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Vaginal structure: the epithelium (inner layer, squamous cells), the muscularis (middle layer, muscle tissue), and the advantitia (connective tissue). It has many nerves and vessels. The cervix & glands secrete things to self-clean + regulate.
It cannot be surgically replicated.
It cannot be surgically replicated.
The vagina isn't a rigid tube. The walls lay flat against each other when you're not using it. It can expand to allow a baby to pass through. It connects the vulva to the cervix and thus the uterus, so we can have periods and give birth.
It isn't a hole made for dicks.
It isn't a hole made for dicks.
But as young girls, what are we told? That our parts are of no relevance to ourselves, except when we're bleeding or giving birth. I believe we should all learn as much as we can about the incredible bodies we have, and talk about how they shape the way we experience the world.
Thinking about how men learn about their penises, their "manhood", in comparison: it's their sword to conquer with, to "sow his royal oats", their toy for playtime, the thing the world revolves around, etc.
Most women don't even know what our reproductive anatomy looks like. I didn't look at my own with a mirror until I was 19 and reading feminist literature. We're not encouraged to know.
Now we can't even associate our sex with our sex.
Now we can't even associate our sex with our sex.
