It's Time to STOP Believing These Myths About Your Body

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It's Time to STOP Believing These Myths About Your Body

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In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses five of the biggest myths about the human body.

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Video Timelines

00:00 - 00:49 Intro
00:50 - 03:49 Myth #1 - The Uterus Having a Mind of its Own?
03:50 - 07:35 Myth #2 - Shaving Isn't Magical
07:36 - 09:02 Myth #3 - The Veins of Your Anus Don't Care if its Cold
09:03 - 11:51 Myth #4 - Just... No... This Isn't True
11:52 - 13:26 Myth #5 - Parent's Telling Us We'll Get Sick... And Bonus Footage of Cold Plunge
13:27 - 14:39 Becoming "Brilliant"

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#Brilliant #Myths #Anatomy

[ezrea]

It's wild to me that the uterus is as small as it is. I'd always thought something so painful would be bigger

[nadapenny]

Really appreciate men that actually know what they're talking about when discussing lady parts and lady problems. They're usually the ones who disclose "hey friendly reminder I'm a guy so I don't know what it's like I can just describe what it's doing." Crazy to think that if he was my doctor he might actually believe me if I told him I was in pain.

[Oh.its.multiple]

Loved the video a lot!!
Myths I've heard MANY times:
- ''sex permanently stretches the vaginal canal/makes it loose'' (No. It doesn't. If she's feeling 'loose', you did finally a proper job by getting her excited. The vaginal canal is made out of muscles which don't lose their stretch just by having intercourse. Sometimes difficult pregnancies/births can do some damage to the muscles there but this is often temporarily.),
- ''Female bodies don't produce testosterone because that's a ''men thing''. (Spoiler: female bodies DO produce testosterone, just in (often) lesser amounts),
- ''every women bleeds when losing their virginity'' (no, not all women bleed. Most of the time, they don't bleed. If they do, it has nothing to do with virginity but more with unconsciously tensing the vaginal muscles which makes the skin of the labia minora more prone to tear (and prevents proper wetness) which is often seen by vaginism, not being excited, or some benign vaginal conditions),
- ''women don't have facial hair'' (they often do, which is more than normal. Some also have minor beard growth which is often related to common hormonal problems/illnesses like PCOS, fertility treatments, some kinds of birthcontrol).

Can't wait for the next video!! :D

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[VoxVocisCruora]

By far the craziest thing multiple relatives have tried to tell me was a true thing was that women can't have sex when they're pregnant because if the baby's a girl, she could also get pregnant, and if it's a boy, he'll come out gay.

Not as crazy, but I've heard of some men who believe that if a woman has sex with multiple partners, if she ever becomes pregnant, the baby will "be influenced" by the "residual sperm" left by the previous partners.

Neither of these are even remotely true, but the fact that there are actual people who really believe that they are terrifies the crap out of me.

[Solhai]

Great myths to cover and stepping into feminine ones. One myth my doctor helped with me with menstrual pain is it shouldn't be an extremely painful experience. I spent two decades just accepting 'my genes' and that periods were going to be very painful. On mention to my doctor and describing my pain we were able to pinpoint some treatments with iron and ultrasounds to save me from being knocked out for a week and then recovering for a week after. If you experience a lot of pain let your doctor know, it is not 'just how things are' in many cases and treatments improve every few years it's worth revisiting for more solutions and options.

[seatbelttruck]

I used to volunteer at a thrift store, and one of the things that came through was a nurse's manual from the early 1900s. I skimmed it and it was pretty fascinating how far medical science has come since then. There was a discussion about whether colds were caused by the cold or by viruses, and the book came down on the side of cold exposure, and it seemed skeptical of viruses in general. Also, informed consent was clearly not a think since they explicitly recommended NOT telling the patient if you were going to use leeches for treatment.

