# Things you never knew about the other sex until recently **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693 "2009-03-25T02:27:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/21 "2009-03-25T14:32:28Z")
If a pregnant girl says shes eating your fries just let them go, cause man… they’re gone. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/22 "2009-03-25T14:36:48Z")
> [@Algorithm](#): > > Recently, maybe year or so ago, I learned that many women do not drop their pants all the way to their ankles to pee. Amazing! I surveyed nearly every woman I knew and it seems fairly common. It’s something I’ve never considered or even seen in a public bathroom as a guy. LOL, do\* any \*women do that? I can’t imagine having my pants around my ankles, touching the floor of a restroom (bleh!) every time I need to pee. I came in here to mention the balls inside the toilet bowl thread, but that’s taken. Can’t think of much else right now. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/23 "2009-03-25T14:46:11Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Are you suggesting that it’s NOT just for my amusement? Depends on how you plan to amuse yourself, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/24 "2009-03-25T15:12:49Z")
I think the assumption that females pee from their vagina is pretty easy to make. Even when you’re up close and personal with the area, the urethra isn’t obvious. A lady friend of mine recently told me that when she’s shaved “down there” the pee tends to splatter more than when there’s hair. Either way the area needs wiped afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/25 "2009-03-25T15:35:21Z")
> [@leander](#): > > Did you know that one of our balls hangs lower than the other, and for good reason? And the “good reason” is… ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/26 "2009-03-25T15:39:03Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > And the “good reason” is… So they don’t clank together when you walk? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/27 "2009-03-25T15:59:51Z")
Probably because of baby bottles being the way they are, I used to think that female nipples only have one opening for the milk to come out. Evidently there are usually multiple openings. Something I didn’t know until I was an adult. Well, it’s not as if they publicize it, or anything. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/28 "2009-03-25T16:07:30Z")
I assume that, since sperm production is optimal at slightly less than regular body temp, that having one a little further away makes them less likely to heat each other up, and result in a low sperm count. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/29 "2009-03-25T18:04:35Z")
I was taught that the asymmetrical ball thing was so that the testes wouldn’t bang against each other, like one of those chrome ball desk toy things from the '80s. The higher one sort of nestles itself against the scrotum above the lower one. It’s more… comfortable that way. Intelligent design, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/30 "2009-03-25T18:18:28Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I think the assumption that females pee from their vagina is pretty easy to make. Even when you’re up close and personal with the area, the urethra isn’t obvious. How on earth would tampons work? I’ve mentioned this before, but I knew a guy who got to high school before finding out women don’t pee their pants every month. Damn blue liquid. I’ve always assumed (or perhaps vaguely remembered that) balls aren’t perfectly aligned to prevent bow-legged walking. _Friends_ taught me that men dress ‘left’ or ‘right,’ though the men I’ve queried since seem to let their members choose a side. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/31 "2009-03-25T18:22:39Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Probably because of baby bottles being the way they are, I used to think that female nipples only have one opening for the milk to come out. Evidently there are usually multiple openings. Something I didn’t know until I was an adult. > > Well, it’s not as if they publicize it, or anything. Yeah. It’s like a rainbird sprinkler. And if you find this surprising, imagine how I felt when I discovered it, upon nursing my infant for the first time. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/32 "2009-03-25T18:29:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > How on earth would tampons work? I remember thinking that maybe tampons were far enough up in there that you could still pee from some sort of hole near the entrance. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/33 "2009-03-25T18:33:24Z")
Could be worse–I had to explain to my high-school boyfriend that girls didn’t have “7 or 8” orifices down there. :eek: (I had to explain pretty much everything to him, actually.) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/34 "2009-03-25T18:37:14Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Hell, _I’m_ a guy and I don’t know why one ball is lower than the other. Or why we have morning wood. I assumed it was some sort of routine check, “Brain ? Dick speaking. Everything’s in order, mate. Check it out : it’s 4 AM and we’re already ready to fuck !”, is there another reason ? This has been my reasoning as well, but you said it in a much funnier way. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/35 "2009-03-25T18:42:00Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I’ve mentioned this before, but I knew a guy who got to high school before finding out women don’t pee their pants every month. Damn blue liquid. I thought the same thing at one point. I was about 4 or 5 and didn’t want to grow up since grown ups must not have time to go to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/36 "2009-03-25T18:54:44Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > _Friends_ taught me that men dress ‘left’ or ‘right,’ though the men I’ve queried since seem to let their members choose a side. Well, yes. They don’t really ask for suggestions. They go where they want to go. That’s why tailors have to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/37 "2009-03-25T18:59:59Z")
I’m female and I used to think I was peeing out of my vagina, actually. I mean, I never really LOOKED…and yeah, I’m stupid. Could be worse. I knew a girl whose boyfriend thought girls peed out of their butts. And then the girlfriend “corrected” him by saying that girls peed out of their clitorises. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/38 "2009-03-25T19:00:52Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I remember thinking that maybe tampons were far enough up in there that you could still pee from some sort of hole near the entrance. Well, yes, sort of. The urethra’s exit, in women, is usually sort of just inside the entrance of the vagina, under the clit. But it is its own hole. And you would be amazed at the number of women who think they pee right out of their vaginas. Okay, so I was amazed - I figured they would have been taught basic anatomy at some point. Sex ed? What are they teaching girls in there? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/39 "2009-03-25T19:01:34Z")
Here I was, thinking that I knew all there was to know about women. Um, blue liquid? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693/40 "2009-03-25T19:03:26Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Well, yes. They don’t really ask for suggestions. They go where they want to go. That’s why tailors have to ask. Oops. I meant more that they could not actually tell me if they dressed left or right – they hadn’t thought about it, or perhaps weren’t consistent (and not dapper enough to have tailors). My SO and I have filled each other in on quite a few fun, sex/gender-related facts… dang, I wish I could remember some. He tells me about embarrassing teenage boners… I fill him in on the cervix and its influence on preferable sex positions… It’s kind of great. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-about-the-other-sex-until-recently/490693.md?page=3)