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Contributor: ViVix ViVix
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Originally posted by Badass
I kind of hate that fact.

It's 2012, our cunt's, our pussy's, our love canals are much more than a shelter for a mans junk.

I hate that is is still the only socially acceptable work for what we have down below.
Thank goodness someone else agrees, and I didn't come off as an over-reacting fem. lol. I also find it a bit insulting.
03/24/2012
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
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Originally posted by Badass
Elnoa, I'm telling you, read "Cunt" it is a bit far from my usual comfort zone, but it is mind boggling and an important book for women.

I'm no "femme nazi" but seriously, this cuntlovin' woman has some amazing ... more
And now I'm going to read this! =)
03/24/2012
Contributor: Incendiaire Incendiaire
It's new to me. I knew that vanilla had the same etymology as vagina though, which amused me.
03/24/2012
Contributor: K101 K101
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Originally posted by Badass
Did you know that the word vagina means "A sheath for a sword"?
No I did not know that, but how interesting! lol
03/24/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
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Originally posted by Badass
Indeed it makes sense.

But should it?
Does it make sense because of the society we live in?

If the world was composed of solely females, and we were self reproductive, meaning no penis required, I highly doubt we would call our ... more
Think of it this way:

Language is something that evolves over time. It's not immutable and completely unchanging. Even though the original Latin definition may be "sheath for a sword," nowadays it simply refers to an anatomical part, and this is what most people use the word for.

My joking comment about scabbards aside, I personally see no reason to suddenly start thinking automatically of "sheath" every time I hear "vagina." The old meaning has died off - this has happened time and again ever since humans began speaking, and will continue to happen probably for as long as our species lives.
03/24/2012
Contributor: Alyxx Alyxx
As much as I agree about not really wanting my bits to be thought of as just something that a penis goes into, I think it has more to do with the anatomy and the shape than it does with the euphemism of penis as a sword. Lots of names for body parts are derived from their shape rather than their function.like the hippocampus in the brain, named because it is shaped like a seahorse. The vagina is shaped much like the sheath of a sword.
03/24/2012
Contributor: hyperballad hyperballad
language can be so inherently insulting
03/24/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by Rin (aka Nire)
Think of it this way:

Language is something that evolves over time. It's not immutable and completely unchanging. Even though the original Latin definition may be "sheath for a sword," nowadays it simply refers to an anatomical ... more
I was just thinking this. Latin is an ancient language. Many of the ancients, especially in Rome, Greece and other places in the Mediterranean and the Middle East (where Latin was spoken years ago) had a very heavily patriarchal societal system.

As Latin is a "Dead Language" I'm not all that upset about a word that was defined thousands of years ago.

It's not like those of us who have sex with men let them keep their "swords" in our "sheaths" when they aren't using them.
03/24/2012
Contributor: voenne voenne
Cool! Thanks for sharing. I hadn't heard that before.
03/24/2012
Contributor: Curiouscat Curiouscat
I do now, thats pretty funny. xP
03/24/2012
Contributor: Errant Venture Errant Venture
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Originally posted by Rin (aka Nire)
Think of it this way:

Language is something that evolves over time. It's not immutable and completely unchanging. Even though the original Latin definition may be "sheath for a sword," nowadays it simply refers to an anatomical ... more
I agree with this.
03/26/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
I know now!
04/22/2012
Contributor: Bethy Cassatt Bethy Cassatt
Huh... It would be really uncomfortable to shove a sword up there...
04/22/2012
Contributor: Bryanna Parsley Bryanna Parsley
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Originally posted by Gracie
Please share the author's name with us. I want to check it out!
Inga Muscio! link
12/16/2012
Contributor: SecretToyMan SecretToyMan
My bro told me
12/16/2012
Contributor: invisiblehat invisiblehat
Well, I guess I do know now. I'm not sure I like the implication of it, though.
12/16/2012