NAPUSWRIMO: Taboo

Why we can't say 

"Vagina"

I remember when you couldn't talk about abortion and say the word "Vagina."

I remember when Oprah told us what she called her Vagina.

I remember when Women's Day suggested that in order to get a raise you should 

freshen your Vagina.

I remember all the times the word vagina was used when someone really meant vulva.

I remember learning every other word for the word vagina.

I remember teaching each one of my children the word vagina.

I remember when Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute because 

she was using her vagina to have sex and wanted to protect it.

I remember when Republican Mike Callton said that the word "Vagina" was so offensive he wouldn't say it in front of women. 

I remember when Naomi Wolf wrote Vagina: A New Biography but I can't remember if anyone read it.

I remember when we had to have an exhibition of vaginas to teach women about vaginas. 

I remember a time before labiaplasty was a popular procedure. 

I remember thinking someone is actually making money selling women Vagina tightening pills. 

And it's probably a man.

I remember looking at thousands of images of Vaginas on Tumbl, more than half depicted rape, abuse, or violence against them. 

I remember being so angry when I was a teenager because I could be raped, and there was nothing I could do about it. 

I remember watching a movie called "Vagina Dentata" where a woman's vagina bit off penises. 

It was hilarious.