to want to know why so many women do not know that the external female genitalia are not called vagina

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the vagina is the internal bit

I do agree with these posts

activate Thu 29-Jul-10 17:23:01
i have heard parents proudly proclaim that their children will use the correct terminology of penis and vagina and it makes me want to holler

tyler80 Thu 29-Jul-10 17:27:13
Only bothers me when it's in the context of someone proclaiming that their child is going to use the correct anatomical words, and never utter willy or fanny etc.

But other than that - call it what you will

I also really dislike the word vulva so call it vagina, even though I know it's incorrect!

I agree, it drives me mad. If you're so bothered about getting it right, then get it right!

I think it's interesting that so many colloquialisms for the vulva are so unpleasant, don't you?
I'm thinking 'gash' 'axe wound' etc.

Grace that sounds like something on a menu: 'I'll have the rosy, axe-wounded bacon flaps to start.'

I prefer people to say "fanny" or "nelly" or "foof" or indeed "middle bottom" than to say vagina when they actually mean vulva

BUT

I'm afraid people who earnestly and po-facedly insist their kids use the correct medical terminology for the genitals actually make me want to laugh behind my hand a little bit. Its all just a bit too earnest and worthy for my liking.

Butterfly - the vuvuzelas made me snort with laughter

coolfonz...you just made a little bit of wee leak out! spam ram..

and eeeeeeeyw at whoever said friggin axe wound,grim!!

i refer to mine as " me chuff",but know i should really say, beef curtains

Agree with op and also urine does does not come from the vagina which I have seen written in threads more than once!

I think we need an overall word for female genitalia (other than "female genitalia").

Whilst I use various terms, the most consistent is "flat hamster" for the furry bit and would like to see this in general use .

I'm sorry but "axe wound" is absolutely vile. Please don't use it.

TBH it doesn't really bother me. ALthough I have a copy of Sheila Kitzinger's 'Pregnancy and Birth' and she refers to a vulva as a vagina. You'd think she'd know better!!

We interchange vulva and fanny, because I want them to know/recognise the correct term but day-to-day we are happy to say fanny or front bottom.

Well I certainly know the difference between vulva and vagina bu dd used 'gina' for the whole genital area because it seemed to strike a nice balance between the twee and the vulgar without imposing scientific accuracy on a toddler.

It's a foof innit?

axe wound unspeakably vile, imo.

vulva = boxy swedish car

vagina sounds so much prittier...

I thought it was 'a man in the boat'.

I don't get the obsession with formal nomenclature for genitalia. We're all comfortable with DC referring to bottoms, tummies, and collarbones; rather than buttocks/anuses, abdomens and clavicles.

We use front bottom here. So gloriously Enid Blyton.

I hate 'vulva' and fanny. We say bits.

Yes we say bits too, just because there are several well, er bits I suppose. Oh and I don't want to hear "My gash is sore mummy" next time we're in a public toilet or something.

YANBU - I had no idea that women didn't know the correct name for their bits...

Beef curtains, froo froo, fanjo. Oh its just a name fgs relax.

PosieParker - it's 'bits' in our house too. Boy bits, girl bits, man/daddy's bits & lady/mummy's bits. They know girls have 3 holes one for wee, one for babies and one for poo.

They don't need to have names for each and every bit of skin or bone in their body. If they ask for the actual name or purpose of said body part they get told but DH & I aren't doing show and tell until then

My DD is insistent that hers is a bottom.

Do not blame me, I call it her vulva, but our old nanny was clearly confused and bottom it is.

She actually laughs at me "oh silly mummy, that's not a vulvaaarrrrrr/volvo, that's my bottom".

It's Minnie! Everyone knows it's Minnie.