Broadsheet

Feminists want "vagina" all to themselves?

"Vagina is a tough word that refuses to roll easily off the tongue. It has such a sense of taboo that nobody feels totally comfortable talking about it -- not even women, but especially men. So use of the word remains almost exclusively to the feminists.

"I can't quite put my finger on it, but it seems that vajayjay is different. Unlike the starkly clinical vagina, I see a vajayjay as a happy and inviting place, with a warm and fuzzy connotation. Vajayjay says 'hello ... welcome' and 'open for business.' 'Vagina' screams textbook. 'Vajayjay' says Facebook.

"In short, 'vajayjay' has got us thinking outside of the box, which makes the feminists nervous. They want to keep 'vagina' all to themselves. That is why they are vajayjay naysayers."

-- Radio host and Philadelphia Daily News columnist Michael Smerconish on the recent "vagina" vs. "vajayjay" debate.

Posted in: Media

Why don't we have a male pill yet?
Drug companies think there's no market for male hormonal contraception -- even though their own data suggests otherwise.
Beautiful women, lonely men
Men who see too many gorgeous women find themselves less attracted to the ordinary ones who might actually date them. Poor little bunnies.
Losing her religion
Televangelist Joel Osteen's wife sued for anxiety, hemorrhoids and shaken faith.
Obama: Women's carpool candidate?
The Lifetime Network asks women some burning political questions.

Recent Posts

Beautiful women, lonely men
Men who see too many gorgeous women find themselves less attracted to the ordinary ones who might actually date them. Poor little bunnies.
Losing her religion
Televangelist Joel Osteen's wife sued for anxiety, hemorrhoids and shaken faith.
Obama: Women's carpool candidate?
The Lifetime Network asks women some burning political questions.

Full Archive

RSS Feed

Posts by date

August 2008
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31

Tips or Comments?

E-mail us at broadsheet@salon.com.