What is Vaginagate?

[Griffin NoName]

The original statement is HERE. I shall warn you though. It contains the word Vagina.

I fell for that.

[Roland Deschain]

I have no idea what happened there. The link should have worked.

Here's the link in full for you - http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/06/vagina_lisa_brown_vaginagate.html

[Griffin NoName]

I thought it was a serious trick.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

If we are prohibited from saying "vagina" in "polite" company?

What on earth do we say instead?   (I can think of several that are somewhat less polite...) 

Perhaps those artificially- "offended" men would prefer "baby chute?"   Or how about "p***s receptacle"?  Since, in their view, that's it's sole function, according to their book.  Right?   And it is just fine to say "pe**s in polite company, right?  After all--men's bodies are all holy and s***.    Right?

... meh.

I suspect what these ivory-tower types really want, is for women to pretend their bodies are not female at all-- at least, while they are attending the "men's club" of their(men's) "government".

... meh²



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_{²That's "meh" squared, in case you wondered...}

[Swatopluk]

The male part is to be referred to simply as 'member', intercourse as 'to know'. If the female parts are to be mentioned at all (strongly discouraged), 'her primaries' may be suitable.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

The male part is to be referred to simply as 'member', intercourse as 'to know'. If the female parts are to be mentioned at all (strongly discouraged), 'her primaries' may be suitable.

But how do you differentiate between her vagina and her breasts?  Are not each of these considered "primaries"?     

I mean, in the baby-factory business, does not the female require all of the assets, to be a good baby-maker? 

Inquiring minds want to know.



/end sarcasm

[Swatopluk]

The breasts are the secondaries, everything else are tertiaries (at least in textbooks over here). Occasionally non-bodily markers (e.g. typical female clothes) are split off as a category of their own.

[Griffin NoName]

How to differentiate from no. ones and no. twos ?

[Swatopluk]

Over here girls are neutral anyway 

[pieces o nine]

The male part is to be referred to simply as 'member', intercourse as 'to know'. If the female parts are to be mentioned at all (strongly discouraged), 'her (shameful) nakedness' or 'secrets' or 'the place of the breaking forth of children' may be suitable.

FTFY with the help of Levi Ticus.   
If truly desperate, one may always resort to the extremely hallowed euphemism, 'feet'...

[Swatopluk]

If truly desperate, one may always resort to the extremely hallowed euphemism, 'feet'...

Shakespeare used that one for bilingual dirty jokes in Henry V.

[Aggie]

The male part is to be referred to simply as 'member', intercourse as 'to know'.

I suspect what these ivory-tower types really want, is for women to pretend their bodies are not female at all-- at least, while they are attending the "men's club" of their(men's) "government".

It's perhaps not a coincidence that politicians are known as members of a caucus.

[Roland Deschain]

Swato, it's great to see Shakespeare's filthy jokes aren't going to waste, even 400 years later.

The whole thing would be laughable if it hadn't gone so far, but what's been said and done by certain Republicans here is despicable. I think i'd have more than one choice substitute for them, although all rather untaddy, lol.

I thought it was a serious trick.

I really wish i'd thought of it for use somewhere else. This will be saved for later fun...

It's perhaps not a coincidence that politicians are known as members of a caucus.

You win the prize for best comment today. Yay! Honourable mention will also go to PoN, Griffin, and Swato.

[Swatopluk]

Do you know where the word 'testify' comes from and why women could not usually testify.
In ancient times men did not hold their hand or some fingers up in oath  but put them on their testicles. There was an implicit threat that they would be removed in case of perjury.

As for members, the German word is Mitglied ('with the part'). Glied is also the regular German word for the penis. There was an extended debate among feminists about a proper female word. Some proposals were 'Ohneglied' ('without the part') and Mitklitoris ('with the clitoris'=female part).
For completeness, non-member is Nichtmitglied ('not with the part'). Btw how can females be partners when they lack the part?

[Griffin NoName]

Poor Electra !