It’s Final: Learn What’s The Use Of That Little Pocket in Women’s Underwear

But it actually makes a lot of sense—a woman’s genitals are by far the most sensitive part of her body. There are so many things that can trigger irritability, aggravation, or inflammation—even something as seemingly small as a changing up your soap can cause things to go haywire down there.

Besides comfort, the gusset also acts as an inner layer of protection from bacteria or harmful bacterial infections. It essentially makes the underwear more breathable, so it keeps you dry so yeast and unhealthy bacteria has less of an opportunity to overgrow.

All in all, the gusset serves as extra protection from the inside seams of the underwear that could otherwise be kind of harmful to your hoo-hah. We probably don’t even realize how irritated we might be, or how susceptible to a bacteria infection we could be, if manufacturers didn’t include the gusset. So thank you, underwear gods!

Okay, so question: Why does some underwear have a gusset and some don’t? You might notice that typically the more sexy, sophisticated underwear won’t have the gusset, and the speculation on that is that’s possibly because that kind of underwear is only supposed to be worn for shorter periods of time. Eek!

Did you know what that pocket was for in your underwear before this? Did you ever think it was to store something? We’ll never look at our pair of panties the same way again!