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Tag: Vulvagate

gender, language, sex, vulva, womb

Vulvagate: why the words we use for our bodies matter

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 fluff35

Is it OK to use 'vagina' to cover all the internal and external female sexual organs? 'Vulvagate' reminds us of a lost world of passages, gates and doors.

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