Vulvas

[MeMyselfand]

What's all this vulva chat about, lately when I've seen any front bottom chat on here it's all vulva this and vulva that. Surely people don't call it their vulva in real life when talking to someone about it.

What do you call yours?

I'm looking for a vulva XC 4x4. :)

Well now I'm confused. I'm not stupid, am rather old and I am the owner of a very well used (minor repairs only) fanny.

BUT - I thought it was the vagina, labia minora and labia majora. I thought vulva was an alternative name for the labia minora?? If we're only having vulvas now where the hell did the labia minora/majora go?

No fattyboomboomboom, vulva is the entire thing - you left out the urethra and that is in the vulva.

Rebecca - hmm well if I've lost a labia within the bushius pubius I'd better stick to "girl willy", "undercarriage" and "downstairs".

DH thinks it's hilarious when DD (massively into car manufacturers at the moment) loudly proclaims that "Uncle Simon has a massive Vulva"

True story. I used to work in a newspaper, a national agency placed and advert in our jobs section. The copy came through as complete artwork, and Volvo dealership was 'Vulva' dealership. Because it was complete artwork the scrutineers didn't proof it.
Whether it was a disgruntled employee or someone having a 'laugh' and forgot to edit it we never found out.

This is such a weird thread. I don't really care if people want to use anatomically incorrect words to refer to their own bodies, but several people on this thread seem to be actually objecting to people who choose to use the correct words to describe their body parts. I'm not a cunt/don't think I'm intellectually superior just because I use the correct words to refer to part of my own body.

You are quite right twattymctwatterson, you are not one of those - but you do have one, it's in your volvo.

Thread may be weird but it is fun :-).

We can start on balls and willies next - though they are less complicated and easier to navigate I suppose.

Steak bake

"What words are people teaching their children then, to refer to that area?"

I've also taught 'vulva' for wiping, @TheWholeHog, but I do wonder what nursery etc. might think when she bashes into something and comes out with 'I hurt my bulba' (can't do v's yet)...

:-)

She'd be ok in Glasgow Papertrain as that is the term taught officially as part of Glasgow City Council's 3-18 SHRE programme (Sexual Health and Relationships Education with sex the smallest element of it )

P1 teachers were apparently uncomfortable with it when it started (rolled out in about 2011/2012), but said they soon found it very straightforward as just one of the body parts they were teaching the names for.

The Scottish government guidance states the correct terms to be used at appropriate stages - up to and including clitoris for senior pupils.

It's one thing I think they have got right.

Cunt has become a very offensive word because of the way it is used as an insult. It is a misogynist word. Hva you noticed calling people by a male genitalia word just means they are silly. And cunt means a truly horrible person. That's why I would never use that word. I get fed up of seeing it used by posters to put down other posters.

It is a misogynist word. Hva you noticed calling people by a male genitalia word just means they are silly.

I wouldn't agree. If you call someone a prick you don't mean they're silly.

" If you call someone a prick you don't mean they're silly."

You don't mean they are a cunt either though. Cunt is uniquely vicious.

I had to have surgery for endo and had pain in different areas. I had to explain that I had vulval pain which was distinct from the horrible deep vaginal pain I also had. My consultant was a man and we both happily chatted away using these two distinct words and understood each other perfectly (crucially I was able to explain my pain to him very clearly).

Sadly my female GP was an idiot and asked me how things were 'down there'. I swapped to another (female as it happens) GP asap because I lost all respect for her.

This stuff matters. A lot.

I have a Fanny, Cookie sounds so twee.

Vagina because it's my vagina that's fucked (unfortunately damaged not fucked by my husband although the same applies🤣)

Vulva just sounds weird like moist.

I wasn’t particularly impressed when the midwife who came for the first home visit after I’d given birth asked me ‘how are you down there?’ I’d have appreciated some specifics, and the way it was all brushed over is a major factor in much more serious birth injuries second time around.

But for everyday slang use I think vagina just has a ring to it that people like. Foof is a funny word, too. Vulva always makes me think about the oral part of a PhD. Vagine said with a French accent is good for special occasions...

A midwife asked that? Bloody useless. Made my toes curl when my doctor asked me the same, I just thought she was pathetic.

Goodness me, all these people thinking someone is being superior just because they choose to call a part of their body by its actual name! You can't make this stuff up.

I heard someone use vulva in real life. She was referring to her little girl saying ' vulvas are private aren't they Mummy?'.

There are few things cringe than the word "foof"