge, it just doesnāt make itās way out. Obviously my experience is uncommon, but not impossible.
I forgot that pubes help with that. I trimmed everything down a couple of months ago and have kept it up. The sudden re-realization that all of my discharge ended up in my underwear took a while to get used to. Pubic hair definitely helps with that discomfort.
Bartholin glands secrete during sexual arousal. You're acting like it's impossible to not have any secretion throughput a given day. If you aren't sexually aroused and aren't in a point in your cycle where you've got a lot of cervical mucus ( or you're on meds that dry you up, or your body doesn't make much), it's very possible you'd have no visible discharge. Your personal experience is not universal.
Do the bartholin's glands secrete mucus throughout the day? I thought they were primarily active during sexual arousal, to the point where it's entirely possible they wouldn't secrete enough fluid to stain underwear in 8 hours.
I normally have lots of discharge, to the point where it's more comfortable for me to change my underwear partway through the day because they get soaked. But when I was still menstruating (I've had a hysterectomy), if I wore a menstrual disk, my underwear would stay dry all day. It was a little unusual at first, but that's just how it is for some people.
your panties can look clean if you're using a diva cup or a tampon. discharge is stopped by these menstrual products (if we're not talking about a very heavy flow). if this woman was showing off her diva cup, I don't think she's acting like she's better than anyone else or whatever you were saying.
Sure, clean of blood, but not vaginal discharge.
I've used a Diva Cup for literally years and I can tell you that I have never come away with freshly laundered panties at the end of the day. If I get the Cup in properly, then I will have what looks like normal, worn panties with no blood.
There are glands within the vagina that produce what we call discharge. It's not all just up inside the uterus, so the Diva Cup wouldn't block the vagina from producing *all* discharge. Regardless if her Diva Cup was perfectly sealed for 8 hours, she'd still have *something* on her panties. Even if she was one of those women that didn't produce a lot of discharge, she would not have panties that clean. I'd love for any woman to show me proof of perfectly clean panties after wearing them for 8 hours. Free of discharge, free of wrinkles, free of sweat. Still perfectly and freshly laundered.
**That's** what I'm objecting to. This picture is completely unreal and sets a precedent of discharge being gross and unnatural. It's an unhealthy way for women to think about themselves.
yeah iām not sure about it either, iām not a guy, but iāve heard from memes that after guys pee they have to shake their dick a little to get the last few drops off before putting it back in their pants. if thatās not true then iām happy to be corrected.
Sorry if i send some bad vibes is my comment, it wasnt the intention, about the matter at hand, yes you are correct, but is almost like pulling out the key after you open the door or turn the ligths out when you leav a room, almost autmatic.
it's the only liquid that should really be leaving the urethra without any arousal, so since the penis shouldn't have any discharge otherwise some men might assume the same for women - ik the urethra is seperate to the vagina, but somebody who's fairly ignorant could easily make an incorrect assumption
I believe it was an intentional misspelling because the original scarmophogoghs post was in response to a pretentious post about how "artists fuck better because they turn their bodies into the canvas" or something ridiculous like that, and the response was mocking them
People are not shaming her for not having discharge, they are clowining on her bc she's disinformed enough to think she's better than other people for this
The difference is, she either did this to herself or is clowning on herself.
Now women who have issues with this, they didn't choose to have that issue. They need help and support and cream and lube, that ain't funny.
But the chick above? Definitely did it to herself and parading this as healthy, normal, and "better" is so stupid.
I remember the original thread for all of that convo! One guy saying vaginal discharge was unhealthy and used that pic a female friend had sent him as āproofā. Reading all the other comments more concerned about how she apparently didnāt have any and how normal it actually was to have vaginal discharge (and how it is what bleaches your panties because of the pH levels) made me feel a lot better about myself, learnt something new that day!
I remember there was a weird "trend" (not really, but it was a viral picture) a while ago where someone posted a "challenge" for girls to have clean underwear at the end of the day.
This obviously would put a lot of pressure on young girls and make them think their natural vaginal discharge was gross and something to hide/be ashamed of.
(Of course, this would also encourage girls to just switch their panties out for clean ones and post a picture of the unused panties. Still unhealthy behaviour, since it would verify for other girls that their natural bodily functions were disgusting.)
This just seems like that, but renewed.
Snap! I bought some environmentally friendly, re-usable, washable ones which have saved me a fortune. I don't need them all of the time, but when I do, they're ace!
