It’s no secret that science has a gender problem — most of what we know about human biology comes from research on men, conducted by men.
So, is it really any surprise that so many women grow up knowing surprisingly little about their own bodies?
When a Threads post asked women for the facts they wished they’d learned sooner, the floodgates opened. One woman with a Master’s degree confessed she had no idea ovaries aren’t actually attached to fallopian tubes. Others talked about unlearning body hair shame or discovering basic facts doctors or teachers never bothered to explain.
