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 ...

1. They come in all shapes and sizes. Like the literal rest of your body, your hymen can be any shape or size. Alyssa Dweck, MD, a gynecologist in New York and author ofThe Complete A to Z for Your V, ...

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: 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 ...

This Valentine’s Day, many couples will be displaying their affection with traditional gifts of the season: a bouquet of roses, a box of chocolates, a romantic meal out. Others may be opting for much ...

Sarah Jones-Green will undergo surgery to repair her microperforate hymen after she “waited such a long time” to have sex Sarah Jones-Green / SWNS Sarah Jones-Green waited until her wedding night to ...

Maybe you first heard about "popping the cherry" on the bus to middle school. And ever since, you've always had some vague idea that a hymen is this thing inside your vagina that polices your ...

Ask Anna is a sex column. Because of the nature of the topic, some columns contain language some readers may find graphic. My wife and I were talking about our first times having sex, which involved ...

Earlier this month, T.I. appalled basically the entire world when he suggested on a podcast that he routinely checks his grown-ass daughter’s hymen to ensure her virginity is intact — a procedure, he ...