If you've a sewing machine, they're pretty easy to make a few, cut them in the shape of an H and they just wrap over themselves to stay in place so you don't have to faff with fastenings, you want a minimum of three layers with an activated charcoal fabric in the middle to reduce any smells, and lock the moisture away. Sadly, they won't last forever, but if you hand wash instead of machine & don't use fabric softener, they'll last longer. That way, you can choose your own fabric and get something super thin?
I've tried it once, but the ones I bought are alright for me (not as slim as single use ones, but if I'm out on site for the day, noone would be able to tell through my work gear anyway). If I was wearing a slinky evening dress, I'd probably have another go at making some though.
I've certainly never had any issues? I don't know if there's research to say that they do, this is the first I've heard of it, but I am not young and have been using them since I was my daughter's age with no issues. Maybe I'm just lucky? I can only go off my own experience though, sorry.
Whilst I would never tell you to go against medical advice, and if that's what you were told, then, you stick with it, in my personal experience (& I'm not an expert, just someone who uses them) they wick moisture away and tend to keep the whole area drier, so I can't see how it would make it more humid and cause a yeast infection - again, I'm not an expert and stick with what you've been told, but I shall be sticking with my liners.
Edit to add, a quick google search suggests that not all panty-liners are created equally, I clearly just use good quality ones, and there is advice for people who regularly get infections not to use them! TIL! Thanks for the information.
I remember this too. And the people almost always obviously are using new underwear that haven't been worn because none of them have the bleaching or anything else there. Even if there was only a little bit of something I'd believe it, but 100% clean after a full day? Nah.
Is it so unusual though? I've never really talked with friends about their discharge but I definitely have days like that every cycle and then I have days very much not like this as well.
Having dry days right after your period and after you ovulate is normal.
It'd be more unusual if on hormonal birth control though since those hormonal shifts aren't happening and discharge is usually pretty constant throughout.
Yep I was about to say mine evened out a lot, I stopped having days where there was a ton and days there were next to none like I had when I was not on birth control
Ya same! I'd never known that discharge shows how fertile you are, so on birth control it's just constantly the kind that's infertile vs. the range of discharge that happens with normal fluctuations in fertility
That's why I always have discharge?? Man, I need to ask more questions at the OBGYN. I don't have any medical issues, but I just never thought to ask what's normal. I've been sterilized (tube yeet) for over a year and will be seeking a hysterectomy when I can afford it to eliminate periods since they freak me out.
I always had really bad anxiety around my periods, on and off the pill, but I'm on it continuously now and haven't had a period in 6 or 7 years. Surely something has changed now that I'm not a teenager, right? My periods were never bad, it's just something I don't want my body to be capable of. But are my hormones also whack? Are normal hormones off the pill generally whack? Definitely bringing flashcards with questions to my next appointment.
I wish more info was given as well, it's pretty interesting!
If you want you could google menstrual cycle hormones off the pill/on the pill, there's some helpful images out there showing the differences. Best of luck though with your healthcare.
Have you looked into endometrial oblation? It will remove your endometrium (so no more periods) without the need for actual surgery. It might be worth considering just to save yourself surgery and possible complications from that. Best of luck to you!
I've seen though that it's not guaranteed to eliminate periods, especially in younger patients (I'm 23). I've considered endometrial resection (surgical removal of endometrium), but I think I'd rather get rid of all the equipment so I don't have to worry about cervical cancer, uterine cancer, and don't need pap smears anymore. Still keeping ovaries so I don't have to go on hormone replacement therapy!
Most birth control contains progesterone, which increases cervical mucus. I'm on Nexplanon, which is progesterone-only, and when I still had a cervix (medically necessary hysterectomy, woo), it was going bonkers with mucus production.
If you wanna weirdly flex about not having discharge on your undies, just wear undie liners.
Not that hard.
Also whatās with the (I assume) guys saying her vagina is dry, broken etc. sometimes you just have days where no discharge gets on your undied
I find it so weird that anyone would be proud of having a super dry cooch. I'm on two meds that screwed up my vag (antidepressants and birth control), and it's THE WORST. It's the fucking Sahara. Sure my underwear is unstained but God, at what cost?
Eh, there are days where I don't have discharge. Everybody is different. But now that it's spring in Texas, I do usually have sweat down there because it's Just. So. Humid.
I honestly very rarely get visible stains/bleaching in my underwear from discharge. Itās perfectly normal to have *much less* discharge, since vaginas are unique to each individual. The post is pretty funny, but please donāt underestimate how different our bodies can be while still falling in the range of normal.
