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Henry VIII divorced two wives and executed two more.
Partially because they didn't give him sons.
His Y chromosome was responsible for every daughter he blamed them for.
Sex determination science rewrites history.
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Your body orchestrates a full neurological, hormonal and vascular event every time you're aroused.
Most people were never taught any of this.
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#SexualHealth #SexualResponse

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Your body goes through 4 distinct biological phases every time you're sexually aroused.

Most people have never been taught what's actually happening inside them.
This is the human sexual response cycle and the science behind it is extraordinary. 🧵

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9/10 desire distinction
🔘Desire doesn't always come first.
Responsive desire becoming aroused in response to stimulation rather than before it is completely normal.

🔘It's especially common in women and long-term relationships.

Lack of spontaneous desire is not dysfunction

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Gonorrhoea can be silent, then suddenly serious all explained by how the bacterium attaches, hides, and spreads. Get tested. Treat early. Protect your fertility. Save this. Share it. ♻️
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Gonorrhoea is one of the oldest known STIs and one of the fastest evolving. It can silently damage fertility, spread through the bloodstream, or simply vanish with treatment. The difference comes down to biology. 🧵

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9/10 Why it keeps outsmarting antibiotics

🔘Neisseria gonorrhoeae mutates fast and swaps DNA with other bacteria easily.

🔘It has developed resistance to nearly every antibiotic class used against it which is why treatment guidelines keep changing.