{"id":2549,"date":"2011-06-29T14:18:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T04:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2011-06-29T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T04:18:48","slug":"vagina-songs-aplenty-vulva-sits-in-the-corner-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/vagina-songs-aplenty-vulva-sits-in-the-corner-sad\/","title":{"rendered":"Vagina Songs Aplenty. &#8220;Vulva&#8221; Sits In The Corner, Sad."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of videos have come out in the last week or so that celebrate women&#8217;s genitals. Or, to use their term, the vagina.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Ss8uUbvprk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgEXRKIZRvc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Both of them are attempts at viral videos from companies that sell &#8220;feminine hygiene&#8221; products (that term always makes me cringe). The first one features a talking cat advocating the use of the word &#8220;Vaginal&#8221; as a substitute for &#8220;awesome&#8221;. The second one has a nice lady singing various euphemisms about the female genitals, similar to Eric Idle&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p9PiqCeLEmM\">Penis Song<\/a> (and, dare I say it, my own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J00mSbQVDHU\">Paddling The Pink Canoe<\/a> short film).<\/p>\n<p>I like the vocabulary change that the cat is suggesting but I can&#8217;t in good conscience take it up since the company behind it is Summer&#8217;s Eve, which produces lots of sprays, gels and soaps for <em>down there<\/em>. They want us to celebrate our cunts while simultaneously telling us they&#8217;re filthy and smelly. That&#8217;s quite the mixed message. Summer&#8217;s Eve has previously had trouble by suggesting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2010\/8\/26\/896386\/-Want-a-raise-Wash-your-vagina\">best way to get a promotion was to douche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The second one is better and it&#8217;s from a company I feel more comfortable with. The Mooncup is a silicon cup designed to be inserted inside the vagina during menstruation. It collects the blood in a more environmentally friendly way than disposable tampons or pads. I use a similar cup from Diva and they&#8217;re great. They&#8217;ve saved me a lot of money and it&#8217;s a much easier way of dealing with my period.<\/p>\n<p>The comment I did want to make about both these videos is the use of the word &#8220;vagina&#8221; to describe a woman&#8217;s genitals. I&#8217;ve had my rants about this before <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/15\/read-my-lips-its-vulva-not-vagina\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/14\/another-vagina-rant\/\">here<\/a>. Suffice to say, there&#8217;s a good reason to be pedantic about semantics here: put briefly, the emphasis on talking about the vagina implies that it&#8217;s the main source of female pleasure and it means the clitoris can be neglected when it comes time to stop talking and start humping.<\/p>\n<p>When the cat talks about how fantastic the vagina is, I don&#8217;t disagree. The vagina can do lots of interesting things like accommodate both a penis and a baby. But I think the clitoris is far more impressive and worth celebrating. Wouldn&#8217;t it be cool if &#8220;that&#8217;s clitoral&#8221; was a replacement for &#8220;that&#8217;s awesome&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, both videos are talking about &#8220;the vagina&#8221; as a region rather than as the specific birth canal. And that&#8217;s the colloquial term for a woman&#8217;s genitals; it&#8217;s what most people use to describe the cunt.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I hate it, perhaps I&#8217;m just going to have to give in on this one. <a href=\"http:\/\/skepchick.org\/2010\/07\/splitting-pubic-hairs\/\">The Skepchick argues<\/a> that insisting on &#8220;vulva&#8221; makes me a &#8220;pussy pedant&#8221; because language changes. It&#8217;s a fair cop.<\/p>\n<p>Still, poor old <em>vulva <\/em>is sitting in a corner feeling very neglected. And I&#8217;m still going to picture speculums when people say &#8220;You can see her vagina&#8221;. Perhaps I need to start being obtuse and refer to men&#8217;s genitals as &#8220;the scrotum&#8221;. It&#8217;ll be a bit of fun, if nothing else.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of videos have come out in the last week or so that celebrate women&#8217;s genitals. Or, to use their term, the vagina. Both of them are attempts at viral videos from companies that sell &#8220;feminine hygiene&#8221; products (that term always makes me cringe). The first one features a talking cat advocating the use of the word &#8220;Vaginal&#8221; as a substitute for &#8220;awesome&#8221;. 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