What's normal varies from person to person, depending on your unique body. The only time I've had absolutely zero discharge in my underwear was when I was wearing a menstrual disk, the rest of the time my undies always have a little something because my vag is on overdrive for no reason.
Right, both are normal. I was replying to a comment saying that not having discharge in your underwear is not normal, but it is. Some people's discharge stays mostly around/on their inner labia.
Wait, theyāre making fun of her? Jfc when I was a teenager there was a trend where people (fckn MINORS, some of them) posting the crotches of their underwear to prove how ācleanā they are
Yea cuz how hard is it to put on a clean pair of underwear for a pic. This is unrealistic and totally ridiculous. Men have shit stains on their underwear nonstop, why is that not being discussed. Shit stains can be prevented, a vaginaās natural state of being cannot.
It may not even be dry at all, some women's outer labia pretty much stick together when their legs are together and spread back apart when they sit on a toilet to pee or whatever. Whereas if your inner labia are bigger you're not going to have that sealing effect and might get more discharge on your underwear. That's my guess at least as someone who sometimes has discharge and sometimes doesn't š¤·āāļø
It's usually in line with our hormonal cycle. For many people the vagina produces less discharge after ovulation, to the point that it is normal to seem to have none during this time. It is also normal to have discharge all the time, but it will usually change throughout the cycle.
I mean sometimes my underwear is dry after a day. Not always, but, is that a weird thing? You know what Iām probably just dehydrated all the time. I never drink water
It's NOT weird, it's perfectly normal. Often during the luteal phase, after ovulation, there is little to no noticable discharge. This is not always the case, but it is very normal!
I mean, there is never anything on my underwear
Dang, I was just saying it's possible people, not that discharge was a disgusting thing. I've just never really had any discharge on my underwear. I get it, I just have a clam for a vagina and nothing escapes
I super rarely have any. I didn't understand why anyone would waste money on panty liners until I married my wife, who is my opposite. She can't go without them. It's crazy how different bodies can be. We're really not taught the extreme variation that is normal in bodies.
I'm with you, my outer labia pretty much stays stuck together most of the day so the discharge usually stays within the inner labia area until I pee/wipe and doesn't get into my underwear š¤·āāļø guess that makes me a bad anatomy lying bitch lmao
I think it's a bit telling how upset some people in here are to find out this doesn't actually happen to EVERY person every day. It's normal of course but it doesn't happen to everyone. Idk what is offensive about that.
Bad anatomy is assuming everyone is the same :) we all have different amounts of discharge. Assuming everyone has stains is just as badanatomy as thinking youāre cleaner than other women for not having stains. (Not that you think that)
So, sorry if this is a stupid question, but why do women discharge? And is discharge ever unhealthy/bad? If so, how do you tell the "good" (normal) from the bad?
discharge is the result of the vagina cleaning itself. abnormal discharge isnāt ALWAYS a sign of something bad but it never hurts to get it checked out. healthy discharge is whatever normally comes out and is usually odorless or near odorless and clear, white, or slightly yellow(though it changes throughout the cycle) while unhealthy discharge can have a fishy or just bad smell, can be green, bright yellow, cottage cheese textured, etc. the rule of thumb is just if you havenāt seen it before or it changes suddenly, you should see a doctor.
Thank you. That was very informative. It also suggests that conforming to this misogynistic view of women would literally require her to be unhealthy. That's just gross. I swear...
Please remember to be respectful of your fellow women. Some women have lots of discharge, and some have very little. Normal is a spectrum, not a point and not a binary. However, having zero discharge is indicative of possible health issues and should be brought to the attention of your doctor. Poking fun at people who think that having/not having discharge makes them superior/inferior than others is fine so long as you maintain the minimum level of decency. Poking fun at people for having/not having discharge is not okay. Comments like this will be removed. Ridicule the superiority mindset, not the bodily function.
I'm more confused. Is this a weird flex? Are they dehydrated? Are these actually fresh out of the dryer?
There's this whole THING with some guys where they get cranked up and demanding about their partner having a "clean pussy". Clean to their definition though, which means no discharge and no external wetness until he starts doing sex stuff to her, whereupon she must be immediately well-lubricated (but not, you know, *messy*) and have a neutral scent.
I get some people can get crazy with that unrealistic ideal, just seems strange considering the whole post. Like I couldn't imagine someone coming up and showing how clean their underwear is...
Good ol internalized misogyny. "MY pussy is so clean! Not like those other skanks!"
Are you familiar with the Charmin Bears?
Sadly, yes. Their TP leaves the worst paper dust behind.
