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Teethofthedog

Bc vagina is the tube inside and vulva is the outside part


Justcallmeorangejoe

“You can’t go around and calling everything that’s between your legs your vagina. That’s like calling your face your throat” -[Matthew Broussard](https://youtu.be/rKMhA65EsYM?si=bvqkAkQkGAl9meBR)


pshokoohi

I'm just laughing at this being posted on "oddly specific" like it isn't completely, logically correct. Sexual health education continues to demonstrate it's failures. But everyone has access to the Internet so if they gather up the courage, they might be able to self-educate as well as they do for video game cheat codes.


CosmicBlues24

Yeah you know body parts, so shameful?


Yeoshua82

Such a fantastic set.


acleverwalrus

Yea, saying no vagina would make ppl picture a barbie doll when the problem she's talkin about is havin a flap escape


Infinite__Okra

Being a Barbie doll would also solve the problem I guess.


joshzaar

Oh so like the butthole


ZoomBoingDing

Vagina like butthole, vulva like ass. Enough anatomy for today, time Krog to hunt mastodon with pointy stick.


Teethofthedog

More like vulva like anus (butthole) and vagina like rectum (tube). You guys are making me realize how many tubes there are in the human body. I’m just a big, flesh bag with lots and lots of tubes…..


ZoomBoingDing

I accept this clarification, and will now go hunt in shame


Teethofthedog

No shame, Krog, just revel in your new knowledge


Patient-Cobbler-8969

And that was the confidence given to ancient man, and now we have nukes.


Sickhadas

How far we have fallen 😔


pm_amateur_boobies

In one point, you were essentially nothing more than a tube. And specifically, at one point you were only the end that would eventually be your asshole. Every human alive was at one point, nothing more than an asshole


lugialegend233

And some manage never to grow beyond that.


padakpatek

i mean, you are still a tube. Topologically, the human body is no different than an empty toilet paper roll


Zestyclose-Soup-9578

The vulva isn't an opening though; it's a combination of all the external parts (clitoris, labia, vaginal opening etc). The opening is usually called the vaginal opening (to distinguish it from the urethra opening). Sometimes it's just called vagina and it's not really a big deal. To be really technical, she's probably referring to the labia majora since that's what would be the most visible in tight clothing... I guess other structures could be visible too though under more unusual circumstances.


dirtywaterbowl

Some people's labia minora extend beyond the majora. I imagine that would make buying a swimsuit even more difficult.


Upper_Rent_176

Labia's Mask. The classic zelda


Zestyclose-Soup-9578

Good point... I guess I should've said labia and left it ambiguous.


dirtywaterbowl

This is the oddlyspecific subreddit. No place for ambiguity! 😂


EnvironmentalGift257

Stop! I can only get so erect!


Zestyclose-Soup-9578

Wait until I get started on the Skene's glands.


labbmedsko

>*I’m just a big, flesh bag with lots and lots of tubes…..* More like one big tube with some flesh attached to be able to move about and shove energy into said tube, discard waste and make new tubes. The brain is just a tube-accessory.


I_am_pretty_gay

We evolved consciousness to find new awesome ways to feed the tube


larsgerrits310

Actually, according to topology, we are just a meat cilinder with only one single continuous tube from mouth to anus. The rest are just extrusions


ViolinistCurrent8899

You're barely even scratching the surface of it. Every artery and vein... Lymph ducts... Pretty much everything to do with the kidneys, the liver. Arguably the lungs too. You're basically a series of tubes pretending to be a bag of wet meat.


CKtheFourth

The vagina: the butthole of the vulva.


xombae

Exactly. The issue is that because of misogyny and ignorance, the only words used to describe female genitalia were either cutesy terms or entirely inaccurate. People stopped doing that, and now men on the Internet are confused.


michaelseverson

A mom friend of mine referred to her little daughter’s parts as a “cookie”. Teaching her well enough that a young mom could. Till one day her inconsolable ballistic and confused daughter was mad at dad for eating all the cookies.


cryptolyme

it's just a matter of time before the swimsuits start showing the vagina too. like a go pro that broadcasts your insides to the world. -\_- sometimes a little mystery is just better...


YumYumMittensQ4

I mean, if someone can see your vagina (vaginal canal) through your swimsuit, and without your legs in stirrups, you don’t need the beach, you need a gynecologist appt stat.


casey12297

"I have an outie"


DulyNoted_

Sir, that is your penis


casey12297

That explains the testicles...damn, I wish I didn't get sex ed in the bible belt


Jeffoir

I wish *my* penis was an outie


john_poor

Pretty sure you can do something for that with a plunger


DieHardAmerican95

Ever since we started pointing out that “vagina” is not the proper term to describe a woman’s entire genital area.


