# Do men really think women pee out their vagina? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927 "2012-07-31T04:43:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/21 "2012-07-31T17:08:29Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > How **did** it come up? I’m remembering a movie or TV show where a character encouraged women to do this. Was it _Fried Green Tomatoes_? Yes, and it sparked one of my very favorite movie quotes ever: Seminar leader: (in loud whisper) Do you have a problem with your sexuality? Evelyn: No, but I do have a problem with my girdle. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/22 "2012-07-31T17:17:04Z")
Anyone still confused may find the (drawing, but somewhat realistic-looking so maybe NSFW) diagram on [this tampon site](http://www.ubykotex.com.au/healthy-vagina/pictures/) helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/23 "2012-07-31T17:25:52Z")
I’m going to assume **Der Thihs** has it correct – mostly people are referring to the vagina as the whole business, most particularly the vulva. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/24 "2012-07-31T17:28:02Z")
_The Vagina Monologues_ also has a section about using a mirror to explore oneself. Note that we see the linguistic imprecision there, too – technically, given the bulk of the discussion, it should probably be called The Vulva Monologues. Now I want to go buy a new car. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/25 "2012-07-31T17:35:44Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Anyone still confused may find the (drawing, but somewhat realistic-looking so maybe NSFW) diagram on [this tampon site](http://www.ubykotex.com.au/healthy-vagina/pictures/) helpful. When my sister first started her period, she wondered if she used tampons, did she have to take it out every time she urinated since the vagina was also where pee came out of? She was around 12 at the time. My mother thought this was the funniest thing. I remember wondering why she was embarrassing my sister by laughing, after all, mom was the one that should have taught us these things. ---
**Author:** ![dexter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@dexter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dexter)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/26 "2012-07-31T17:53:24Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Anyone still confused may find the (drawing, but somewhat realistic-looking so maybe NSFW) diagram on [this tampon site](http://www.ubykotex.com.au/healthy-vagina/pictures/) helpful. I have to tell on myself. I clicked the link. The first words I saw were “Vaginal makeup.” And I thought - There is make-up for THAT? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/27 "2012-07-31T18:13:30Z")
The origin of examining yourself in a mirror is the 1971 feminist women’s health guide _Our Bodies, Ourselves_, as described in this [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/our-bodies-ourselves-taught-women-about-sexuality-and-reproductive-health/2011/09/22/gIQAdkV6IL_story.html) article. I remember the question of whether women pee out of their vagina being asked anonymously in 5th grade sex ed class (the one about menstruation). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/28 "2012-07-31T18:22:16Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Anyone still confused may find the (drawing, but somewhat realistic-looking so maybe NSFW) diagram on [this tampon site](http://www.ubykotex.com.au/healthy-vagina/pictures/) helpful. That site basically says that you pee out of your vagina. “As you can see in the picture your vagina is made up of a few different parts, all the parts you can see in the picture are part of the ‘outside’ of the vagina that is called the ’vulva’.” "Your urethra is a little tube that transports your urine (wee) from your bladder to your vagina. " I’d say I pee out of my vagina. Just not out of the same hole I use for sex. I may not be being super scientific with my terminology but it’s the most useful description. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/29 "2012-07-31T18:24:01Z")
Years ago my ex-girlfriend thought that women peed out of their vagina, too. And she’s a very intelligent woman. I fixed that for her with a quick anatomy lesson. 😉 I believe it was a bit of a culture and language issue, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/30 "2012-07-31T18:24:32Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > See, this is why the death of the World Book Encyclopedia saddens me. Apparently, there’s a whole generation or two behind me who did not benefit from being bored and poring through the R-S sections, for “reproduction” and “sexuality.” My set of World Books had these nifty clear plastic pages all layered together showing anatomy so you could see musculature separate from the skeleton, separate from the organs, separate from all the veins and arteries… Wikipedia doesn’t really have anything like that, does it? > > Sad. Not Wikipedia, but [https://www.biodigitalhuman.com/](https://www.biodigitalhuman.com/) is quite nifty! ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/31 "2012-07-31T18:34:52Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > See, this is why the death of the World Book Encyclopedia saddens me. Apparently, there’s a whole generation or two behind me who did not benefit from being bored and poring through the R-S sections, for “reproduction” and “sexuality.” My set of World Books had these nifty clear plastic pages all layered together showing anatomy so you could see musculature separate from the skeleton, separate from the organs, separate from all the veins and arteries… Wikipedia doesn’t really have anything like that, does it? > > Sad. You can do this with www.biodigitalhuman.com I installed it as an app under Google Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/32 "2012-07-31T20:06:34Z")
