A set of alleged conjoined twins, who share a vagina, have opened up about their “uncomfortable” sex lives. The 19-year-old sisters, known only as Mia and Lia for privacy reasons, took to social media to detail their sexual orientations and how they approach sex when one is attracted to men and the other to women.
Mia and Lia decided to share their story after it was revealed that conjoined twin Abby Hensel secretly tied the knot to boyfriend Josh Bowling, 33, in 2021. During a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), Mia and Lia responded to questions about their sex lives, revealing intimate details including that they no longer masturbate because it’s too “uncomfortable” for them.
Kicking off the post, the twins said: “We are connected at the abdomen, so two different brains, two hearts, four(ish) lungs (our left and right lungs respectively are kind of fused so it’s more like a 3rd lung than a 4th), two livers, two stomachs, and then below that we share our intestines, bladder, and our reproductive system.
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“So yes, the same vagina! We each have one arm and leg we can control respectively.” The twins then went on to explain how their bodies were formed and who held the greater strengths. The post read: “Lia’s lungs have been compressed by my body and on top of that she has severe scoliosis in her spine.”
Revealing it was Mia doing the writing, the sisters opened up about their sexualities before inviting a slew of questions from curious strangers. “Yes, I am a lesbian and Lia is straight. I’ve had a girlfriend although we split it off when I went to university, and she has had a long-distance boyfriend when we were teens,” the post read.
The sisters then pointed out that they were sharing their lives online so that people could ask them questions instead of bothering other conjoined twins who hadn’t given them permission. The first topic that came up was masturbation, which the twins described as “uncomfortable.”
When one user asked how often the sisters resorted to self-pleasure, they were quick to shut it down. The sisters replied: “We have masturbated in the past, but we’ve agreed not to do it as it was too uncomfortable for us.” Another web user questioned if masturbating felt like “incest[” to the twins. Responding to the personal query, the sisters admitted that it felt bothersome but not incestuous.
They added: “With masturbation, it wasn’t that it felt like incest, it was more like: imagine this. Imagine someone touching your shoulder, incessantly. It would be pretty annoying and weird right? That’s what it’s like if Lia touches our vagina, it feels like someone messing around with your body.” Social media users were relentless in their curiosity, bombarding the twins with questions about their sexual experiences, particularly whether they both experienced arousal given their shared anatomy.
“On the arousal part, sort of? Arousal is a complex hormonal communication between the brain and the genitals, so if you aren’t the one that’s getting aroused you can kind of tell your genitals are aroused without being aroused yourself. It’s the same for other things. Like I can tell when she’s hungry even if I’m not, or when she’s anxious because of her heart rate and I’m not,” one twin explained.
Despite having individual sexual orientations, the sisters made an early decision to abstain from sex due to the potential complications of pregnancy. Curious minds didn’t stop there, with one person probing: “So do you two have a discussion if you plan to have anything physical happen with a partner?”
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Conjoined twin Abby Hensel (L) married her partner Josh, seen here with her sister Brittany (
Image: Joshua Bowling/Facebook)
The conjoined twins shared their personal boundaries, stating: “Well that’s the thing. While both me and my sister have sexual urges and both experience arousal, we agreed from an early age on that we would not have sex as it would be 1. very uncomfortable for the both of us and 2. the risk of pregnancy is too great. If we got pregnant there’s a good chance we would die.”
“However, we will still be intimate with our partners. I would kiss and hug and cuddle with my girlfriend. But she was asexual conveniently so it was not an issue for us. But, this is just what works for us. Other conjoined twins, ie Abby and Brittany, may have more intimate interactions or less, normally yes sex alongside your sibling is weird being a conjoined twin is a completely different experience. What works for them is good”
They also clarified that their no-sex rule includes all forms of sex, including oral. “]My sister has not given oral and I highly doubt she or I ever will,” Mia explained. In response to another question, they addressed how they cope with their sexual desires: “You mentioned that you have masturbated before and still get sexual urges and ideally would want asexual partners. So does that mean you just won’t ever satisfy your sexual urges again? How are you ok with that? Lol, is orgasming together that awkward?”
In response, the sisters joked: “Haha it’s not emotionally awkward we’ve experienced life together that’s not any grosser than anything else. It’s more just physically uncomfortable. I can feel when my vagina is touched, and it would be horrifying to have somebody who I’m not in a relationship with touch my private parts and same goes with Lia. Imagine having someone touching and playing with your private parts that isn’t even involved with you at all. Yeah. And yes we plan to not satisfy our sexual urges. If nuns can do it, so can we.”
