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Medical Website Indulges Trans Community With New Term For Female Genitalia

  

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Via:  badfish-hd-h-u  •  8 years ago  •  118 comments

Medical Website Indulges Trans Community With New Term For Female Genitalia

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A health information site titled Healthline, which serves a reputed 85 million people a month, is offering an “ LGBTQIA Safe Sex Guide ” that stipulates the word “vagina” is no longer appropriate for that part of the female genitalia. Instead, the proper term for that orifice is . . . “front hole.”

But why, you may ask? Why is a term that has been used for ages suddenly jettisoned in favor of the term “front hole?” The LGBTQIA Safe Sex Guide writes:


For the purposes of this guide, we’ll refer to the vagina as the “front hole” instead of solely using the medical term “vagina.” This is gender-inclusive language that’s considerate of the fact that some trans people don’t identify with the labels the medical community attaches to their genitals.

The term “front hole” has been bandied about for a while; last January   Bustle  quoted “sex educator” Kenna Cook pontificating, "Language for sex that is coded in anatomy is meant to reinforce a heteronormative, reproductive-based idea of sex … The terms people use for their sexual body parts are a large contributor to them feeling comfortable engaging in certain sex acts. Some trans men don't refer to their genitals with female-coded language, opting for 'boy hole' or 'front hole.'”

Anyone who promulgates that heteronormative, reproductive-based idea of sex should just shut their piehole.


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epistte
Junior Participates
2  epistte    8 years ago

No, just no.  It's a vagina.

I try to be PC and very inclusive, but this is just a bit over the top.

Medically speaking, our urethra is the front hole.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
2.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  epistte @2    8 years ago
No, just no.  It's a vagina.

Gotta agree. Taught bio... never once referred to it as the front hole. 

 
 
 
epistte
Junior Participates
2.2.1  epistte  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @2.2    8 years ago

If this is about female-to-male transgendered, they can call it their mangina.  Calling it a "front hole" sounds a bit adolescent.  Maybe a professional liar who works in marketing can create a more palatable name. 

 
 
 
Dismayed Patriot
Professor Quiet
2.2.3  Dismayed Patriot  replied to  epistte @2.2.1    8 years ago
Maybe a professional liar who works in marketing can create a more palatable name. 

Donald Trump picked "pussy", so that's what you get from professional liars.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
2.2.7  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to    8 years ago

That sounds like you have job opening.

But only a mid level job. I think it's upper management. 

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
2.2.8  Krishna  replied to    8 years ago
That sounds like you have job opening.

Well . . . I think that depends upon what sort of job someone is seeking :-)

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
2.2.10  Skrekk  replied to  epistte @2.2.1    8 years ago
Calling it a "front hole" sounds a bit adolescent. 

Maybe, but I don't think we want to discriminate between the front hole, back hole and the two side holes.   I don't anyway.

 
 
 
epistte
Junior Participates
2.2.11  epistte  replied to  Skrekk @2.2.10    8 years ago

How does someone have two side holes? 

Front, back, and middle I understand.

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
2.2.12  Skrekk  replied to  epistte @2.2.11    8 years ago

Ears.   There are two of them, one on each side.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Silent
2.2.17  dave-2693993  replied to  epistte @2.2.1    8 years ago
Calling it a "front hole" sounds a bit adolescent. 

I will even say it shows typical western snobbish physiological ignorance of a not insignificant number of women of European lineage living fairly east of the Greenwich line.

In fact in the UK it is illegal to portray this characteristic in movies. Of course the movies get it all wrong.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Silent
2.2.19  dave-2693993  replied to  Release The Kraken @2.2.18    8 years ago

Don't ever mention crumpets and tea to a proper English lady.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Silent
2.2.21  dave-2693993  replied to  Release The Kraken @2.2.20    8 years ago

No.

Just remember to always be polite.

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
2.4  Skrekk  replied to  epistte @2    8 years ago
our urethra is the front hole.

Darn.....I missed one.    So that makes 4 holes in front including the pie hole and the pee hole, one in back, and one on each side......and all designed for male pleasure.

