sentence: Sexual intercourse is another easy way to damage the hymen along with horseback riding and biking.
sentences_before: When a girl reaches puberty, the hymen becomes stretchy.
sentences_after: The hymen usually breaks after having sexual intercourse, so in some cultures, women with hymens were seen as virgins. A woman's hymen can also break while playing some sports  and some women are also born without a hymen.
concept_name: sexual intercourse
headings: Hymen What might damage the hymen
categories: Anatomy of the female reproductive system