I am not sure which one of you started this trend, but I am deeply offended with your shows' (The Oprah Winfrey Show and Grey's Anatomy) frequent use of the term va-jay-jay. While I'm not offended with you mentioning that particular body part (it is after all a wondrous thing) I am offended that rather than using the proper term, vagina, you are using a pretend word that sounds like some deranged cartoon character.
Female genitalia has been celebrated for centuries. Witness the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe, the passion of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues ,the groundbreaking The Dinner Party art installation by Judy Chicago.
Even Microsoft is getting in to the spirit. Have you seen the recent design on their bluetooth notebook mouse?
(Oh, was that not intentional?)
In conclusion, please help show woman and girls everywhere that being female is nothing to be ashamed of. Uncomfortable with the real thing? Start off with a Vulva Puppet if you have to and work your way up.
Please respect your vagina. You only get one. Be proud of it and call it by its proper name.
Sincerly,
missburrows
(Many thanks to Josh Bancroft for alert regarding the bluetooth mouse.)
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No doubt! Love that mouse! I never saw that before, but wow.
One of my pet peeves is adults who can't use the correct terms for female genitalia. No one seems to have trouble saying "penis" (except my 17 year old son) but ask them to say vagina or vulva or clitoris and they get all squirmy.
So with you here! I wanted my children to be used to the correct anatomical terminology only my efforts were in vain. My daughter's delayed speech and comprehension meant that she thought she had a 'volvo (sweedish car) like Matthew's Nana drives', a 'giant' and a 'poo hole'. Do I need to tell you which orifice her father explained? Or I could tell you about the time my son aged two asked the checkout girl how her 'gina' was ... ;)
I saw a BOOK with that hideous word in the title the other day and got really annoyed by it. I just don't understand this whole thing, and why we must now sound like idiots when we refer to our parts. If someone in the hospital uses that word at me I may just poke them. Repeatedly. With needles.
i use a trackball instead of a mouse. apparently, i like balls.
oh my god i'm laughing at the poo hole! that is fantastic.
Vagina.
There that was not so hard.
We taught the kids the correct stuff from day one. It is actually so much easier. We do say 'butt' because 'anus' or 'sphincter' makes me snicker ;)
-Stu
VAGINA.
Totally with you.
The vajayjay word makes me INSANE. It is a freaking vagina, people!
Ugh. Thank you - I hope you sent it for real. This is a scourge in the English language.
However, I must say that Don't be a vag is tremendously funny in "Superbad." But they're not grown-ups trying to have an intelligent conversation.
No picture. :(
Vagina..or if you are squeamish, pronounce it va-hee-na like my former OB/GYN in college..she was Spanish.
Hey, I heard it's your birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I would sing, but I just woke up and haven't had my coffee yet. I'm singing for you on the inside, though.
Awesome Post!
But I am guilty of abusing the term VA JAY JAY.
I guess its time for me to GROW up!!
Happy Birthday!
That mouse is so funny.
Me and some mates were talking about what to teach our kids to call their bits, and Miss E, 7, piped up, "Mummy, girls have a vagina, and boys have a penis and some googlies. I was so proud. (They are called googlies right?)
Oh, and Cami says you had a birthday, so, Happy Birthday. :D
Happy Birthday!
Hope you're enjoying it!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
groovy: Exactly.
belle: Well, at least she was embarrassed like the squirmy adults in groovy mom's example above.
mielikki: Feel free to give them some free electroshock therapy too!
holly: Your blue humor is not welcome here.
stu: Well, any most likely you are telling them to sit down on it, so butt would be more useful anyway.
sybil: Indeed.
stephanie: Oh, I didn't even think of actually sending it. Hmmmm.
loveyh: For you, I fixed the picture.
groovy: Thanks.
meleah: Yes, it may be time.
stu: Thank you!
jo: Googlies? That's a new one! (and thank you)
sybil: Thank you
lilac: and THANK you.
Bwahahahah!
Dang you're brilliant.
"Vagina Sonnet"
Is 'vagina' suitable for use
in a sonnet? I don't suppose so.
A famous poet told me, 'Vagina's ugly.'
Meaning, of course, the sound of it. In poems.
Meanwhile he inserts his penis frequently
into his verse, calling it, seriously, 'My
Penis'. It is short, I know, and dignified.
I mean of course the sound of it. In poems.
This whole thing is unfortunate, but petty,
like my hangup concerning English Dept memos
headed 'Mr/Mrs/Miss' - only a fishbone
In the throat of the revolution -
a waste of brains - to be concerned about
this minor issue of my cunt's good name.
- Joan Larkin
kimberly: Just calling it like I see 'em.
don: Wow. Poetry. You are really classing this place up. :)
Okay the mouse...well lets just say I noticed it and thought I was a pervert or something...
and about not saying the word vagina... hey, look, I said it, I think your right. However, it makes me very uncomfortable when children use the correct anatomical words.
Is that okay?
dapoppins: You can certainly be uncomfortable but I think it is vital that kids know the correct names of things.
Image if you taught your kids that their hands were called huffabumps. Right? They go to the doctor and say that their huffabumps hurt. The doctor has no freaking idea what they are talking about. Kid gets embarrassed, stops asking for help. Shall I go on???
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