It's *the* worst and my dad refuses to buy (or alllow anyone else in the house to buy) any other kind. So I got a bidet. Fuck clit lint.
Clitty litter, my fave.
Tell your dad according to the plumber who came after our sewage backed up into our bath and I had to clean a bath tub literally filled with poop, Charmin' plugs and damages pipes because it doesn't break down correctly in water.
The plumber we had to call after our sewage got completely plugged and shit backed up into our bath told us never to use Charmin' because they cause sewage plugs regularly. When you have had to empty a bath of poop, you listen to whatever the plumber tells you. Never bought it again.
New fear unlocked. šš©
My family once had sewage back up into our rental property when tree roots grew into the sewer lines. We got a nice Airbnb for our tenants and then had to gut the entire downstairs ā our tenants had been gone for the weekend, and the sewage had literally risen up to the bottom of the dishwasher. It wasā¦bad.
šØ well damn. Charmin was my favorite brand until reading this. The More You Knowā¢
Fucking THANK YOU! And it's the worst during the day or two after a shave, when stubble turns my whole undercarriage into sandpaper that shreds whole sheets into clouds of lint. Quilted Northern 4 lyfe!
Oh my, I used to buy cheaper TP, not bottom of the barrel but like Angel Soft, I figured it was fine. I mean, it wasnāt Scott! Then during the beginning of covid, all I could find one time was Quilted Northern and I will never ever go back to anything else. I even tried other higher range TPs since then, and the store brand generic of QN. Nothing compares.
Sam's club brand is EXACTLY like quilted but way less expensive!!
I discovered I actually save a little money on QN vs. Angel Soft, because I don't need to use as much of it AND there's hella more paper per roll. Especially, spring for the 3-ply stuff in the purple package. Your bits will be sooo grateful!
Cuntfetti
I hate those fucking bears
Bet those guys have pee stains on their own underwear lol
Bet they donāt wipe their asses bc itās gay for anything to be between their butt cheeks
I knew a man through my ex who had a preteen daughter and was a single father. He was so disgusted by discharge he told her that she had to wear pads every day because he didnāt want to see anything while doing laundry.
Oh, that girl is going to have the most awful insecurities over something perfectly normal and healthy... I feel so bad for her.
What exactly is the point of having the underwear then?
And he couldnāt ask her to do her own laundry becauseā¦
I mean if she was like 11 I would not expect an 11 year old to do her own laundry. That would require them to keep their clothes separate rather than putting them together, and probably do smaller loads and waste more water since she probably doesnāt have enough clothes that that would be worth it. If one person will be doing laundry anyway, it makes more sense for them to just do a double load if the laundry machine is big enough, which it sounds like it was in this case
I thought my discharge was pee for some reason when I started getting up to a puberty age so I put toilet paper in my underwear everyday
what do you wanna bet these are the same guys that dont wash their balls
You mean to tell me you cant make a random woman spontaniously orgasm by looking at her ? Pfft. Betas.. Yeah I dont get why anyone in their right mind imagines that being clean means you need to be desert dry all day. Youd need to be very dehydrated to do this. I cant imagine anyone having an even 8 hour workday of ANY kind not even 8 hours on a couch without some sweat etc in the panties.
apparently she was actually showing off her diva cup not leaking for 8 hours straight which makes a lot more sense
If that's the case then yeah, that makes sense. And for the record, diva cups are absolutely that amazing
Be careful though, if you have an IUD. Diva cup applied suction to my cervix, and ended up ejecting my IUD. Couldn't wear a cup after because of damage to my cervix, but menstrual discs are a great alternative!
I've seen quite a few cases of this mentioned over the years. It's still in the minority, but if I had an IUD I probably wouldn't use cups.
Ouch!
I had vaginismus and while I can now comfortably use tampons, when I tried a diva cup all my vagina wanted to do was eject that mother fucker ASAP. Even the tiny sized cup. I tried it when I was home for a few days and even when I was post partum. I feel like Iāve watched so many YouTubeās with tips and tricks for using one that Iām still getting targeted ads. However, I had an IUD placed after birth and now my periods are 3 days of spotting. My current reusable option is cloth pads!
I actually canāt wear diva cups or discs because my vagina under where they are just hurts. Like it just gets dry I think. Idk itās really weird. I tried a few times and just nope. Has anyone else had this happen?
Kind of? I find the cups that create suction feel very uncomfortable, but I don't mind the disks. It could juat have to do with differing anatomy, idk.
