JENN McKINLAY: It was November of 2019 and the Jungle Red Writers were meeting at Bouchrcon in Dallas. I think this is the only time all seven of us have been together in my eight years as a Red. Miracles happen!
We were having this group picture taken:
Hank doesn't love this one, no idea why...lol.
Anyway, somehow we got into a conversation with our photographers, two very nice gents somewhere in their 30's/40's - honestly, I have no idea, I'm a terrible judge of age - and I think one of our Reds got squashed (Julia?) and muttered something about it feeling like a mammogram.
The photographer dudes clearly had no idea why we thought this was so funny and being the informative types we are, we then described in great detail to these two horrified males what all a mammogram entails. Boob meets glass plates and smash!
Y'all I can still see their faces. Yes, it was that comical and I still laugh when I think about it. Also, I believe we did them and the women in their lives an invaluable favor that day.
Side note: This might be on my mind because I'm having one today.
After that encounter, it occurred to me that we ladies do the world a terrible disservice in not letting our co-creators of the species know exactly what being a female of humankind entails. As the mom of two boys, I was pretty blunt about body parts and how they work (both male and female - my sex ed talk lives on in the family lore to this day) but you never know if they're really getting it, you know?
Exhibit A:
How about you, Reds and Readers, do the men in your life know how the mysterious female body works? And if you're one of our male readers, how do you rate your knowledge of the female body?
