All you need to know about vaginal elasticity.
IT’S ELASTIC
Just like how your mouth gets back into its regular shape when you stretch its sides, so too does the vagina.
The vagina’s tightly folded muscle tissue acts like an accordion, sitting pretty and tight until it’s in an aroused state or giving birth.
Once intercourse is over or that baby has popped out, it folds itself back into its regular tightly folded state.
WHEN AROUSED IT RELAXES
It relaxes a little when aroused but that doesn’t mean it opens up like a baby is about to pop out.
It relaxes around two fingers wide (or less), enough to take in a penis.
When a woman is anxious, the vagina walls actually tighten more which is also why some young girls find it hard to insert a tampon for the first time.
And no, this isn’t a cue that you should make your woman anxious so that her vagina will tighten and you will be able to have ‘better’ sex.
It’s painful and not pleasant at all for the woman.
YES, AGE AFFECTS THE ELASTICITY
And so does repeated childbirth. After a point, like all elastic, the walls fatigue and do not snap back fully.
Older women (women in their 30s and 40s) who give birth might find that their vaginas don’t snap back as tightly as they used to.
Doing exercises does help tighten the vagina by tightening the pelvic floor muscles surrounding the vagina.
VIRGINS ARE NOT TIGHTER THAN NON-VIRGINS
Just because she’s never had sex before doesn’t mean her vagina is tighter than a woman who has had sex.
When a woman is fully aroused, then her vagina virgin or not will expand and lubricate to receive the penis and then it will snap back to its original state after intercourse.
These vaginal tightness myths are so ingrained that it’s hard to shake them off.
It can make people believe that after the first time, the vagina is now ‘loose’. But this isn’t how the body works! So let’s start spreading some real stories for a change.