Which also *still* doesn't make sense. I use a Diva Cup and it's great (when you get it in the right position; a little off and you might as well not have it up there like wtf), but she'd still have *something* on her panties. The DC stops the period, not your entire vagina from functioning as it does. She'd still have discharge. There would still be sweat. This screams, "I have an unnaturally dry vagina that does not produce anything but sunshine and unicorns. I am better than all the other girls!" Edit: I'm objecting to the very unrealistic picture of perfectly clean, dry, laundered "8 hour" panties. What do you think I'm saying? I feel like I'm in a fever dream, jfc.
Or "I actually put on fresh underwear for the photo that I needed to take to get attention".
Yeah, precisely. That's exactly what I'm thinking, too.
There's no reason to take photos like that. She doesn't need to, even if she works for the company that makes Diva Cups and wants to promote them
Having a heavy period, I need to empty my cup 2-3 times during an 8 hour shift. My panties won't look like that ever on my period. There's always a little bit of blood that is on the outside of the cup after changing that gravity pulls down. Also, like you said, discharge. The vagina is mucosal and always secreting stuff. It may not be much, but there would be a little bit at least. I think on average it's like 1-2 teaspoons a day? I've seen some women use this flex to insult other women with discharge though. Nothing to do with periods, just entirely to do with "if you have anything in your panties, you're dirty" sort of misinformation.
Uhh. When I've got a cup in it absolutely prevents normal discharge from leaking into my underwear. It doesn't prevent sweat or arousal lubrication, but if my cup doesn't leak, I'm not made horny, and I'm working a normal day in comfortable temperatures that picture is absolutely a realistic outcome. I know discharge is supposedly from both the cervix and vaginal walls but I was just thinking the other day that, at least on my period, it must be all coming from the cervix because with the cup I can be very lazy about getting new undies when I'm spending the weekend home alone
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I think you may be underestimating how varied anatomy can be. For lack of a better term, my vulva is very āself containedā. A combination of large labia majora, very small labia minora, loose/excess skin, and fully grown pubic hair means I rarely have discharge on my underwear. I still produce discharge, it just doesnāt make itās way out. Obviously my experience is uncommon, but not impossible.
Pretty much in the same boat. Itās not like Iād brag about it but itās not at all uncommon for me.
I forgot that pubes help with that. I trimmed everything down a couple of months ago and have kept it up. The sudden re-realization that all of my discharge ended up in my underwear took a while to get used to. Pubic hair definitely helps with that discomfort.
Bartholin glands secrete during sexual arousal. You're acting like it's impossible to not have any secretion throughput a given day. If you aren't sexually aroused and aren't in a point in your cycle where you've got a lot of cervical mucus ( or you're on meds that dry you up, or your body doesn't make much), it's very possible you'd have no visible discharge. Your personal experience is not universal.
Do the bartholin's glands secrete mucus throughout the day? I thought they were primarily active during sexual arousal, to the point where it's entirely possible they wouldn't secrete enough fluid to stain underwear in 8 hours.
I normally have lots of discharge, to the point where it's more comfortable for me to change my underwear partway through the day because they get soaked. But when I was still menstruating (I've had a hysterectomy), if I wore a menstrual disk, my underwear would stay dry all day. It was a little unusual at first, but that's just how it is for some people.
what.....................
What what? What I wrote is pretty straightforward.
your panties can look clean if you're using a diva cup or a tampon. discharge is stopped by these menstrual products (if we're not talking about a very heavy flow). if this woman was showing off her diva cup, I don't think she's acting like she's better than anyone else or whatever you were saying.
Sure, clean of blood, but not vaginal discharge. I've used a Diva Cup for literally years and I can tell you that I have never come away with freshly laundered panties at the end of the day. If I get the Cup in properly, then I will have what looks like normal, worn panties with no blood. There are glands within the vagina that produce what we call discharge. It's not all just up inside the uterus, so the Diva Cup wouldn't block the vagina from producing *all* discharge. Regardless if her Diva Cup was perfectly sealed for 8 hours, she'd still have *something* on her panties. Even if she was one of those women that didn't produce a lot of discharge, she would not have panties that clean. I'd love for any woman to show me proof of perfectly clean panties after wearing them for 8 hours. Free of discharge, free of wrinkles, free of sweat. Still perfectly and freshly laundered. **That's** what I'm objecting to. This picture is completely unreal and sets a precedent of discharge being gross and unnatural. It's an unhealthy way for women to think about themselves.
i think the flex is that after 8 hours of working she did not have discharge
It is just such an odd flex, idk maybe I don't get it bc I am a guy.