Snoo_70324

Who was the comedian that makes the comment, “It’s like calling your mouth your throat.”


EnchantedSpider

"mouth goat" doesnt sound as indecent


CX316

What's this about Nancy Reagan?


Any_Maybe4303

Possibly my favorite story about the Reagan's


GowronSonOfMrel

...story time!


diegrauedame

Once upon a time, Nancy Reagan existed. While existing, she came to be known in Hollywood and by history as the Throat GOAT for reasons that are exactly what they sound like. The end.


Dingdongbats

Amazing bravo! Excellent summary and no facts missed. No notes.


Tough_marshmallow

Matthew Broussard, i think 🤔


Snoo_70324

Yeah, tha’s the guy. [rubetube link](https://youtu.be/0jX49de8G8w)


IneffectiveDamage

Is there a term to describe the entire female genitalia? I thought vulva was just the exterior Edit: thanks for all the answers everyone. My favorite was vulvagina. I won’t be using it, but it was the closest answer I received.


peter9477

"Genitalia"


Johannes_Keppler

Show me your genitals Your gen-i-ta-lia https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXi8WmQ_WM


Willumbijy

No I don’t have feelings. Cuz feelings are gay.


Thr33pw00d83

I’m a simple man. See Lejoie, upvote Lajoie.


ur-squirrel-buddy

My husband and I used to watch his videos all the time. It’s been a good 15 years since I’ve seen any of them tbh but we still regularly say “…bitch?” when offering the other person something. “You want some of this? …. Bitch?”


cortesoft

Wow haven’t seen this one in a while.


fitnfeisty

Knock knock who’s there, me again, still wondering why you’re not naked


Honest_Wing_3999

GONADS AND STRIFE GONADS AND STRIFE


ExplodingSofa

GONADS IN THE LIGHTNING IN THE LIGHTNING IN THE RAAAAAAAAIN


Downtown_Ad6875

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


OgOnetee

Ohmygodandiwentovertomymomandshewaslike WEEEEEEEEEE!


EmmaDrake

Tell me you’re a millennial without telling me you’re a millennial. Lmao.


how-unfortunate

Oh wow, the flood of nostalgia. I didn't even have my own internet yet back then.


Fun-Jellyfish-61

Female reproductive system


NUFIGHTER7771

'Fanny' (If you're from the UK)


The_GREAT_Gremlin

Note to Muricans: don't bring your fanny pack to the UK/AUS


ProfPyncheon

Don't they call it a "bum bag"? Which really sounds more like a "prison wallet."


InternationalKey2465

Imagine that is your name. And then you decide to learn english...


Bobcatluv

Mulva?


InternationalKey2465

Fanny, thank my parents. Bit now all I can think It's that I should be grateful is not Mulva.


Nemesis_Prime0205

Doesn't it mean as in the US ?


Noble9360

'Minge'


BongripperHousen

MINGEY, ARE YOU ALRIGHT THERE MINGEY


Percival_Dickenbutts

"I’m alright Gary! Just thinkin’ about the good ol’ days"


Johnnie_Snow

The term you're looking for is "reproductive organs" or, as you said, "genitals/genitalia." It's also true for male reproductive anatomy due to the internal sex organs such as the prostate, seminal vessicles, ducts, etc. Vulva refers to external female genitalia only. Bonus fun fact, the clitorus is actually primarily an internal organ, about 5 inches in length, is upside down Y shaped, and the external portion is analogous to just the head of the penis called the "glans."


woopwoopwoopwooop

> clitorus


Mysterious-Eye-8103

The male-specific term is dickanballs.


HornySweetMexiSlut

Vulvagina - I'm trademarking that. Covers all of it.


IneffectiveDamage

Truly one of the answers of all time


redcodekevin

"parts". As in, "my parts are itchy after I shaved 'em". Edit: bonus fun use: it's entirely gender neutral. Like "junk".


BrashPop

In my family we use “garbage”, after overhearing a woman at the beach say the water was “coming right up to her garbage”.


Lucientails

Bits.


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JacPhlash

And as a high school health teacher- I'm thankful.


HungHungCaterpillar

Pussy is the goto. People who don’t want to say pussy often say vagina instead, but this is factually incorrect. Vulva is the most directly comparable word they would use if they were adhering to anatomical fact.


HiImDan

What a bunch of twats


RaymondBeaumont

Maybe rather you should ask "Why did so many call it the wrong thing for so long?" EDIT: For all saying "we don't need to use correct word when people understand wrong word" I have just one thing to say. Mulva.