I didn’t know until my wife explained it to me. I was 32 or 33 at the time. I forget exactly how it came up. I was asking something about urinating with a tampon in. I thought it wouldn’t be possible but she explained that it was quite possible. Until then I thought that the urethra ended somewhere near the end of the vaginal canal. My only defense is that unless you’re into really spreading things open down there you’re usually not going to see the urethral opening. So, having never seen the opening, I assumed that it must be inside. I never thought about it any further than that so I never wondered why, if the opening was in the vaginal canal, I never noticed it when I had my fingers in there. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/33 "2012-07-31T20:50:17Z")
This wouldn’t be a problem if more men would let women pee on them. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/34 "2012-07-31T20:51:04Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > That site basically says that you pee out of your vagina. > > “As you can see in the picture your vagina is made up of a few different parts, all the parts you can see in the picture are part of the ‘outside’ of the vagina that is called the ’vulva’.” > > "Your urethra is a little tube that transports your urine (wee) from your bladder to your vagina. " > > I’d say I pee out of my vagina. Just not out of the same hole I use for sex. I may not be being super scientific with my terminology but it’s the most useful description. Good picture, shitty description. The urethra is located above the vaginal opening and within the inner labia, but I wouldn’t say it’s in the vagina proper. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/35 "2012-07-31T21:17:09Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > That site basically says that you pee out of your vagina. > > “As you can see in the picture your vagina is made up of a few different parts, all the parts you can see in the picture are part of the ‘outside’ of the vagina that is called the ’vulva’.” > > "Your urethra is a little tube that transports your urine (wee) from your bladder to your vagina. " > > I’d say I pee out of my vagina. Just not out of the same hole I use for sex. I may not be being super scientific with my terminology but it’s the most useful description. Wait, you’re a woman? Damn it, it seems like I’m always doing that. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/36 "2012-07-31T21:26:43Z")
When I was about 11-12, I started hanging around with a kid who’s parents had a large collection of extremely graphic porn magazines “hidden” in their bedroom closet. I’m not talking Playboy or Penthouse; I’m talking about close-up pictures of penetrative sex involving F/F, M/M, M+/F, F+/M, transsexuals, anal, urination, the works. You can’t get this stuff at a convenience store. We spent plenty of time with stacks of these magazines, expanding our education of the human anatomy and everything that it was capable of. That’s when I learned that there was a separate hole for urination. That’s also when learned (from the magazines, not from personal experience) that the anus can stretch to accept a man’s arm up to his elbow, but that’s a subject for another thread. ---
**Author:** ![dexter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@dexter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dexter)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/37 "2012-07-31T21:36:29Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > … the anus can stretch to accept a man’s arm up to his elbow,\*\* but that’s a subject for another thread\*\*. Or not, please? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/38 "2012-07-31T22:38:02Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > … so I don’t know how I was expected to know until I encountered it for myself. And when that happens, you tend to have something else on your mind other than hole inspection… You’ve actually seen one. Color me surprised… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/39 "2012-07-31T22:54:36Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > That site basically says that you pee out of your vagina. > > “As you can see in the picture your vagina is made up of a few different parts, all the parts you can see in the picture are part of the ‘outside’ of the vagina that is called the ’vulva’.” > > "Your urethra is a little tube that transports your urine (wee) from your bladder to your vagina. " > > I’d say I pee out of my vagina. Just not out of the same hole I use for sex. I may not be being super scientific with my terminology but it’s the most useful description. I don’t get why this is such an eye-rolling misconception, anyway. Define “out of,” people. Are you trying to say that urine doesn’t come in contact with the vagina? Wiki even says the urethra is “embedded in the anterior wall of the vagina” so it’s like a door in a hallway. So what if people say pee comes out of it? Now can we talk about people who get indignant when someone uses the term “seagulls” but not when you say “raptors” or “song birds”? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927/40 "2012-07-31T22:55:21Z")
I think the learned that we don’t pee out of our vajs when I was about eleven, and learned about how tampons worked. > [@dexter](#): > > I have to tell on myself. I clicked the link. The first words I saw were “Vaginal makeup.” And I thought - There is make-up for THAT? I give you, [Vajazzle](http://www.vajazzling.com/)! (Obviously, NSFW) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927.md?page=3)