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I tried making a Reddit account and it asked me to build karma before I could ask on any of the relevant subs so I'm posting here.

I can personally say that if anything goes up there, it hurts, and not in a good way. It does not feel pleasurable at all. It feels kind of like placing a finger on an open sore and pushing down.

Also, if you're being examined, they tell you to take deep breaths, as if they know that anything going up is going to be painful. If sex is supposed to be pleasurable and enjoyable, why would doctors tell you to brace for impact, so to speak?

Lastly, women often scream during sex. It's often said they're screaming out of pleasure and not pain. But there are a lot of things I find extremely pleasurable, but I don't scream while I do them.

Is it just one of those things that is painful but we're conditioned into believing the pain is actually pleasure and I must have inconsistent pain tolerance and I am making a big deal out of this?

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[–] Swaus01@piefed.social 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Also, if you’re being examined, they tell you to take deep breaths, as if they know that anything going up is going to be painful

Most people would need a mood to be set to enjoy sex or to be ready to receive something. Think this applies for women and for men who partake in anal sex.

By that I mean they need to get turned on to feel like having intercourse, because yeah, intercourse is strenuous and requires your body to be in a specific mode. For a penis inserter, getting turned on is a much simpler affair and can happen in a matter of about 1 second.

Lastly, women often scream during sex.

I don't know if they do to be honest. A lot of pornstars do, hahaha - they're paid to ham it up and overall they give an unrealistic view of how sex works. (Once upon a time the main watchers of porn would be people who hadn't had it yet. Possibly still the case)

Uhh despite my initial dismissal, i'll suggest this: some people might do it because sex can be akin to tickling, where your nervous system gives you mixed messages or gets overloaded. And, some women exist who grossly exaggerate their "noises" during sex, believing it makes it more fun or gives an ego boost to the husband. It probably can make it more fun for both parties, but the authentic noises - no matter how quiet they are compared to screams - are great as well.

Can't really speak for the experience of having a vagina but if it hurts so much that you don't ever feel like having sex, and haven't self stimulated in any way, talk to a doctor about it?

[–] Swaus01@piefed.social 4 points 21 hours ago

To tag on a relevant other point, I'll mention that many people find the stimulation of the outside of the vagina and inside walls to be the pleasurable part rather than the "poking" of the back aka top of the vagina. If it's just the back of your vagina, e.g the cervix, that hurts to be poked, that is normal. Sexual stimulation makes the vagina expand in size, accommodating the insertion of a penis; sex^1^ should be gently inserted unless you've requested otherwise, being one of the lesser number of receivers who enjoy rough sex - it's courtesy. It may be the case that your vagina is particularly short and hence you've already noticed the discomfort of insertions.

^1^ also an archaic term for a penis lol, used as such here.