Read My Lips by Debby Herbenick, Vanessa Schick Page A
Authors: Debby Herbenick, Vanessa Schick
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something I dislike so much as a vague annoyance. Also, my clitoris is AMAZING. Orgasms— mine being directly related to my genitals—are amazing. I also like how they look, feel, and taste (though I’ve only been able to taste second-hand), so in short? Everything.”
“Nothing.”
“I like the pleasure they give me. I like the anatomical complexity and the wonder I have from having a clitoris which doesn’t seem to have any purpose in the evolutionary sense, but being an organ of pleasure. I like all the orgasms I can have.”
“I like that inside my vulva is red but on the outside it’s tones of brown/black. I also like the smell sometimes. I like my genitals a lot when I’m aroused and my pussy lips get all full and plump. I really love how everything down there feels when I’m really wet, like after I’ve cum. I also like, when my finger is inside myself, to feel myself cum really hard—I really like the feeling of the contractions and the super slick cum.”
“My pubes are awesome and they are very very sensitive, which sometimes I don’t like too.”
“I am pretty tight, I like that. I also like that my clit is well hooded and not out in the open. It’s wrapped like a present.”
“That they cause such pleasure. I like how it looks. I am very happy with my vagina. Looking forward to pushing a baby out through my vagina someday.”
TEST YOUR VQ
1. The inside branches of the clitoris are called
a. crura
b. cure-alls
c. cumulus
d. coochies
2. The five vaginal shapes are the heart, parallel sides, conical, pumpkin seed, and the
a. cat
b. tiger
c. bee
d. slug
3. During sexual arousal, a woman’s vagina may increase in size due to a process called
a. vaginal camping
b. vaginal tenting
c. vaginal awesomeness
d. vaginal carousing
Answers
1. a
2. d
3. b
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A Healthy, Happy Vulva
Taking Care Down There
As children, we learn how to care for our bodies. We learn that exercise is good for our bones, our muscles, and our hearts. Eating fruits and vegetables is good for our bodies as a whole, as they deliver important vitamins and minerals. We also learn about good hygiene: for example, we learn not to pick our nose (at least in public) and that washing hands can prevent colds. And, over time, we learn what’s normal about our bodies and what’s not. We learn that waking up with sleep in our eyes is a common, healthy occurrence (our eyes need a way to clean themselves out). But we also learn that constant runny noses or coughs are often a sign that we’re sick and may need to go to the doctor. We learn these things from our parents and our teachers; perhaps you remember talking about “food groups” in kindergarten or in an elementary school health class. Your physical education teacher may have encouraged you to try running or walking for exercise or to find a sport that you enjoy or are good at. Growing up, we had numerous ways to learn how to care for our bodies and our health.
Curiously, girls and young women learn little about how to care for their genitals beyond the basic potty-training rules of wiping and then washing one’s hands. Can you imagine if we women learned information about how to care for our vulvas and vaginas? What if our parents, sisters, or teachers shared information about healthy genital care with girls and young women? What if we could share this information out in the open as if it were just as important as other kinds of health information?
All too often, when girls or women learn how to care for their vulvas and vaginas, it’s done with shades of secrecy or taboo. Fifth- and sixth-grade girls are frequently separated from the boys so that they can watch a video about periods and how babies are made (the boys may be outside playing sports or in another room, learning about their own pubertal development). Although there may be some benefits to girls and boys being separated so that they can learn about their sex-specific parts, there may also be some benefit in
“Nothing.”
“I like the pleasure they give me. I like the anatomical complexity and the wonder I have from having a clitoris which doesn’t seem to have any purpose in the evolutionary sense, but being an organ of pleasure. I like all the orgasms I can have.”
“I like that inside my vulva is red but on the outside it’s tones of brown/black. I also like the smell sometimes. I like my genitals a lot when I’m aroused and my pussy lips get all full and plump. I really love how everything down there feels when I’m really wet, like after I’ve cum. I also like, when my finger is inside myself, to feel myself cum really hard—I really like the feeling of the contractions and the super slick cum.”
“My pubes are awesome and they are very very sensitive, which sometimes I don’t like too.”
“I am pretty tight, I like that. I also like that my clit is well hooded and not out in the open. It’s wrapped like a present.”
“That they cause such pleasure. I like how it looks. I am very happy with my vagina. Looking forward to pushing a baby out through my vagina someday.”
TEST YOUR VQ
1. The inside branches of the clitoris are called
a. crura
b. cure-alls
c. cumulus
d. coochies
2. The five vaginal shapes are the heart, parallel sides, conical, pumpkin seed, and the
a. cat
b. tiger
c. bee
d. slug
3. During sexual arousal, a woman’s vagina may increase in size due to a process called
a. vaginal camping
b. vaginal tenting
c. vaginal awesomeness
d. vaginal carousing
Answers
1. a
2. d
3. b
• 2 •
A Healthy, Happy Vulva
Taking Care Down There
As children, we learn how to care for our bodies. We learn that exercise is good for our bones, our muscles, and our hearts. Eating fruits and vegetables is good for our bodies as a whole, as they deliver important vitamins and minerals. We also learn about good hygiene: for example, we learn not to pick our nose (at least in public) and that washing hands can prevent colds. And, over time, we learn what’s normal about our bodies and what’s not. We learn that waking up with sleep in our eyes is a common, healthy occurrence (our eyes need a way to clean themselves out). But we also learn that constant runny noses or coughs are often a sign that we’re sick and may need to go to the doctor. We learn these things from our parents and our teachers; perhaps you remember talking about “food groups” in kindergarten or in an elementary school health class. Your physical education teacher may have encouraged you to try running or walking for exercise or to find a sport that you enjoy or are good at. Growing up, we had numerous ways to learn how to care for our bodies and our health.
Curiously, girls and young women learn little about how to care for their genitals beyond the basic potty-training rules of wiping and then washing one’s hands. Can you imagine if we women learned information about how to care for our vulvas and vaginas? What if our parents, sisters, or teachers shared information about healthy genital care with girls and young women? What if we could share this information out in the open as if it were just as important as other kinds of health information?
All too often, when girls or women learn how to care for their vulvas and vaginas, it’s done with shades of secrecy or taboo. Fifth- and sixth-grade girls are frequently separated from the boys so that they can watch a video about periods and how babies are made (the boys may be outside playing sports or in another room, learning about their own pubertal development). Although there may be some benefits to girls and boys being separated so that they can learn about their sex-specific parts, there may also be some benefit in
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