What do you call the girl's private part?

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Anonymous wrote:Vagina people get a clue. You don’t pee out of it. The urethra would be the proper term, or vulva for the entire area.

Everyone knows this, PP, but vagina has been used for so long to mean vulva. In my life since The Vagina Monologues hit Broadway in the 1980s. Most of use older moms were taught to call the entire female genitalia area the vagina. My now 28 year old daughter proudly talked about her vagina when she was three. Give people a break. I doubt that anyone is going to get confused by what a child means.

Where are you from? I was never taught to use the term vagina for my genitals. I grew up in the Midwest, they taught us the proper terminology in health class in elementary school.

Philadelphia in the 1970s. And “taught” never came into play! Like a previous poster, The Vagina Monologues was groundbreaking and referred to the female genitalia as vagina.

Yeah, well, your toddler/preschooler isn't watching the Vagina Monologues, is she?

I was raised in the 1970s. It would be biblical if I had a toddler.

My point, several pages back, was that “vagina” was commonly used as an empowering word for women and girls. It may be incorrect but it’s not “tee-tee” or “down there”.

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Anonymous wrote:You call it what it is. Her vagina. And your son has a penis, not a wee wee. It’s important kids know the correct terminology so they can communicate to you what’s going on if something ever happens.

Um.

It’s NOT a vagina.

It’s the vulva. Learn basic anatomy.

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Anonymous wrote:You call it what it is. Her vagina. And your son has a penis, not a wee wee. It’s important kids know the correct terminology so they can communicate to you what’s going on if something ever happens.

Um.

It’s NOT a vagina.

It’s the vulva. Learn basic anatomy.

No, there’s actually a vagina in there too. You need to learn basic anatomy.

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Anonymous wrote:You call it what it is. Her vagina. And your son has a penis, not a wee wee. It’s important kids know the correct terminology so they can communicate to you what’s going on if something ever happens.

Um.

It’s NOT a vagina.

It’s the vulva. Learn basic anatomy.

No, there’s actually a vagina in there too. You need to learn basic anatomy.

The vagina is part of the vulva. But the girl was not touching her vagina, according to OP’s description.

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I had no clue so many are so bothered by vagina vs vulva. This thread is getting ridiculous

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Anonymous wrote:You call it what it is. Her vagina. And your son has a penis, not a wee wee. It’s important kids know the correct terminology so they can communicate to you what’s going on if something ever happens.

Um.

It’s NOT a vagina.

It’s the vulva. Learn basic anatomy.

No, there’s actually a vagina in there too. You need to learn basic anatomy.

The vagina is part of the vulva. But the girl was not touching her vagina, according to OP’s description.

Only the vagina opening is part of the vulva. Jesus, how can you not know that, anatomy queen?

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Anonymous wrote:OP you sound ridiculous. THIS is why Americans have issues with conversations regarding intimate anatomy. The first female in your sons life isn’t even saying the word penis, like it’s scandalous. There is nothing indecent about anatomy.

I actually don’t think OP is originally from America based on the way her post is written. English seems to be a second language. I am a second generation American myself, and my parents used euphemisms for genitals were used. There was a lot of shame around those body parts. I did end up being molested in middle school by a family friend. Hindsight is always 20/20 - I believe I was targeted because the man knew my parents were not the type to teach correct terms for genitalia (coming from the same culture himself), and also just based on the relationship he saw between my parents and I. He was right. I never told until years and years later, and then they blamed me for it. Anyway, these days I feel like it is much more an American cultural thing to teach correct names of body parts and what “safe” people/touching is (e.g. at the doctor when mom or dad is there is safe vs creepy uncle in the basement at a family get together), whereas in other parts of the world genitalia is still given “cutesy” names and these things aren’t really talked about.

OP - Talk to your kids, let them know they can come to you with anything at any time, and for pete’s sake teach them the correct names for their body parts.

I am sorry that happened to you, and that it’s what helps you see the implications of what I’m speaking too. I don’t know your parents(clearly), but they failed you there. I’m sorry

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Anonymous wrote:You call it what it is. Her vagina. And your son has a penis, not a wee wee. It’s important kids know the correct terminology so they can communicate to you what’s going on if something ever happens.

Um.

It’s NOT a vagina.

It’s the vulva. Learn basic anatomy.

No, there’s actually a vagina in there too. You need to learn basic anatomy.

The vagina is part of the vulva. But the girl was not touching her vagina, according to OP’s description.

Only the vagina opening is part of the vulva. Jesus, how can you not know that, anatomy queen?

I posted a link earlier than you ladies might find helpful. It has pictures and labels and everything! https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and...re-parts-female-sexual-anatomy