# Learning about vaginas - not safe for work (and not funny) video **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299 "2007-11-13T23:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/1 "2007-11-13T23:03:07Z")
I was pretty impressed by this video. These kinds of lessons get swept under the rug and girls grow up all unsure about themselves. [Link](http://www.dumpalink.com/videos/Learning_about_vaginas-a687.html) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/2 "2007-11-13T23:10:06Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] swept under the rug [/QUOTE] That matches the drapes? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/3 "2007-11-13T23:24:33Z")
I need to add your name to the witty doper thread going on right now. That’s the funniest thing I’ve read all day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/4 "2007-11-13T23:28:08Z")
Dr. Debbie is hot. I’d spend all my time in Vagina Class with her. Shut up, you all wanted to say it too. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/5 "2007-11-13T23:29:24Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] That matches the drapes? [/QUOTE] 😃 I thought of that, and that of changing it, but why? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/6 "2007-11-13T23:40:52Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Dr. Debbie is hot. [/QUOTE] Yes, but her giant muppet vagina is not hot. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/7 "2007-11-13T23:46:56Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] (and not funny) [/QUOTE] Says you. I find three grown women on national television doing a segment on women’s anatomy and still calling it “down there” friggin hilarious. I mean, yay and all that it’s being talked about, but isn’t this stuff we should be teaching toddlers, not 40somethings? And for goodness’ sakes, it’s a VAGINA. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/8 "2007-11-13T23:47:18Z")
Would that all young women learn about their anatomy, and not just from a clinical standpoint. Women who know their bodies are sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/9 "2007-11-13T23:49:13Z")
Everything I needed to know about sex ed I learned from Monty Python’s Meaning of Life. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/10 "2007-11-13T23:51:12Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Says you. I find three grown women on national television doing a segment on women’s anatomy and still calling it “down there” friggin hilarious. [/QUOTE] I just didn’t want anyone expecting humor, since I normally post only funny videos. And I agree with you, except it just ain’t gonna happen. I could frighten you with the amount of ignorance I had at seventeen. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/11 "2007-11-13T23:56:59Z")
It’s NOT–it’s a VULVA And now I can never look at Ernie and Bert the same way…their mouths… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/12 "2007-11-13T23:57:18Z")
It’s not “funny,” but it’s not “not funny.” Good thing Dr. D _was_ attractive. Imagine how unbearable this would’ve been with (say) Dr. Georgia Witkin. Suggested segment title (across bottom of screen): “ **Know Your Junk.** ” ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/13 "2007-11-13T23:58:05Z")
Wait, you don’t pee and have babies from same hole? Boy, I need to watch those German pornos a lot closer. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/14 "2007-11-14T00:12:33Z")
People don’t know this? I’m a guy, and I’m pretty sure I’ve known this since early puberty. Then again, I may have had an unhealthy fascination with the diagrams in the health book… ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/15 "2007-11-14T00:19:00Z")
“Wonderous Vulva Puppet”. I’m SOOO naming my band that. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/16 "2007-11-14T00:25:57Z")
I’m so torn - I mean, it’s so _stupid_, and yet so many women are so _ignorant_ about it. I guess I’m thrilled that they’re talking about it but sad that they have to. “Down there”. Seriously? I mean, really? Then again, I read a whole article about the rise of the term “vajayjay”. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/17 "2007-11-14T00:26:19Z")
[QUOTE=caveman] People don’t know this? I’m a guy, and I’m pretty sure I’ve known this since early puberty. Then again, I may have had an unhealthy fascination with the diagrams in the health book… [/QUOTE] Lots don’t, including many on this board. Every time I’ve seen it mentioned in “People Don’t Know That!?!” threads, at least a couple people reply with shock. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/18 "2007-11-14T00:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Says you. I find three grown women on national television doing a segment on women’s anatomy and still calling it “down there” friggin hilarious. I mean, yay and all that it’s being talked about, but isn’t this stuff we should be teaching toddlers, not 40somethings? And for goodness’ sakes, it’s a VAGINA. [/QUOTE] I’ve never understood the kind of militant attitude that ‘we must educate women about their bodies or else we’ve failed as a society!’ Women are going to understand the practical applications (so to speak) of their hardware. Why do you need to know more? I mean, I have no idea what exactly my spleen or kidneys look like, but that doesn’t effect my ability to use or enjoy them. Also, what was the context for this? I’ve never had any urge to do naked yoga in front of a mirror to take a gander - what possible talk-show premise created this clip? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/19 "2007-11-14T00:56:33Z")
Damn right it’s not safe for work. Why didn’t you warn us it was a Tyra Show video? I couldn’t bear to watch. How did she wind up making it all about her? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/20 "2007-11-14T01:30:29Z")
I disagree, **NinjaChick**. At minimum, you ought to be familiar with the territory if you’re going to insert a tampon or diaphragm. There are a lot of things that can go on with your vulva and vagina that are disconcerting if you don’t understand your anatomy. You don’t interact with your kidney or spleen in the same way. Since I was a teenager, I’ve heard jokes like “Once you get past the smell, you’ve got’er licked.” I grew up in the era of FDS. I just assumed that my vulva was stinky and gross. When I encountered a lover who thought my smell was absolute ambrosia, I was stunned. If you think your normal, natural smell is stinky and gross, how are you going to know when you’ve got a yeast infection or something? Granted, that’s olfactory rather than visual, but it’s the same principle. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299.md?page=2)