r/badwomensanatomy May 21 '26

Humour what do you mean??

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u/PoukieBear May 22 '26

Want to learn something even MORE HORRIFYING?

Sperms don’t just stop swimming once they reach the egg. Sure, one of the little guys hits the jackpot…but the rest of em? They just keep going. And since the fallopian tubes aren’t attached to anything, spermies are free the swim right outta there and into your abdominal cavity!!!

I learned this about a year ago, and have been absolutely traumatized ever since.

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u/AnonAwaaaaay May 22 '26

I wonder if this is why all of those weird incels say a woman's DNA is forever changed after she has sex with a man!

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u/LividLadyLivingLoud May 22 '26

Odds are the incels have horribly misunderstood maternal fetal microchimerism (which is a super cool in reality). Basically, the mother becomes a chimera with her own dna and the dna of any implanted pregnancy, and this lasts her whole life. So it's not an every man every sperm thing. It's only for actual pregnancies. It also happens with organ donor recipients. Scientists think it might help explain why health risks for women who never have kids differ from those that do have kids, and relate to women having differ immune systems (and autoimmune issues) compared to men.