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If it does hurt, there could be something wrong. Many of us grew up believing that sex hurts. From literature to friends, it was always the same impression we were given. The general consensus was that intercourse was definitely going to hurt the first time and maybe for a while afterwards as well.

Skip navigation! Story from Body. There are so many myths attached to the hymen — the thin membrane that surrounds the vaginal opening — that sometimes it's difficult to sort fact from fiction. If you believed them all, you'd think it "pops" the first time you have sex; that if yours isn't visible it means you've already had penetrative sex; that you're no longer a virgin if yours is "broken", to name just a few. At best, these misnomers are harmless — at worst, they perpetuate sexist notions of female virginity and leave women feeling baffled by- and detached from their own vaginas.

If you have just started having sex, you will experience quite a few changes in your body. We know you have a list of questions about what will be different from now on. You might be in pain Painful sex is a real thing and there could be a variety of different reasons for it. However, the reasons are pretty fairly common and nothing to be scared of. You could be experiencing the pain due to your hymen being stretched.