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Do you know where your vagina is? Half of young UK women don't. Americans: (applause)

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http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/health/gynaecological-cancers-529595.html

Young women in the UK are less educated than their elder counterparts about the symptoms and issues around gynaecological cancers; and worryingly, more embarrassed to discuss them than older women.

This is according to a new survey released by women’s cancer research charity, The Eve Appeal.

One in five women aged 16-25 years surveyed couldn’t name a single correct symptom of any of the five gynaecological cancers, and less than a quarter said they felt confident that they were well informed about gynaecological health issues, compared to over 42% of women aged 66-75.
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Do you know the difference between a vagina and a Vulpix?
Lack of basic anatomical knowledge is also an issue, with women in the younger age groups struggling to correctly identify the five areas that can be affected by gynaecological cancer (womb, cervix, ovaries, vagina and vulva) on a simple diagram - just half of women aged 26-35 were able to label the vagina accurately. In contrast older women aged 66-75 were much better educated about their bodies, with eight in ten able to correctly label ovaries and nearly nine in ten the womb.
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Old people really know their vaginas.
These findings are in direct contrast with the popular misconception that society is more open these days, making it much easier for women of younger generations to talk about gynaecological health. Nearly three quarters of all women surveyed across every age group agreed with this statement, and over 60% said they thought that young women knew more about gynaecological health than older women.
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We need an ice bucket challenge for this one.
“At the Eve Appeal we know how important it is to promote straight talking about the signs and symptoms of gynaecological cancers to women of all ages, and this survey has highlighted just how far we still have to go to make this happen.

“These cancers have some of the worst outcomes for women, with a 40% mortality rate. Understanding the symptoms will save lives, which is why we are urging women this Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month to talk more openly about these life-saving issues.”
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I have no idea how accurate or reputable the survey company is.

The press release can be found here: https://www.eveappeal.org.uk/news-info/press-releases/

Details of the survey:
• The survey was conducted by One Poll in July 2014 and questioned 1,000 women of different ages from across the UK.
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In case you didn't know.
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Americans applaud the fact that our women know where their vagina's at.
 
For about 10 seconds I was seriously worried about my lack of anatomical knowledge, then I googled Vulpix and kicked myself.
 
I was confused as hell when I read vulpix
Was worried I had slept through even more of my courses then I have :c
 
Rentahamster said:
I have no idea how accurate or reputable the survey company is.
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"Exposure - PR surveys for brand exposure
Generate news angles with a OnePoll PR survey, and secure name-checked national media coverage for your brand. Our PR survey team can help draft questions, find news angles, even write & distribute your story."

This doesn't look like a reputable company
They do surveys from pop-up ads.
 
Man, I'm part of one of those demographic groups (F, UK, 26-35) and this is some embarrassing shit.

Rentahamster said:
We need an ice bucket challenge for this one.
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Wait what, an ice bucket up the vagina? How will this work?

edit: Person above me: this was a OnePoll survey?! I do surveys for them regularly. They're pretty good, they pay you very small amounts but for short surveys. Obviously, it's not some scientific study, but it's A survey, and as far as I'm aware they do surveys for media studies.
 
Crab said:
For about 10 seconds I was seriously worried about my lack of anatomical knowledge, then I googled Vulpix and kicked myself.
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I'm glad to see I was not the only one honestly concerned about that mysterious vulpix thing.

*breathes*
 
If you were to judge by the Internet, basically no one knows the difference between a vagina and the vulva. So I'm not surprised. It's sad.
 
That's because vagina has become a pars pro toto. Like Holland -> Netherlands. I don't think it's sad per se; the meaning of the word has changed. Title is a bit sensationalist.
 
NekoFever said:
If you were to judge by the Internet, basically no one knows the difference between a vagina and the vulva. So I'm not surprised. It's sad.
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*googles*

You might be onto something.

http://jezebel.com/5921451/i-dont-care-about-your-stupid-vulva-its-all-vagina-to-me

Dear Earth,

Here is a thing you should know: I will never, EVER stop saying "vagina" when I mean "vulva." Yes, I know the difference. No, I don't care how mad you are about it. Yes, I think your outrage is misdirected and humorless and pedantic and boring. No, I'm not sorry. And if one more person e-mails to tell me the difference between a vagina and a vulva I'm going to start calling both of them "inside-out-dong-sock." Vagina vagina vagina vagina vagina.

Looky here, ding-dongs. I am in the business of entertainment. And vagina, for whatever reason, just sounds funnier than vulva. It just DOES. "Vagina" also has a long history of making people incredibly uncomfortable—there's a confrontational value to it. "Vulva" is clinical, anatomical, medical. Boooooriiiiiing. Vagina is like "junk." At this point in our linguistic evolution it's become a general term for the general lady-area.

...

I write for a general-interest, humorous lady-blog, where every single reader knows exactly what the fuck I mean, in context, when I say "vagina." And I'm going to keep saying it. Because WHOOOOO CAAAAAARES?
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spekkeh said:
That's because vagina has become a pars pro toto. Like Holland -> Netherlands. I don't think it's sad per se; the meaning of the word has changed. Title is a bit sensationalist.
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You're sensationalist.

