Vagina
Oh no! I’ve gone and said the “V” word!
Why does this word still seem to be “off-limits”?
I rarely say the “C” word even when I’m having a good slanging match with someone yet calling them a “stupid little vagina” sounds, somehow, worse.
The use of the word “penis” seems to be quite common these days. You see it in newspapers, magazines, adverts, you hear it used on the radio and television, but “vagina” is avoided like the plague. So come on then ladies, what is it about your vaginas that you are ashamed of? In these days of so called gender equality one would expect that “vagina” would be as common as “penis”, but it isn’t.
Even in the artistic arena the vagina seems to be something you just don’t show. Penises all over the place but apparently females of the species don’t have vaginas.
I really think you women need to promote your vaginas much more than you do. It’s going to cause major hassle in the future if you don’t and be very confusing. Here’s something for you to think on.
One of the Voyager space craft has a plaque on it designed by Carl Sagan. It depicts a man and a woman. The male figure depicts the male genitalia but the female figure, whilst it has breasts, doesn’t have any depiction of the vagina at all. Just imagine what some poor alien is going to think when it sees that. It’s going to be wondering how the fuck we reproduce!
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Ohhh… Sir… Where do I START??
The fact that vaginas and most of the female sexual anatomy is internal makes it difficult to visually depict without showing a 3D cutaway, and wouldn’t that confuse the poor little aliens even more?
“What?? One of their genders has a gaping wound??? is THAT how they fuck???”
Also, you’re clearly looking at the wrong art if you see no vaginas… There’s a good chunk of stuff by Salvador Dali that are full view paintings of vaginas… let me tell you I was VERY surprised when I first walked into that part of the museum…
Surprised! Hadn't you seen one before? :)
I know most of your sexual organs are internal but forgive me for suggesting that beneath that pubic hair you can clearly see the external parts of a vagina which could quite easily have been shown on that plaque. Whether an alien would understand it is another matter but at least it would see that there is something in the same area as the man's genitals and that it is different which would suggest that this is the part which goes together with the man's part.
I know that there are artists who depict the vagina, and I do like Dali, but I would suggest that the vast majority don't.
And my main point, which you skilfully avoided, was the use of the word itself. Vagina. There now. I've said it again.
You do realise that for the next day or so this article is going to get a ton of hits. ;)
I’m a big fan of vaginas.
This post got me to wondering … with all the penis enlargement spam mails I get – do women get vagina reduction offers?
A tighter vagina without surgery
;-)
I like vaginas too. :) I get the impression that a lot of women don't though.
As for vagina reductions, as I understand the biology, they don't need them. Vaginas adjust themselves naturally to what they are being fed. But this isn't meant to be a biology lesson.
The reason I raised the subject is because I happen to listen to "Woman's Hour". It should be compulsory listening for all males above the age of 12. The discussion was amongst several women and they put forward the view that, despite some 40 or so years of "women's lib", the use of the word vagina still remains "off-limits" in certain areas of the public domain whilst the use of the word penis has gone from strength to strength without any real prompting. It just seems a very odd imbalance.
First: My rebuttal.
Since this was a plaque and not a pair of blow up dolls, there really isn’t very much to see from a straight on view unless a woman has an EXTREMELY large labia the best that they could REALLY have shown is a camel toe.
As for the spam, No, nothing on vagina tightening (but as Sir mentioned, they can let a baby the size of a watermelon out and then reduce back to normal size withing a couple hours)... Birth DOES apparently cause some permanent stretching though. There are also things such as Ben Wa balls which make the muscles stronger (but again, I’ve never seen any spam for those).
If my spam blocker didn’t work so well, I’d be getting stuff for “penix enlargement” and “extending her pl3asure” just as much as anyone else.
Thank GOD for Thunderbird.
Now you’re just making me laugh too much. Camel toe? Haven’t heard that one before. Ha ha. :)
But as far as that plaque goes a camel toe would be better than nothing like some Barbie doll. At least it would indicate a difference. We aren’t looking for detailed medical representations here.
Anyway, you are still ignoring the main point. Vagina, vagina, vagina! Let’s get the word recognised as a perfectly acceptable noun which can be used without shame or embarrassment.
webjones – One word. Kegels.
Stuart – Technically vagina is just the inner part of us. Vulva would be the more inclusive term. You don’t see a lot of vaginas about (except in porn, of course).
Kegels?
It’s an exercise to strengthen the vaginal muscles.
Ahhhh. Is that the, how can I put it, "clenching" exercise?
Indeed it is.
Stuart, you naughty thing. I wonder the same thing, too, since both “penis” and “vagina” are medically proper terms for these organs. I could understand the slang and derogatory terms being more off limits. And while we are on the topic, just go ahead and call me a c***. It likely will be the last thing you do. (Unless you have already mastered the art of speaking without a throat! ha ha!)
That word got more publicity when Mike Meyers’ Austin Powers movie, featuring the character Alotta Fagina.
Sometimes, I don’t understand other women either.
Well, we really understand why Vagina word didn’t spread a lot. I believe that it is because of discrimination ( machism). So ,who has the Vagina? Another explication is: the meaning of the word, that means a canal that pênis come inside. So we say “vagina” meaning all the stuff. In Brasil we used to call “all the stuff” as xoxota. But, what is xoxota? It means all the stuff, so talk xoxota as vagina is a very bad mistake that womens probably dislike a lot, is the same talk pênis as escroto. Man think about it.
You think vagina is a neurotically avoided word. Look or listen for the word clitoris.