I do think it would be good for you to point out that while cold, wet weather can't give you a cold, it does weaken your immune system and make it easier for the cold viruses to gain a foothold. It's still best to avoid prolonged exposure to cold, wet, weather, especially if you already have a cold (learned that one in high school when I helped lug set-pieces for a theater production in a downpour while I had the sniffles. The next day they were... more than sniffles. My drama teacher felt bad, lol).

[kimlee]

“Popping” or “cracking” my knuckles would cause arthritis. What actually happens when you crack your knuckles or pop other joints? I’ve heard that the sound is a release of gas that has built up between the bones in the joint space. Love your videos ❤️

[nature]

*Can we just apperciate how much effort he puts in making these cool videos*

[rhondaweaver]

Man, I can't get enough of this channel
I was always told, don't pluck a grey hair as more will come in. What really causes us to lose our hair color and go silver or gray? I found a white eyebrow hair today!

[FutureChaosTV]

My older female co-workers always "bother" me with the "you can't go out into the cold without a jacket" myths.
I always respond with "That is not how it works. Otherwise humanity would have been long wiped out"

It bothers me how little people know. And how resistant to knowledge some are.

[CircleB-igmk]

While putting away dishes, my mother once nearly scared me off of step stool screaming at me "Don't lift your arms over your head when you're You'll tie the babies umbilical cord around its neck!!!"
Lord mother! Tying of the umbilical cord will be the least of our worries if you scare me off this step stool!!!
After the raising of my arms above my head, and many other activities, I have six healthy children, followed by six healthy grandchildren.
Happy New Year to you!
God bless you all!

[emilieshamy]

I've read a lot of comments or stories of people genuinely believing that someone can "hold in a period". Can you add a comment like "smooth muscle is involuntary which is why someone with a uterus can't 'hold in' a period" if you do a video debunking more female reproductive anatomy myths? The idea that uterus owners can control their inner reproductive organs like going to the bathroom or whatnot is so frustrating. If we could "hold in" our periods and release it like peeing, feminine products wouldn't be needed, bought, or even exist! Ugh!!

[HairMetalKaren]

I always hear the myth of "Hairdressers growing different coloured hair on their arms because cut hair finding its way into a pore" and it drives me crazy. That's not how hair or pores work! You just work with dye and get teeny tiny splashes of it o you when you're washing it out of your clients' hair!

[mace]

I really appreciate you and men in general not acting like they know how bad it hurts and that they know exactly what's going on when we are on our menstrual cycle, so for not being rude and stupid I thank you for that.

[laurenmenelli]

This reminds me of how I was taught blood was blue until it hit oxygen as a kid and I'm literally 17. Insane that people still think it is though, as they just haven't been un-taught it.

[christymurphy]

Hairs you shave are also cut at a about a 90° angle. As a hair stylist you learn that the angle of how you cut the air determines how "blunt" your line looks.

[russianvalkyrie]

PLEASE do a video on connective tissue disorders!! I have a genetic connective tissue disorder called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I would LOVE to see a video going in depth into how faulty collagen can affect the different parts and regions of the body like skin, bones, and joints.

[ClaudiaArnold]

"Don't swallow the cherry pits as they will a) cause appendicitis or b) sprout and take root there."
According to our family lore, sitting on cold surfaces gives you UTIs, not hemorrhoids. One other was that milk is the one and only source of dietary calcium, thus, a cup of warm milk was mandatory for breakfast 🤮. I suggested as a child I might eat my egg with the shell instead but that wasn't taken kindly. My best friend had to deal with the most restricting myth: No bike riding for girls, it would weaken and stretch their vagina so much that she would become virtually unmarriagable. This was around 1970 in a German provincial small town.

[whatsanenigma]

I think there is some confusion about the wet hair issue in that at least for me, going outside or sleeping on wet hair messes with my sinuses and I get a headache and a drippy nose for an hour or two, sometimes longer. So those things can make you FEEL sick, but not BE sick. It would be very easy, especially back before we understood germs, to think those were the same thing.

[robertgiordano]

One of the myths I've heard for a long time is that we only use 10% of our brains. This has been proven false of course but I would love to see you make a video about the specifics :).