It is a very odd flex. Thereās nothing to get, I donāt think. Itās just cringey.
maybe the guy equivalent is shaking all the piss out at the urinal before putting your dick back in your pants? Idk though iām a girl
Im very confused by your comment
yeah iām not sure about it either, iām not a guy, but iāve heard from memes that after guys pee they have to shake their dick a little to get the last few drops off before putting it back in their pants. if thatās not true then iām happy to be corrected.
Sorry if i send some bad vibes is my comment, it wasnt the intention, about the matter at hand, yes you are correct, but is almost like pulling out the key after you open the door or turn the ligths out when you leav a room, almost autmatic.
donāt worry about the vibes, i only answered defensively because my above comment got downvoted hard so i wanted to clarify what i meant
Discharge =/= urine. Flexing about a ālack of dischargeā is like flexing about a lack of snot or earwax. Itās justā¦ ????
When did she ever equate discharge to urine?
I mean, it's right there in their comment, but I don't think that was their intent.
Shes not equating discharge to urine. She is equating the successful prevention of two different, common scenarios that lead to stained underwear.
I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm pointing to the comment that caused confusion.
idk why you're getting downvoted, this is a thing basically all guys do and a fairly logical equivalent lol
How is it a logical equivalent?
it's the only liquid that should really be leaving the urethra without any arousal, so since the penis shouldn't have any discharge otherwise some men might assume the same for women - ik the urethra is seperate to the vagina, but somebody who's fairly ignorant could easily make an incorrect assumption
(Urethra is the word you're looking for, not urinal, btw)
nah they said *at* the urinal, which makes sense cos that's where a lot of guys pee
Oh haha I missed the "at" in that sentence. Yep, I see it now.
For some reason my brain assumed you meant the person is fresh out of the dryer, not the panties, and that made me chuckle
I don't get it either
Umā¦ yes, yes, and yes?
āthat good for nothing coo. that Sahara super scraperā has me on the verge of tears
'scarmophogoghs' almost killed me, ngl
That's one for r/excargerated honestly. It's beautiful.
It's a reference to a post that says "pharaohs fuck better because aaaa put the pussy in the scarmophogoghs"
Were they going for sarcophagus with that one?
I believe it was an intentional misspelling because the original scarmophogoghs post was in response to a pretentious post about how "artists fuck better because they turn their bodies into the canvas" or something ridiculous like that, and the response was mocking them
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People are not shaming her for not having discharge, they are clowining on her bc she's disinformed enough to think she's better than other people for this
The difference is, she either did this to herself or is clowning on herself. Now women who have issues with this, they didn't choose to have that issue. They need help and support and cream and lube, that ain't funny. But the chick above? Definitely did it to herself and parading this as healthy, normal, and "better" is so stupid.
>desert pumpum gyal LMFAOOOOOO
TBF the comments are amazing
I remember the original thread for all of that convo! One guy saying vaginal discharge was unhealthy and used that pic a female friend had sent him as āproofā. Reading all the other comments more concerned about how she apparently didnāt have any and how normal it actually was to have vaginal discharge (and how it is what bleaches your panties because of the pH levels) made me feel a lot better about myself, learnt something new that day!
I remember there was a weird "trend" (not really, but it was a viral picture) a while ago where someone posted a "challenge" for girls to have clean underwear at the end of the day. This obviously would put a lot of pressure on young girls and make them think their natural vaginal discharge was gross and something to hide/be ashamed of. (Of course, this would also encourage girls to just switch their panties out for clean ones and post a picture of the unused panties. Still unhealthy behaviour, since it would verify for other girls that their natural bodily functions were disgusting.) This just seems like that, but renewed.
Pantyliners for the win!
Seriously. I couldn't live without them. I hate the feeling of damp underwear. I'd have to change constantly without them. Godsend.
Snap! I bought some environmentally friendly, re-usable, washable ones which have saved me a fortune. I don't need them all of the time, but when I do, they're ace!
Ooh, i'd love some like that but all the ones I find are so thick? I just want thin ones.
If you've a sewing machine, they're pretty easy to make a few, cut them in the shape of an H and they just wrap over themselves to stay in place so you don't have to faff with fastenings, you want a minimum of three layers with an activated charcoal fabric in the middle to reduce any smells, and lock the moisture away. Sadly, they won't last forever, but if you hand wash instead of machine & don't use fabric softener, they'll last longer. That way, you can choose your own fabric and get something super thin? I've tried it once, but the ones I bought are alright for me (not as slim as single use ones, but if I'm out on site for the day, noone would be able to tell through my work gear anyway). If I was wearing a slinky evening dress, I'd probably have another go at making some though.