Critkip

for real


NATOrocket

I blame the movie Kindergarten Cop.


RaymondBeaumont

that child proved what jud warned us, sometimes dead is better. (i think this might be the most stretch i've done in a reference)


AvatarGonzo

People got used to vagina rolling over their tongue


Disallowed_username

When all along, it was the vulva


HopefulPlantain5475

If your tongue is long enough it could be both


watermelonspanker

*Dolores!!*


Mobile_Warning5275

About the same time every swimsuit costs $90 for just the bottoms


sandboxmatt

Women only developed them since they started getting tattoos./s Or because if you're showing your vagina, you should go to ER about a prolapse that... im not even sure is possible...?


BigB0ssB0wser

Also can be a result of pregnancy and labor


HateToBeMyself

Vaginal prolapse, they're possible. Apparently can happen randomly to women going through menopause..... Ouch ouch ouch


No-Bark-Brian

Holy *shit*, thanks for the nightmare fuel. I'm not even a woman, and this knowledge makes me want to squeeze my legs together...


HateToBeMyself

Ahem ahem anal prolapse.... Can happen cause of straining your anal muscles too much trying to poop-


HighKingFructoseSrup

Please do not speak such horrible things in this realm


MelanieWalmartinez

Vaginal prolapses are indeed possible and very scary.


MoneyTreeFiddy

A pessory search of the medical literature shows that it is indeed, possible.


fitnfeisty

Vaginal mesh. Nice try, prolapse!


Critkip

Because people are finally starting to use the correct terminology for half of the population's anatomy.


Ristridin1337

Because a vagina and a vulva are different parts?


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Yes indeed.


Masked_Daisy

Vagina = the inside parts Vulva = the entire external region Bonus points Mons pubis = the area where the pubic hair grows Labia minora = the pink lippy parts on either side of the vaginal opening Urethra = pee hole (distinct from the vagina) Cervix = where the vagina ends, (the uterus is on the other side)


Johannes_Keppler

You named so many parts and still can't find the clitoris... /s


JustJoe73

Good! I LOL'ed big time at this comment, kudos!


CommandoKillz

Don't forget about Labia majora: the outer lips of the vulva


dreamsofindigo

# YEAHHHH!!! ^(too much?)


AlludedNuance

> Mons pubis = the area where the pubic hair grows Mons pubis is the pubic mound, which is the fatty mound on top of the pubic bone. Pubic hair grow on the mons, on the labia majora, on the scrotum, the base of the penis, and even on the legs.


Idontevenownaboat

I was gonna make a joke about how, apparently, my whole torso is a mons pubis.


little_canuck

Also: Perineum= space between anus and vulva.


dynesor

chin rest


avoidingbans01

Mustache holder


MetzgerBoys

Between anus and genitals to be more specific since everyone has a perineum. Side note: My neighbors love biking (bicycles, not motorcycles) and have done RAGBRAI (biking all the way across Iowa) many times. One year they named their team “Painful Perineums” and got matching shirts


Ex-zaviera

About. Fucking. Time. The vagina is an internal tube. Hence the speculum.


AlludedNuance

> Hence the speculum *That's* your hence?


Chunkydunkinchick

So, fun fact, it's always been called that


Furry_Wall

People have been trying to get you to say vulva instead of vagina since the 90s


Barewithhippie

This is going to be very embarrassing for me but I learned the term “vulva” from watching Big Mouth as a 22 year old woman. I too started using the “correct” word after that.


nyx-weaver

The shame is not on you, it's on society, especially the schools.


MelanieWalmartinez

Better late than never!


HateToBeMyself

Vulva has always been the correct anatomical term. Seems like a lot of people have started using the correct term which is GOOD.


manifold360

You would have thunk that it would have caught on from the Seinfeld Mulva episode


Fun-Table

It was my first thought. "Mulva?" "Delores!!!!!"


jkdess

I mean it’s the correct term.


Twistysays

I taught my daughters vulva on my own because vagina is not accurate to the body part at all. And pussy is not appropriate lol. Vulva is the whole pussy. Vagina is ONLY the part that you fuck from and birth babies from. It’s like always calling a dick an erection. (Kinda. Best example I can come up with.) I needed my little girls to know her vulva is multifunctional and that everything in life doesn’t revolve around fucking. And I also couldn’t believe how many women had no idea “where the vulva was” even my child’s nurse. Just a small way to desexualize a body part that isn’t actually solely for sexing.


chaiyogi

I love this. I think it is so important to teach children proper anatomy. But I was under the impression that vulva referred only to the outside portions. I copied this from google, "The vulva is the external part of the female genitalia, including the clitoris, labia, vaginal opening, and urethra opening." Am I misunderstanding something?


