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[–] 8 points 4 days ago* (10 children)

Unless meant as a joke this is a very weird thing to say in a women's community. We all know what is mean by vag in the colloquial sense...

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (5 children)

    It's not, because it's ridiculous to call the outside part a vagina. You don't talk about guys having a shaved penis, do you?

    Similarly when people call (femme-presenting) tits genitals.

    Using proper terminology isn't pedantic, it avoids confusion. There's enough mysoginistic bullshit circulating around regarding women's anatomy, we don't have to perpetuate it ourselves.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Correcting somebody for using the obviously colloquial term is absolutely pedantic. Yes it is correctly to say the scientific term but thats just not what happens. Ultimately there was no confusion, nobody actually thought OP was talking about shaving the actual vagina, so what did making an "ummmm ackkchully" comment achieve in this scenario? Its just so weird.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)
    1. I am pedantic.
    2. Not everyone uses "vagina" colloquially this way. My own friend group only does so if it's meant to be a joke.
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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Ok but its clear OP does... so what purpose did it serve?

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  • [–] 1 point 20 hours ago* (1 child)

    It's not just women who read these titles. It's boys / men who don't know better, maybe even younger girls who don't know better.

    Many men really do not know the difference. The whole region is the vagina to some of them.

    Edit: and then there are those of us who are very literal, and for whom even reading that question is horrific.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    None of my friends would ever refer to their vulva or pelvic region as their vagina.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    And mine do. With full understanding that there is a difference between scientific use and colloquial. Hell I'm literally a biomedical scientist and not once have been confused by somebody referencing a vulva as a vag..

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