However, when I began to write extensively about female health and sexuality, I realised that by not using the word vulva, I was doing myself and my genitals a disservice.
Euphemisms for the naming of the parts is a not a disservice. To worry about such things is a narcissism showing that you’ve not got anything to do in your life.
I liked Richard Condon’s expression: The Vertical Smile.
“Suddenly, social media was abuzz with vulva and vagina chat …”
You’d think it wasn’t always so…
In the Guardian, of all places.
“However, when I began to write extensively about female health….”
Yes Lynn, agree you probably do want to use the correct medical term in writing about health matters.
” and sexuality”
Oh, that too, well ok, maybe loosen the language up a bit on that subject? You don’t want to put people off what you’ve got to say on the matter..
“It is a place of independent female sexuality……And so the vulva has been sidelined.” .Ah, lynne, you place all your insights on the other side of the bank, but this isn’t a functioning bridge, we can’t go over it, we stay put, we can’t join you on your island, but that’s ok you can enjoy yourself apparently.
“Lynn Enright is a Dublin-born, London-based writer. Her first book, Vagina: A Re-Education, is published in March 2019”
Do these people really have nothing better to do? I’m pretty sure that I could write a blog post linking to a handful of Wikipedia and NHS pages that would do the same job.
“… And then I turned my attention male health and sexuality and realised that I couldn’t continue without the word ‘bollocks’. As in a load of…”
I was doing myself and my genitals a disservice.
Calling Rocco : here’s your next project for Ely Studios on a plate.
“Lynn Enright is a Dublin-born, London-based writer. Her first book, Vagina: A Re-Education, is published in March 2019”
I can’t fucking wait. How long before this “re-education” is compulsory, with Plod going after transgressors? Wild and crazy notion, huh?
Let’s go Anglo Saxon on her.
She’s a cvnt writing about fannies.
We are soon releasing Polly’s latest extravaganza
“Polly’s Tuscan Vulva Romp”
Any would-be rompers?
Vagina: A Re-Education
This is surely from The Onion not from real life! The book title tells you absolutely everything you need to know about the author – and more.
I happen to agree with her – I think it’s daft that all those feminists mistake one bit of their quims with another.
She truely is a cunt.
And today we have naming of parts…
(Henry Reed)
I ran the ngram for the words used for this area. Vagina is the clear winner. Fanny gets confused with the name and I cannot think of a way to separate the usages
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Vulva%2Cvagina%2Ccunt%2Cfanny%2Clabia%2Cclitoris%2C+twat&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=1&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2CVulva%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bvulva%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BVulva%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BVULVA%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cvagina%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bvagina%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BVagina%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Ccunt%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bcunt%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BCunt%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BCUNT%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cfanny%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BFanny%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BFANNY%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Clabia%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Blabia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BLabia%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cclitoris%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bclitoris%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BClitoris%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Ctwat%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Btwat%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTwat%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BtWat%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTWAT%3B%2Cc0
Silly me, make it case sensitive and Fanny drops out. Vagina is the clear winner with the other terms nowhere.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Vulva%2Cvagina%2Ccunt%2Cfanny%2Clabia%2Cclitoris%2Ctwat&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=1&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CVulva%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cvagina%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccunt%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfanny%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Clabia%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cclitoris%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ctwat%3B%2Cc0