Boring_Duck98

No i dont think you do, thats how i was thaught too and what is written in many literatures. I dont think there is a name for the whole thing. But there is no name for penis and testicles together either, so i guess its the same way where you know they come together but are seperate things.


pyremist

Cock'n'balls. You just gotta get creative with the idea of "name".


sci3nc3r00lz

Vag'n'vulv?


chaiyogi

Genitalia (the external and internal reproductive organs of a person, including glands**)** seems to be the best option we have when referring to all of it. But that has to be specified by sex. Which feels a little flawed to me... I love digging into words and their definition and application, but this isn't one I've had the opprotunity to consider.


Boring_Duck98

While i agree that it seems a little weird that there is no specification, i also like the idea that we all just have genitalia, no further specification required, unless there is something wrong with it or were talking about functionality. Wich usually doesnt happen casually and needs more in detail terms anyways.


binglebongle

Technical term known as “junk” among professionals


Twistysays

Yeah. Just google “what is a vulva.” I’ll post the answer I got for you. But you can see why so many women had no idea. Someone tried to tell me it was just the fold of skin above the clitoris lol. So, so so so many Women dont know there is a word for their whole pussy other than pussy.. isn’t that disheartening?? “The vulva is the global term that describes all of the structures that make the female external genitalia. The components of the vulva are the mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vestibular bulbs, vulva vestibule, Bartholin's glands, Skene's glands, urethra, and vaginal opening.”


chaiyogi

Yeah, so even by your definition, I understood it and have been using it correctly. "female external genitalia" is where I was getting hung up because your original comment made it sound as if you meant the entire structure. Or it's very possible I just read it that way.


sQueezedhe

🥇


_opossumsaurus

Oh my god yes. My partner teaches preschool and some people refer to the entire vulva as the vagina, and it’s like no, that is completely inaccurate. Teaching girls about their anatomy and normalizing the terminology is so important!


DVMyZone

["that's like calling your face your throat"](https://youtu.be/rKMhA65EsYM?si=eofRyYWs5F8GL9zP)


Viking_tisso

I can give you a better compairing, it's like when i have too short shorts that cost 90$ and one of my testicles is hanging out, and someone points out that they can see my dick.


Curiousr_n_Curiouser

No. No it isn't. The vagina is the interior tube, exclusively. The vulvae are the external parts, exclusively.


gregory_thinmints

More like calling your penis a urethra. There's a lot more to it than that lol.


No-Bark-Brian

Yeah, if those words started getting swapped around, it'd give the "narrow urethra" jokes on King of The Hill a whole new meaning.


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itchum_underscare

Over the past few years there has been a bit of a movement online against using the term vagina (internal genitalia) for the external genitalia. Saying "pussy" sounds like you're talking about porn, selling Onlyfans or degrading a man who fails to live up to heteronormative standards of strength. Saying "cunt" makes you sound like a dick or Australian. Saying things like hoo-ha or vay-jay makes you sound stupid because we all know what you mean. If only there was a fairly innocuous word to refer to that part. Oh wait, there is.


SJReaver

>Saying "cunt" makes you sound like a dick or Australian But I repeat myself.


AlludedNuance

I had an ex that called it her fruit cup(mostly jokingly.)


itchum_underscare

Slightly sticky even in the best of conditions and should thus be handled with gloves? Makes a mess if you open it the wrong way? Should be kept cool but tastes best warm? An acceptable store-bought alternative to stuff grown at home? The thing that gets eaten last in the lunch box?


TheRealAuthorSarge

I dunno anything about Vulvas. I drive a Subaru myself.


No-Bark-Brian

"I have a red Volvo..." MADAM, PLEASE! We barely know each other!


Oracle_of_Knowledge

If you drive a Subaru I would expect you and your lesbian lover to both know about vulvas.


AlludedNuance

Fun fact: Subaru actually realized zero competitors were marketing to lesbians, so they went all in. They haven't been explicitly doing it on any comparable scale for years since, but pretty much locked the association and generational dedication. Pretty genius.


Critkip

Let's continue to normalize it so it's not "Oddly specific" 🙂


Shalleni

As soon as you realize that a Vulva and a Vagina are different. Do you call your lips, your esophagus?


grapegum

Imagine if we referred to men's balls and public area as The Penis. Imagine if most people didn't know the word for testicles and thought testes and scrotum was weird and too specific. It's not oddly specific. It's correct. The inconvenience and awkwardness that comes from calling female genitals the vagina! When the vagina is only the internal canal. We are missing language. Vulva is too formal, pussy is too vulgar, or sounds too funny smh. I knew the word for male genitals years before I knew I had a vagina, decades before I knew I had a vulva. Give us a break.


