Oh my god I just had a breakthrough………….

The act of tearing the vaginal corona (hymen) with first-time penetrative sex is literally a patriarchal construct. Because theoretically hymens shouldn’t tear, they should stretch.

But stating that “HYMENS DON’T TEAR” in fights against the shitty patriarchal constructs of virginity and “intact hymens” actually erases the experiences of cis women and trans* people who have vaginas, who DID experience tearing. And any tearing that occurred was likely out of ignorance of vaginas and hymens by the vagina-haver and the person doing the penetrating (because vaginal health and correct education regarding hymens is ignored freqeuently) and an obsession with the pleasure of cis men and phallocentrism.

Vaginal coronas DO tear. And it’s because of really misogynistic and phallocentric education about sex.