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[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 7 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

Utter, horrifying nonsense.

I consider myself reasonably well acquainted with male genitalia. I know more or less what's where, and how the whole thing is supposed to work. I'm not a urologist, by any means, but I've clocked enough 'cock time' (what a dreadful expression) to know my way around a wang.

Does this knowledge equip me to work with the confusing internal plumbing of ladyfolk? No. Absolutely fucking not. I have only the most cursory knowledge of female genital anatomyhow do y'all pee with a tampon? and any conversation I've had with female friends about women's health issues have slowly devolved into /r/badwomensanatomy very quickly. Learning about female genital anatomy will help me better understand some women's health issues (and mean I don't have to ask stupid questions) but it won't make me better at being a gay man.

All skills are not instantly transferrable. Yes, someone who is used to driving with a manual transmission would probably do a better job at driving an automatic than someone who can't drive at all, but that is a meaningless, idiotic comparison. Being an accomplished cellist would probably make you a better player of the violin than the average, non violinist, but nobody at the Royal College of Music or the Julliard School argues that learning how to play the violin will make you a better cellist. You know what makes you a better cellist? Practising the fucking cello.

Although perhaps a more accurate comparison might be the cello and something like the harp. Strings make noise. That's where the similarities end.

Can you tell I don't actually know anything about music?

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I love this! (and your flair, too!)

Yeah, this whole you-must-know-how-to-do-two-related-things-to-be-any-good-at-either assertion is sheer dumbassery. What, are the authors of this gross book gonna tell straight guys that, in order to perform cunnilingus well, they've first gotta master giving blowjobs? Let me know how THAT little lecture goes!

Anyway, why the hell is this being framed in terms of a "skill"? Are these creeps under the impression that lesbians are training for the Sex Olympics or something? All anyone's gotta know is how to have sex with the people whom THEY want to have sex WITH; who cares about all the ones you don't ever wanna fuck anyway? Do we worry about whether we have the prowess to satisfy someone to whom we are not at all attracted? No! Because it's irrelevant! As is penis-pleasing for lesbians! (And, of course, vulva-pleasing for gay men.)

I mean, sure, as you note, it can be useful to know something about the anatomy of the sex you're not attracted to... but for NON-SEXUAL purposes only (like being a well-informed citizen on issues related to women's reproductive health, for example). It's the difference between a woman being penetrated during a pelvic exam vs during sex: NOT the same thing at all!

how do y'all pee with a tampon

Menstrual flow is the result of the uterus shedding its lining; that's connected to the vagina, so the latter is where tampons go. We pee from our urethra (like you guys do); that's NOT part of the vagina. (It's actually located above it.) So there's no conflict between these two functions.

(that you wrote your question in such tiny font, indicative of a whisper, is delightful :) )

[–]Bright_paintingLoad, lesbian biologist 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You probably know more about music than they do about biology or sexuality, to be honest...