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
2.4.1  Skrekk  replied to  Skrekk @2.4    8 years ago

But wait, there's more!   Depending on how well endowed you and your POSSLQ are there are 8 or even 9 front holes available for use when you're in the mood.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
2.4.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Skrekk @2.4.1    8 years ago
Depending on how well endowed you and your POSSLQ are there are 8 or even 9 front holes available for use when you're in the mood.

OK, you've got me.. what does that mean? Will I be sorry I asked?

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
2.4.4  Skrekk  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @2.4.2    8 years ago
Will I be sorry I asked?

Yes.

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
2.4.5  Krishna  replied to  Skrekk @2.4    8 years ago
one on each side......and all designed for male pleasure

Pleasure from the ear holes?

Is that where they get the expression "aural sex"?

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
2.4.6  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Skrekk @2.4.4    8 years ago
Will I be sorry I asked?
Yes.

Hummm.. whisper to me in a private note or IM. Now I am too curious

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
2.4.8  Skrekk  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @2.4.6    8 years ago
Hummm.. whisper to me in a private note or IM. Now I am too curious

There are 2 nostrils and 2 eye sockets.   Plus the space between boobs.    So that's 5 plus the other 4 front holes already discussed = 9 front holes.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
2.4.9  Trout Giggles  replied to  Skrekk @2.4.8    8 years ago

I'm glad you posted that out in the open

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
2.4.10  Skrekk  replied to  Trout Giggles @2.4.9    8 years ago

Sounds like you've already heard of nostril sex.   In modern America there's no reason to keep that in the closet!

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
2.5  Skrekk  replied to  epistte @2    8 years ago
Medically speaking, our urethra is the front hole.

I heard that Urethra died the other day.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Quiet
2.6  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  epistte @2    8 years ago

I would have been laughed out of nursing school if I had used "front hole" instead of vagina on a test.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
3  Trout Giggles    8 years ago

Isn't the Daily Wire satire?

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
3.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Trout Giggles @3    8 years ago

I wish... but here it is:

 
 
 
epistte
Junior Participates
3.2.2  epistte  replied to  Release The Kraken @3.2.1    8 years ago
Who comes up with this stuff? 

$20.00 says it was a social worker or an intern psychologist.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
3.2.3  Trout Giggles  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.2    8 years ago

It's still.....juvenile?

The medically correct term is "vagina"

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
3.2.4  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  epistte @3.2.2    8 years ago

LMAO... you are so on the money epistte!

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
3.2.5  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.2.3    8 years ago

I'm with you. I have no plans on changing how I refer to it, especially on my annual exams. 

 
 
 
epistte
Junior Participates
3.2.6  epistte  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.2.4    8 years ago
LMAO... you are so on the money epistte!

It just sounds like something that they would assign a social worker or a grad ass' psychologist to write. 

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
3.2.7  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  epistte @3.2.6    8 years ago

I think that people have too much time on their hands and are looking for reasons to get upset. Which kind of bugs me since we have so many real issues to deal with. 

 
 
 
epistte
Junior Participates
3.2.8  epistte  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.2.7    8 years ago
I think that people have too much time on their hands and are looking for reasons to get upset. Which kind of bugs me since we have so many real issues to deal with. 

Complete agreement.

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
3.2.9  Skrekk  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.2.3    8 years ago
The medically correct term is "vagina"

Wait a minute.....I thought the front hole was the belly button?

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Guide
3.2.12  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Release The Kraken @3.2.11    8 years ago
No they call that the lint collector.

Or secondary TV entertainment for the hands.

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
3.2.13  Krishna  replied to  Release The Kraken @3.2.1    8 years ago
For example, some trans and nonbinary-identified people assigned female at birth may enjoy being the receptor of penetrative sex, but experience  gender dysphoria  when that part of their body is referred to using a word that society and professional communities often associate with femaleness. An alternative that’s becoming increasingly popular in trans and queer communities is front hole. Who comes up with this stuff? 

Only a person obsessed with their front hole would understand!

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
3.2.15  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.2.7    8 years ago

I think that people have too much time on their hands and are looking for reasons to get upset. Which kind of bugs me since we have so many real issues to deal with. 

