Why Are We So Afraid To Say “Vagina”?

Jessica Smith
4 min readAug 24, 2019

Because It Isn’t A Bad Word

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You know the word “vagina” isn’t a bad word right? It’s a word for a body part. So why do so many people have trouble saying it? Why does it have to be referred to as cutesy nicknames such as “lady garden”?

Do you have trouble using words like “coccyx” or “uvula”? Those sound a bit dirty but they aren’t. They are just body parts. And vagina…

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Jessica Smith

Writer and mother. I write about whatever pops into my head. Relationships, Self, Mental Health, Parenting, Whatever. https://twitter.com/3282jessicah