Saturday, May 28, 2011

Coochies and va jay jays... a rant about a major pet peeve

These are words I really hate:

snatch
cooch
cooter
hoo-ha
beaver
cha-cha
and especially VA JAY JAY

It drives me insane when women have to use some cutesy non-word to describe a part of their anatomy because somehow there is something wrong and offensive about using the correct terms to describe our bodies.  And while we're on the subject...

Nobody shaves their vagina.  Hair does not grow on your vagina. The vagina is "the genital canal in the female, leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus"*.
vulva is "the external genital organs of the female, including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, and vestibule of the vagina"*.

Now I know men have plenty of names for their parts both medically correct and otherwise:
cock, dick, balls, etc, but they are not cutesy baby words made up because men are afraid of the words "penis" and "testicles". 

These are words I do not hate:

pussy
cunt

These words are also used as insults.  Pussy denotes cowardice.  Cunt is a term used for a woman who is perceived as hostile, strong-willed, opinionated, moody, angry, etc...
No one calls a man a cunt.  Calling a man a pussy is highly insulting.  These words attempt to link the female anatomy to characteristics and behaviors that are usually undesirable in our society.  To be a pussy is to be something less than acceptable.  Used in a derogatory manner these words associate "negative" aspects of personality with femaleness, ie: to be cowardly is to be female and conversely, to be female is to be cowardly.  These words used as insults even go so far as to create a subconscious legislation of what is "socially correct" female and male behavior. 
I call bullshit.
Pussy and cunt are powerful words and using these powerful words in a positive manner
to describe vulvas/vaginas can be one way to strip the negative connotations of such words while giving them a new power and a positive association- one that females can claim as ours and ours alone. 
I like the word pussy partly because I like kitties.  The pussy between my legs is warm and covered with soft downy hair.  I purr when it is petted the right way.
Cunt is strong and powerful.  Cunts have thunderous wonderful spasmodic orgasms.  Cunts bleed in lunar cycles.  Cunts give birth.  Life comes from cunts. The epitome of creation comes from cunts.   

I have a vagina. I have a vulva. I also have arms, legs, fingers, toes, a nose, lips, ears.  I am not embarrassed to say these words, but maybe I should start referring to my nose as my "sniffy" or my "noo-noo"... that would make about as much sense as "hoo-ha" or va jay jay, now wouldn't it?

Definitions from The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Accessed via http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/

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