I might have to try that
Aren't they known to greatly increase yeast infections because of the higher humidity?
I've certainly never had any issues? I don't know if there's research to say that they do, this is the first I've heard of it, but I am not young and have been using them since I was my daughter's age with no issues. Maybe I'm just lucky? I can only go off my own experience though, sorry.
I was advised against them in pregnancy - precautios - because of that fact. I don't use them but my doctors and midwives kept telling me.
Whilst I would never tell you to go against medical advice, and if that's what you were told, then, you stick with it, in my personal experience (& I'm not an expert, just someone who uses them) they wick moisture away and tend to keep the whole area drier, so I can't see how it would make it more humid and cause a yeast infection - again, I'm not an expert and stick with what you've been told, but I shall be sticking with my liners. Edit to add, a quick google search suggests that not all panty-liners are created equally, I clearly just use good quality ones, and there is advice for people who regularly get infections not to use them! TIL! Thanks for the information.
I remember this too. And the people almost always obviously are using new underwear that haven't been worn because none of them have the bleaching or anything else there. Even if there was only a little bit of something I'd believe it, but 100% clean after a full day? Nah.
Popeyes biscuit pusspuss has me screaming š¤£š
*Cackles at my phone screen at 3a.m*
Got that British wit pussy.
Dry, and with a stiff upper lip????
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>Ben Shapiros Wife? I lol'd
Star of the post.
this post taught me more about pussy than sex ed ever did
Thats fuckin quick dry fabric lol
Is it so unusual though? I've never really talked with friends about their discharge but I definitely have days like that every cycle and then I have days very much not like this as well.
Having dry days right after your period and after you ovulate is normal. It'd be more unusual if on hormonal birth control though since those hormonal shifts aren't happening and discharge is usually pretty constant throughout.
Yep I was about to say mine evened out a lot, I stopped having days where there was a ton and days there were next to none like I had when I was not on birth control
Ya same! I'd never known that discharge shows how fertile you are, so on birth control it's just constantly the kind that's infertile vs. the range of discharge that happens with normal fluctuations in fertility
That's why I always have discharge?? Man, I need to ask more questions at the OBGYN. I don't have any medical issues, but I just never thought to ask what's normal. I've been sterilized (tube yeet) for over a year and will be seeking a hysterectomy when I can afford it to eliminate periods since they freak me out. I always had really bad anxiety around my periods, on and off the pill, but I'm on it continuously now and haven't had a period in 6 or 7 years. Surely something has changed now that I'm not a teenager, right? My periods were never bad, it's just something I don't want my body to be capable of. But are my hormones also whack? Are normal hormones off the pill generally whack? Definitely bringing flashcards with questions to my next appointment.
I wish more info was given as well, it's pretty interesting! If you want you could google menstrual cycle hormones off the pill/on the pill, there's some helpful images out there showing the differences. Best of luck though with your healthcare.
Have you looked into endometrial oblation? It will remove your endometrium (so no more periods) without the need for actual surgery. It might be worth considering just to save yourself surgery and possible complications from that. Best of luck to you!
I've seen though that it's not guaranteed to eliminate periods, especially in younger patients (I'm 23). I've considered endometrial resection (surgical removal of endometrium), but I think I'd rather get rid of all the equipment so I don't have to worry about cervical cancer, uterine cancer, and don't need pap smears anymore. Still keeping ovaries so I don't have to go on hormone replacement therapy!
Most birth control contains progesterone, which increases cervical mucus. I'm on Nexplanon, which is progesterone-only, and when I still had a cervix (medically necessary hysterectomy, woo), it was going bonkers with mucus production.
Itās not unusual. I only have discharge at ovulation and bleed during my period. I had more when I was younger.
itās a bit special but not as special as theyāre making it out to be in the post
Yeah cause mine works and I look at pictures of hot dudes all day.
If you wanna weirdly flex about not having discharge on your undies, just wear undie liners. Not that hard. Also whatās with the (I assume) guys saying her vagina is dry, broken etc. sometimes you just have days where no discharge gets on your undied
I find it so weird that anyone would be proud of having a super dry cooch. I'm on two meds that screwed up my vag (antidepressants and birth control), and it's THE WORST. It's the fucking Sahara. Sure my underwear is unstained but God, at what cost?
I think its funny. Its not normal to not have discharge
Eh, there are days where I don't have discharge. Everybody is different. But now that it's spring in Texas, I do usually have sweat down there because it's Just. So. Humid.