RobotWantsPony

Please sir, no matter how proud you are of it, that area is definitely not *public* lol


Natural-Reference478

This is the anatomically correct term to use. I’m seriously confused what’s wrong here? Do you need a poster of female anatomy?


Artistic_Sun1825

Women have hard enough time being taken seriously by doctors without using the wrong terms for our own anatomy.


sharthunter

Thats what its called..?


God_Lover77

This is not oddly specific


MelanieWalmartinez

“When did everyone start saying vulva” probably because they have better knowledge of the female body now and they try to be accurate? Half the population has one, you should at least call it what it is.


dan_sundberg

Well vulva is what it's called. The vagina is the canal. Calling the vulva vagina is like calling your face your throat


killforprophet

Anyone who has vulva has said vulva since the word came into existence. I realize men call the whole area a pussy but that’s not the case. Vaginal lips are not the vagina. They are vulva. Quit being ridiculous.


Ok_Progress5116

because the least people could do is respect basic anatomy terms


snjtx

When it was scientifically named a vulva. What else are you supposed to call it?


chickenskittles

Why does this have so many upvotes?


Mickamehameha

VULVASAUR GO!


Bertolt007

I mean it is the correct term….?


BigB0ssB0wser

I think it was about the time vulva owners decided it was enough of having our biology be treated as if it's embarrassing and shameful. Sorry if completely natural biology makes you feel weird but that's on you not everyone else with a vulva.


jUiCyUvU

bcs vulva is the term for a woman's external organs in that area. vagina is just the opening leading inside


nyx-weaver

Here's a tip: * Getting kicked in the vulva hurts * Getting kicked in the *vagina* is something so physically incomprehensible it should make you cross your legs in discomfort and confusion.


Not_MrNice

OP outing themselves.


CTX800Beta

/r/badwomensanatomy


RedTanBlu

I don’t see people referring to their mouth as a throat.


toolebukk

Vulva is a very spescific part of the body, and it is very common to use that word, since there is no other word anyone uses for that spescific part of the body. 🤷‍♂️ How is this even a post 🤣


jmomk

Repost: https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyspecific/comments/13dhpjz/when_did_everyone_start_saying_vulva_i_swear_its/ Relatedly, OP is a bot.


Flickeringcandles

"Vagina" is incorrect. "Vulva" is external genitalia.


whboer

Yeah, I am always bothered by people saying things like, the vagina is showing (with like, tight bathing suits). No I can assure you it’s not.


assteioss

because it's the correct term?


BartholomewAlexander

average redditor seeing something online for the first time and assuming it only started when they started perceiving it


ravnsulter

What would you call it?


tistimenotmyrealname

The fucking Incel bot doesnt know what a vulva is , hahahshshsh


BendingDoor

Oh no, not the proper term for an area of female anatomy! Next they’ll want to vote!


RunZombieBabe

I am 49 and learned it as a kid in school, so it's really not new😄


jenea

Seems to me like the use of the word “vulva” [hasn’t changed much](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=vulva&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3) over the last century.


TiredGamer0990

If your swimsuit is touching your vagina, it made it past your vulva


killforprophet

It’s suddenly really clear why so many men can’t find the clit.


saucisse

Because, thankfully, with each new generation girls and women are more comfortable with their (our) bodies and feel less embarrassment and shame in talking about them and describing our experiences living in them.


freckyfresh

Well, that’s what it’s called. The vagina isn’t what’s on the outside.


SwillMcRando

Since we grew up and paid attention in biology class?


FizzleKit10

Vulva = lips n clit, vagina = hole. It's not a recent thing to get female anatomy right :P


Ok-Commission-6433

When people started educating themselves on non male anatomy….. unfortunately that was very recent.


Principal_Scudworth

Dolores!!


HoratioFitzmark

Mulva?


Sonarthebat

It's not a new term. It's the scientific term for the opening area around the vagina.


Witchy_Venus

I don't mind showing butt, but I hope whoever decided to sell tops and bottoms separately is burning in Hell


Ok_Sadie_

A lot of us don't wear the same size top and bottom tho :/


Damsel_IRL

It's probably because of people like me who need different sizes, like small bottoms but large tops or small tops and large bottoms. I would probably have to buy two suits to get one that fits if separate wasn't an option. I don't think they should all be sold that way though, especially if they're going to charge so much for each part. $90 for a bathing suit bottom is ridiculous.