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.
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.
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.)
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.
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]
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.
No speculum (or feathers) but I did have a copy of that. Lonnie Barbach. I’m 45.
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 for your very own!
Mmmmm … risotto! :-9
I’m 27, I have the new edition. No speculum, though.
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.
My red Volvo has a 5 star safety rating.
Okay, my vagina just shrank up into my rib cage.
:eek:
My birthday is Saturday. I’m going to order this for my birthday dinner. 
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?
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?)
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.
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.
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.
Kid: ::tug:: ::tug::
Arnie: “What do you want?”
Kid: “Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina.”
Arnie: “Thanks for the tip.”
3 holes?! :eek:
oh… you mean the all-encompassing “down there.”
…or have I been missing something? :dubious: