It's widespread by definition.

Hey someone in this thread pointed out that I’m a dum dum and the hymen is actually at the OPENING of the vagina. Crazy. I’m wishing my sex ed had been a bit more comprehensive as well as wondering why the hell you can’t edit kinja posts after a certain amount of time.

Just what I need is my next partner shining a flashlight into the speculum in my vagina so they can see my cervix and whether or not its hymen is intact.

Uhh you mean vaginal opening, not cervix.

ummm it doesn’t cover the cervix- it may or may not partially cover the external vaginal opening. The cervix is at the other end of the vagina.

I think you mean vaginal opening, not cervix. The hymen is a membrane that partially covers the vaginal opening, not the cervix.