For some reason many American shows bleep out the word vagina, or refuse to say it at all. As if it's some kind of dirty word. Sadly, this just reinforces that idea that girls should be ashamed of their vaginas, which is beyond ridiculous. Men are not ashamed of their penises, and they shouldn't be. And women should not be ashamed of their vaginas. It's a word that describes an anatomical part of the human form.
Conversely, television has increasingly less issues with SHOWING the naked female form on television (as long as the woman fits into the narrow construct of attractive) and yet balks at showing mens bodies in the same light. All this does is increase what is known as the 'male gaze' or sexualization and objectification of the female body.
Both of these together combine to have the subconscious message that women's bodies are something they need to be ashamed of because men primarily find them attractive, and thus only men should enjoy them.
Here's a secret: most women like touching their own bodies. Breasts are great, and somehow it's comforting to hold your own breast on occassion (other than when you need to so as not to hurt them when running down stairs). The clitoris is basically a happy fun time button.
Another secret? Women masturbate just as much as men do. A lot of women even use masturbation as a way to relax and fall asleep quicker, and orgasm can help alleviate headaches.
I have a little challenge for you all if you want to participate. (It's not masturbation, you can do that just fine without my prompting I bet). I want you to write down the word vagina and under it make two colomns. On the left side, I want you to write down the slang words used to describe the vagina that are often used as an insult. In the other column I want you to write down other words for the vagina that are not used as an insult.
Now write down the word penis. Same thing, column one for slang terms that double as insults, and column two for slang terms that are not used as insults.
Finally, answer this: why do we use names for anatomy as insults? These are literally the parts that bring new life into the world. They're pretty kick ass aren't they?
