Viva your Vulva - in Edinburgh

I had a friend who called hers a fairy.

Bazza - lol

I think ignorance of own own bodies is because our genitalia is neatly tucked away unlike men, which is also why we don’t have so many words for them. Unless you look in a mirror or perhaps are a lesbian it’s a bit difficult to distinguish what’s what, of course there are always books.

One of my friends calls it hers Mrs. Willoughby, no idea why but it makes me laugh. Another refers to her bits generally as giblets.

We don't have to make up words.
We want to.
Nose - Hooter, conk, bugle.
Hair - Barnet.
Feet - plates of meat.

Why not? Life isn't one big biology lesson.

The wonderful poet Hollie McNish did some virtual shows in the lockdowns. One was a "vulva special" (starts about 10mins in) youtu.be/9G0ZZPhgmUY

Ltl Eve said "I find it amazing how many women believe that urine comes out of the same opening as period blood.

When, following the Menopause, I started to leak a little urine if I jumped or sneezed, I began to wear little pads. DH thought they were disgusting and wanted to know why I didn't just use tampons as I did when menstruating!

I found it a very strange question from a man who had had a regular, very close up and personal acquaintance with my 'bits' for more than 30 years, Maybe we should have kept the lights on? wink

Granny23 lol at your hubby. I have the continence issue though a nice tablet called solinefacin keeps my bladder happy and less jumpy?

When they shut the ladies toilets for repairs in M&S a few years ago, the cafe next to it became very empty.

We ladies en masse, would visit the loo on the way in, have a chat and a giant strong coffee, then use the loo on the way out.

One lunch time I explained this to the nice - younger - supervisor. She guffawed.

Always happy to entertain.

I was surprised/appalled to read a while ago that a fair number of women think they pee out of their vagina.

I call them my bits but never had sex Ed at either school I went to. However, my parents hid a copy of ‘Everything you wanted to know about Sex but we’re afraid to ask’.

It was an education though not all of it accurate. ?

Why do any words have to be made up just because of where the body parts are? We don't make up words, for example, for our feet or hands. Use the proper words...teach the proper words.

When my children were small we used 'minnie' as my parents had with me. When one of my sons was around 4 or 5 years old, I had to pop him along to our local A&E for a minor injury. The nurse had an apron on covered in brightly colourd teddy bears. To distract my son from his discomfort, she asked "Do you like my pinny?" He thought she said minnie and went white as a ghost. I'll never forget the look of absolute shock on his face. It only took a few seconds to clock what had happened but it was a couple of minutes before I could stop laughing inside. I had to bite my lip so hard.

FannyCornforth

When I was a TA in Y2, a woman employed especially to go around schools and teach Sex Ed (or whatever it was called at the time) taught the kids that the vulva (front bottom) was the vagina.
All the kids had to label the diagrams.
I complained until I was blue in the face, but got absolutely nowhere with it ?

Y2? So 5-6-7 year olds. Do they really need teaching anatomical names like vulva and vagina at that age?

eazybee

How about people finding out for themselves instead of, as always, blaming the schools.

Yup.

Little granddaughter is being taught correct anatomical terminology. She calls it "My gina!" ? Strictly speaking, they've got vagina/vulva wrong way round!

I'm in the Dr's waiting room sniggering my way through this thread. Funnily enough, I'm here about exactly that part of my anatomy!

MissAdventure

This is why a vulva can never hold a candle to a fanny, as far as I'm concerned.

I’m not as argumentative

Loved the video and now I'm off to bed (cross legged) giggling at your fanny talk as I go!

Snorting at 00.03 Baggy!

night night x

MissAdventure

This is why a vulva can never hold a candle to a fanny, as far as I'm concerned.

a candle should never be held near any fanny

This is why a vulva can never hold a candle to a fanny, as far as I'm concerned.

MissAdventure

Ooh it was the wrong fanny vid.
Here's one to tide us over though.

youtu.be/teNgQTrv6pE

so many Fannys who knew? thanks for the link and I remember seeing this on tv at the time, I've still melted just now watching it again.........so infantile. I'm sure most of the other GN contributors being fully mature adults will already have switched off.

Ooh it was the wrong fanny vid.
Here's one to tide us over though.

youtu.be/teNgQTrv6pE

I've found it on youtube.
I'm always a bit worried about smut; some of us got a good telling off on here a while back for being smutty.

the vision.................its too much, can't type.