處女膜

處女膜的功能是什麼？
處女膜沒有已知的生物功能。但是，在古代、甚至現代文化中，它被賦予了一些心理社會學的意義。

處女膜的心理社會學意義是什麼和曾經是什麼？
曾經和現在都有一種觀點認為未破裂的處女膜表明了一個女性的童貞，也就是她未有性經歷。然而，這種觀點只不過是迷信而已。處女膜上通常有1個或數個孔，這個孔可以被伸展，由此沒有破裂，也可以承受手指的插入，甚至承受陰莖的插入。另一方面，不僅因性交而且因劇烈的身體運動或體育活動，一些女性的處女膜容易破裂。有一些女性就完全缺乏處女膜。所以，女性的處女膜的狀況不能證明任何事情，不能以這樣或那樣的方式證明女性的性純潔或性經歷。在大多數情況下，首次性交確乎是處女膜破裂的時機，當然，處女膜破裂也能在手淫和愛撫中破裂，或者它也會在婦女首次使用月經止血棉而破裂。

處女膜破裂有危害嗎？
處女膜破裂初起可以引起不適和輕度出血。但是，女性沒有理由對任何強烈的疼痛感到害怕。在陰道口的兩側、處女膜與小陰唇之間，有前庭大腺，它們相當於男性的尿道球腺。前庭大腺分泌少量的潤滑液。然而，性交所需要的大多數潤滑液不是由前庭大腺分泌的，而是由陰道壁本身所提供。

 

處女膜的多種形狀 女子之間的處女膜不相同。有的處女膜幾乎可以完全封閉陰道口，有的可能有數個小孔甚至只有一個大孔。大孔的處女膜似乎是破裂的，而擁有者實際上仍保持著童貞。 Various shapes of the hymen The hymen differs from one woman to another. It may almost totally close the vaginal opening, or it may have several small or even one large hole in it. In the latter case, it may seem broken when it is actually still intact.

 

The Hymen

What is the function of the hymen?
The hymen has no known biological function. However, in some ancient and even modern cultures it was and is given some psychosocial significance.

What was and is the psychosocial significance of the hymen?
There was and is a belief that an unbroken hymen proves a woman's virginity, i.e. her sexual inexperience. However, such a belief is nothing more than a superstition. A hymen usually has one or several holes in it which may be stretchable and thus allow for the insertion of fingers, or even a penis, without tearing. On the other hand, in some women the hymen tears easily, not only as a result of coitus but also because of strenuous physical exercise or sports activities. In some cases, the hymen is even absent altogether. Therefore, the condition of a woman's hymen does not prove anything one way or the other about her sexual innocence or experience. In most cases, the first coitus may very well be the occasion for the breaking of the hymen, but it can, of course, also occur during masturbation and petting, or when the woman first uses menstrual tampons.