During a recent episode of the "Ladies Like Us" podcast with actress Nazanin Mandi and makeup artist Nadia Moham, rapper T.I. opened up about the extreme lengths he goes to to ensure that his young ...

If I could wave a magic wand and-*poof*-make the entire world stop caring about one thing, it would be the state of any given person's hymen. This teensy piece of tissue, usually no more than a few ...

At some point in our early lives, most of us learn about the formidable hymen. As legend has it, the hymen is a thin piece of tissue that extends across the opening of the vagina, sealing a woman shut ...

An outbreak in surgeries to restore virginity have spurred Carol Roye, a registered nurse, to talk about what every woman–and every teen in particular–should know about the most fabled part of her ...

"The hymen means nothing physically and hymen exams are medically not a thing and are unnecessary," gynecologist Jennifer Gunter said. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, made the remarks on the ...

The hymen: What's it all about? In a classic The Straight Dope that's being highlighted on the feature's website this month, answer man Cecil Adams claims that nobody knows. Other than making ...

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