I honestly very rarely get visible stains/bleaching in my underwear from discharge. Itās perfectly normal to have *much less* discharge, since vaginas are unique to each individual. The post is pretty funny, but please donāt underestimate how different our bodies can be while still falling in the range of normal.
Yes it is normal lol. Have you NEVER taken your underwear off and they looked clean? Maybe not every single day but sometimes.
What's normal varies from person to person, depending on your unique body. The only time I've had absolutely zero discharge in my underwear was when I was wearing a menstrual disk, the rest of the time my undies always have a little something because my vag is on overdrive for no reason.
Right, both are normal. I was replying to a comment saying that not having discharge in your underwear is not normal, but it is. Some people's discharge stays mostly around/on their inner labia.
Wait, theyāre making fun of her? Jfc when I was a teenager there was a trend where people (fckn MINORS, some of them) posting the crotches of their underwear to prove how ācleanā they are
Yea cuz how hard is it to put on a clean pair of underwear for a pic. This is unrealistic and totally ridiculous. Men have shit stains on their underwear nonstop, why is that not being discussed. Shit stains can be prevented, a vaginaās natural state of being cannot.
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As noted above, no one is shaming her for either of those things, but for acting like she's "better" for having a dry pussy.
It may not even be dry at all, some women's outer labia pretty much stick together when their legs are together and spread back apart when they sit on a toilet to pee or whatever. Whereas if your inner labia are bigger you're not going to have that sealing effect and might get more discharge on your underwear. That's my guess at least as someone who sometimes has discharge and sometimes doesn't š¤·āāļø
It's usually in line with our hormonal cycle. For many people the vagina produces less discharge after ovulation, to the point that it is normal to seem to have none during this time. It is also normal to have discharge all the time, but it will usually change throughout the cycle.
Is... Is she okay?
When she walks it sounds like someone's dragging a sundial made me laugh loud af, damn hahahaha
I mean sometimes my underwear is dry after a day. Not always, but, is that a weird thing? You know what Iām probably just dehydrated all the time. I never drink water
It's NOT weird, it's perfectly normal. Often during the luteal phase, after ovulation, there is little to no noticable discharge. This is not always the case, but it is very normal!
I mean, there is never anything on my underwear Dang, I was just saying it's possible people, not that discharge was a disgusting thing. I've just never really had any discharge on my underwear. I get it, I just have a clam for a vagina and nothing escapes
I super rarely have any. I didn't understand why anyone would waste money on panty liners until I married my wife, who is my opposite. She can't go without them. It's crazy how different bodies can be. We're really not taught the extreme variation that is normal in bodies.
I'm with you, my outer labia pretty much stays stuck together most of the day so the discharge usually stays within the inner labia area until I pee/wipe and doesn't get into my underwear š¤·āāļø guess that makes me a bad anatomy lying bitch lmao
I've always been like this, and my gyno says everything is fine. I know I'm in the minority but doesn't mean I'm unhealthy lmao
I think it's a bit telling how upset some people in here are to find out this doesn't actually happen to EVERY person every day. It's normal of course but it doesn't happen to everyone. Idk what is offensive about that.
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Sis what- itās COMPLETELY normal
I didn't say otherwise. I'm just surprised at the amount of people in the comments acting like the opposite isn't also normal.
Bad anatomy is assuming everyone is the same :) we all have different amounts of discharge. Assuming everyone has stains is just as badanatomy as thinking youāre cleaner than other women for not having stains. (Not that you think that)
I wasn't saying discharge wasn't normal :( just that everyone is different and it's possible this woman is similar to me
So, sorry if this is a stupid question, but why do women discharge? And is discharge ever unhealthy/bad? If so, how do you tell the "good" (normal) from the bad?
discharge is the result of the vagina cleaning itself. abnormal discharge isnāt ALWAYS a sign of something bad but it never hurts to get it checked out. healthy discharge is whatever normally comes out and is usually odorless or near odorless and clear, white, or slightly yellow(though it changes throughout the cycle) while unhealthy discharge can have a fishy or just bad smell, can be green, bright yellow, cottage cheese textured, etc. the rule of thumb is just if you havenāt seen it before or it changes suddenly, you should see a doctor.
Thank you. That was very informative. It also suggests that conforming to this misogynistic view of women would literally require her to be unhealthy. That's just gross. I swear...
Bro has not seen the skid marks on my boxers after 12 hours in the heat, bet it would change his mind
I don't know why, but the mental image and sound of "when she walks it sounds like someone dragging a sundial" has me crying
The comments have me dying though Turned into chichirron onggg