# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/21 "2007-11-14T01:36:39Z")
The irony is, except for this episode, Tyra is not exactly a friend to women’s bodies. She had a show recently about women who looove sex and pretty much concluded that they all had problems. You can tell the woman’s never had an orgasm in her life. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/22 "2007-11-14T02:03:56Z")
She probably thinks she’s defective because she doesn’t have them from intercourse alone, **Cat Fight**. Never mind that a lot of us don’t, but I’ve gathered an awful lot of people don’t know that. I mean, sheesh, what’s a clitoris for if not for _that_? **Ninjachick** , not knowing every last little detail of female anatomy is one thing, but I can’t fathom not even knowing that I have three holes down there. That level of ignorance is simply appalling. And what **freckafree** said. Mild hijack – I have never understood all the stuff on the market that’s supposed to make our crotches smell like flowers as if that’s a _good_ thing. Soap and water is all it takes, marketers, I refuse to buy your crap. My vulva smells like…vulva. Clean vulva. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/23 "2007-11-14T02:11:43Z")
Is it wrong that I want a Wonderous Vulva Puppet now? (And if I had known it was a Tyra clip, I wouldn’t have clicked.) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/24 "2007-11-14T02:15:11Z")
Sorry, folks. I haven’t had cable for several years now so I don’t have the faintest idea who Tyra is. Sorry she’s annoying. NinjaChick, I am not kidding when I tell you the amount of ignorance I had about my own body as a teen was frightening. If I don’t know what everything is supposed to be like normal, I won’t know it abnormal, and plus, it’s MY body, and it’s right freakin there. It’s not inaccessible like a spleen. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/25 "2007-11-14T02:38:10Z")
Just out of curiosity, how many of you under-40 folks have a copy of _Our Bodies, Ourselves_ on your bookshelf? Do you own your own speculum? [/old fogey mode] ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/26 "2007-11-14T02:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] Do you own your own speculum? [/QUOTE] Or just rent? Seriously…young males might know more about the geography “down there” than some young women. I mean, a 16 year old guy _studies_ Penthouse. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/27 "2007-11-14T02:52:45Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] Just out of curiosity, how many of you under-40 folks have a copy of _Our Bodies, Ourselves_ on your bookshelf? Do you own your own speculum? [/old fogey mode] [/QUOTE] No speculum (or feathers) but I did have a copy of that. Lonnie Barbach. I’m 45. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/28 "2007-11-14T03:03:57Z")
If I recall correctly, a while back, we had a thread about the vulva puppets, and someone made a parody of the Muppet Show theme, only with the “vulva puppets”. And you can have [one](http://www.yoni.com/gifts/healing-gifts/the-wondrous-vulva-puppet-27.html) for your very own! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/29 "2007-11-14T03:14:59Z")
[QUOTE=whiterabbit] My vulva smells like…vulva. Clean vulva. [/QUOTE] Mmmmm … risotto! :-9 ---
**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, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/30 "2007-11-14T03:18:15Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] Just out of curiosity, how many of you under-40 folks have a copy of _Our Bodies, Ourselves_ on your bookshelf? Do you own your own speculum? [/old fogey mode] [/QUOTE] I’m 27, I have the new edition. No speculum, though. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/31 "2007-11-14T03:19:49Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] 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. [/QUOTE] No kidding. It never ceases to amaze me. My school newspaper did a piece about some women (mostly in poor parts of the city) believing that sitting on a cold sidewalk or douching with 7up (Coke, Pepsi, whatever) are perfectly viable and effective means of contraception. There is still a LOT of ignorance to be fought on the “know your body” battleground, and it has a direct impact on women’s health and standard of living. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/32 "2007-11-14T03:40:43Z")
My red Volvo has a 5 star safety rating. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/33 "2007-11-14T03:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] douching with 7up (Coke, Pepsi, whatever). [/QUOTE] Okay, my vagina just shrank up into my rib cage. :eek: ---
**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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/34 "2007-11-14T03:59:42Z")
[QUOTE=Manduck] Mmmmm … risotto! :-9 [/QUOTE] My birthday is Saturday. I’m going to order this for my birthday dinner. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/35 "2007-11-14T04:02:19Z")
OTOH, I do not get the attraction to Tyra Banks _at all_. Not one single bit. She seemed a little too affectionate with the woman to her left, too. But I swear I remember hearing someone (maybe female) going on and on and on about how awesome and beautiful and wonderful and successful Tyra Banks is. Successful, yes, but that’s the very problem, isn’t it? ---
**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, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/36 "2007-11-14T04:12:48Z")
I don’t know, I guess I just subscribe to the ‘I know what it normally is like, and my body will tell me when something’s wrong’ point of view. I think the whole thing is kind of gross. But I’m an equal-opportunity grossee; I find the whole male apparatus kind of gross as well. **AHunter** , I’m 21 and have heard of the book, but don’t think I’ve ever even seen a copy. (And I’m assuming the thing about a speculum was a joke, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/37 "2007-11-14T04:16:57Z")
I don’t like her much either. She’s so…so…phony, I guess. She’s always trying to be everyone’s best friends, but you get the feeling that deep down she’s an evil bitch who’s going to explode with rage. Oh, wait. [She’s done that.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29SuuEKztPc) It’s also good to know about your body, I definitely agree. Because what if you accidentally jam a tampon up your urethra? Plus in college I knew two people (one girl and her boyfriend) who had strange ideas about “down there”–he thought girls urinated out of their anuses, and SHE thought it was out of the clitoris. Never underestimate human stupidity. ---
**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, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/38 "2007-11-14T04:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=NinjaChick] I don’t know, I guess I just subscribe to the ‘I know what it normally is like, and my body will tell me when something’s wrong’ point of view. I think the whole thing is kind of gross. But I’m an equal-opportunity grossee; I find the whole male apparatus kind of gross as well. **AHunter** , I’m 21 and have heard of the book, but don’t think I’ve ever even seen a copy. (And I’m assuming the thing about a speculum was a joke, right?) [/QUOTE] Didn’t Annie Sprinkle’s cervix used to have a blog? She’d show a picture of it every day, as it changed throughout the month. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/39 "2007-11-14T04:21:12Z")
Kid: ::tug:: ::tug:: Arnie: “What do you want?” Kid: “Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina.” Arnie: “Thanks for the tip.” ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299/40 "2007-11-14T05:42:38Z")
[QUOTE=whiterabbit] She probably thinks she’s defective because she doesn’t have them from intercourse alone, **Cat Fight**. Never mind that a lot of us don’t, but I’ve gathered an awful lot of people don’t know that. I mean, sheesh, what’s a clitoris for if not for _that_? **Ninjachick** , not knowing every last little detail of female anatomy is one thing, but I can’t fathom not even knowing that I have three holes down there. That level of ignorance is simply appalling. And what **freckafree** said. Mild hijack – I have never understood all the stuff on the market that’s supposed to make our crotches smell like flowers as if that’s a _good_ thing. Soap and water is all it takes, marketers, I refuse to buy your crap. My vulva smells like…vulva. Clean vulva. [/QUOTE] 3 holes?! :eek: oh… you mean the all-encompassing “down there.” …or have I been missing something? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-vaginas-not-safe-for-work-and-not-funny-video/426299.md?page=3)