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spekkeh said:
That's because vagina has become a pars pro toto. Like Holland -> Netherlands. I don't think it's sad per se; the meaning of the word has changed. Title is a bit sensationalist.
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This

Do it again and ask them where their vaginal canal is and see how much better they do. This is silly.

This is going to seem a little crude, but I'll say it anyway. If you are texting a girl, and she asks if you want to see her pussy, what do you expect to see? The top? Just the lips? Inside? The answer is any of it. People today use vagina in the same way. It's just the area now, and that's alright because that's what language is for.
 
Fwiw, I find the word vagina strangely cold and clinical, yet vulva is super hot. Probably due to its relation with the mons pubis.
 
Why in the thread title are Americans applauding, is it cause we had cunnilingus as meal?
 
spekkeh said:
That's because vagina has become a pars pro toto. Like Holland -> Netherlands. I don't think it's sad per se; the meaning of the word has changed. Title is a bit sensationalist.
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But it does cause confusion. There was a story about a girl who was born without a vagina and like half the replies were asking how she could possibly have failed to notice until puberty because they thought vagina = vulva.
 
WoodenLung said:
I remember being shocked about how close it really was to the butthole, the first time messing about down there with a girl.
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I always thought "I accidentally the wrong hole" was joke machissimo until it actually happened in the heat of the moment a couple of times.

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inb4 spekkeh likes to put it in his own hole
 
spekkeh said:
I always thought "I accidentally the wrong hole" was joke machissimo until it actually happened in the heat of the moment a couple of times.

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inb4 spekkeh likes to put it in his own hole
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You accidentally the whole hole?
 
Curious, I tried finding out if US people really mess up the terms like that too. This Canadian wrote a detailed article about the Lexicography of the whole thing. Canadians sure know their vaginas.

http://www.paikeday.net/ArtVagina.htm#Vag

If you are looking for the thrill of reading about some lesbian congress, you are looking at the wrong article. This one is the popular version of an in-depth study of the two words (Va and Vu for short) originally prepared for presentation to the annual convention of a learned society of lexicographers, linguists, and dialectologists. On second thoughts, because of its enduring value, it is being issued in print.

The paper discusses the confusion that reigns among lexicographers and literati about Va as distinguished from Vu. It argues that Vu has not so far been given its rightful place in the sun.
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The definition that gave me a jolt and set me thinking about Vu and Va reads thus: "A cunt is a very rude word that refers to a woman's vagina." I can understand the rudeness of expressions like "Shut up, you silly C-word!" and of compound words galore like c. cap, c. curtain, c. face, c. hair, c. lapper, c. pensioner, c. struck, you name it (with a few hyphens thrown in for good measure).

But the question is, Are our rudies, for all they care, talking Va or Vu when they use the C-word? Isn't COBUILD leading foreign learners of English on a merry chase around the female genitals instead of telling them what's what?

There is internal evidence in COBUILD to show that whoever drafted the definition of Va was probably giving the finger to the definer of the first part. COBUILD's definition of the C-word is clearly contradicted by its Va definition which reads: "A woman's vagina is the passage that connects her outer sex organs to her womb."

Now, what is so rude about referring to the passage leading to the womb, a foreign learner might ask. Most cultures practically worship the womb.

It is probably the same definer who rams the point home with an equally good definition of Vu: "The vulva is the outer part of a woman's sexual organ." But our foreign learner may never find the Vu entry.
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AN ACADEMIC'S OPINION:

If you doubt that the "vagina" vs. "vulva" distinction has any relevance, let
me tell you about my survey of undergraduate sophomore-level women in a large
state university in the Midwest.

I had distributed a questionnaire to be answered anonymously asking, inter
alia, what they or their family members or friends called their genitals. I
was astounded to find that most young women only refer to their private parts
as "down there", which seemingly could cause problems of communication in
medical settings.

I applaud Tom Paikaday for addressing these problems of precision, as he notes
that for many adult woment "vagina" means vulva and/or vagina. And I
especially applaud him for doing so with humor, which does not trivialize
women and which is all too sadly lacking in academic writing, making us look
like a dreary lot, which we are not!.

Robert S. Wachal
Professor Emeritus
Department of Linguistics
University of Iowa
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I've never called "down there", "down there", although it is a pretty common euphemism in Japanese.
 
Rentahamster said:
Curious, I tried finding out if US people really mess up the terms like that too. This Canadian wrote a detailed article about the Lexicography of the whole thing. Canadians sure know their vaginas.

http://www.paikeday.net/ArtVagina.htm#Vag

I've never called "down there", "down there", although it is a pretty common euphemism in Japanese.
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Of course we do.

We're experts you know, do you think we want to bring shame upon our nation?
 
I had a newly married female co-worker who had no idea she had a clitoris or even what it was. She couldn't understand what was the big deal about sex. 30 seconds and it was over. Another girl in the office had to explain it to her. Heh, Mormons.
 
I don't think it's an education issue. Women over 30 are probably more likely to see gynecologists, because of pregnancy, menopause, and certain cancers.

Older men probably know a lot more about testicles and prostates than younger men do.
 
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