Actually I think one of the reason there's so much stupidity that comes out of the academic world is the pursuit of grant money. There's a tremendous amount of grant money that (sometimes well meaning) philanthropists make available-- but there's a lot of competition for it. So many professors and others in academia feel the need to come up with "creative" ideas in hope of landing some big bucks.

(I've heard this definition of "PhD": Bullshit, more shit, Piled higher and deeper).

Of course there are some wonderful exceptions . . .but!

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
3.2.17  Krishna  replied to  Release The Kraken @3.2.14    8 years ago

It's kind of an intellectual meat grinder to pontificate so.

Lots of content-- quite "meaty" actually-- but all that absurd pontification just seems to endlessly grind on and on!

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
3.2.19  Krishna  replied to  Release The Kraken @3.2.14    8 years ago
intellectual meat grinder to pontificate so.

For some unknown reason, that reminds me of this short video clip: "Does Your Dog Bite"? [Peter Sellers, The Pink Panther Strikes Again]:

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
3.2.20  Skrekk  replied to  Release The Kraken @3.2.16    8 years ago
It's like a wound that never heals.

But can you wound a beast with two backs?   It'd be like running over an armadillo with a bicycle.

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
3.2.21  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.2    8 years ago

I wish... but here it is:

From that site:

Here’s a list of more common gender identities and a quick description to better understand them:

  • Cisgender   is the word used to describe someone whose gender identity is the same as the sex that was assigned to them at birth.
  • Trans   is an umbrella term that often includes anyone who might identify as   transgender   (a gender identity describing someone who doesn’t exclusively identify with the sex they were assigned at birth), genderqueer, nonbinary, transfeminine, transmasculine, agender, and many more. Sometimes people wonder if trans people are always gay, while other times people assume trans people can’t be gay. Just like cisgender people, individuals who identify as trans can have any sexual orientation — straight, gay, bisexual, queer, lesbian, or asexual. Also, different people use gender identity labels differently, so it’s always good to ask someone what that term means to them in order to get a better understanding.
  • Genderqueer   is a gender identity used by people who do things that are outside of the norm of their actual or perceived gender. Sometimes this label overlaps with the sexual orientation label.
  • Nonbinary   is a gender identity label that describes those who don’t identify exclusively as male or female. This means that a nonbinary person can identify as both male and female, partially male, partially female, or neither male nor female. Some nonbinary people identify as trans, while other don’t. If you’re confused which one of these terms to use for someone, as always, just ask!
  • Transfeminine   is an umbrella term used to describe someone who was assigned male at birth and identifies with femininity. Someone who identifies as transfeminine may also identify as a trans woman or female.
  • Transmasculine   is a gender identity describing someone who was assigned female at birth but identifies with masculinity. Someone who identifies as transmasculine may also identify as a trans man, trans woman, or male.
  • Agender   is the word used to describe those who don’t identify with any gender or can’t relate to gender terms or labels at all. Sometimes people assume those who identify as agender also identify as asexual, but this isn’t true. Agender people can have any sexual orientation.
 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
3.2.22  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @3.2.21    8 years ago
From that site: Here’s a list of more common gender identities and a quick description to better understand them:

And there's a lot more on that page.

Reminds me of a reply to something like that-- a phrase that used to be fairly common on the Internet:

Someone needs to get a life!

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Guide
3.2.23  Krishna  replied to  Skrekk @3.2.9    8 years ago

Wait a minute.....I thought the front hole was the belly button?

Well, you know what they say:

One man's meat is another man's poisson!

 
 
 
Skrekk
Sophomore Quiet
3.2.24  Skrekk  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.2.12    8 years ago
Or secondary TV entertainment for the hands.

That's why god invented the crotch.

 
 
 
epistte
Junior Participates
3.2.25  epistte  replied to  Skrekk @3.2.24    8 years ago

There is an old engineering joke about whole designed the human body. 

Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible designers of the human body. One said, "It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints."

Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous system has many thousands of electrical connections."

The last said, "Actually it was a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?"
 
 
 
Enoch
Masters Silent
3.2.27  Enoch  replied to  epistte @3.2.25    8 years ago

Dear Friend Episette: Great joke.

Love it.

Thanks for brightening my day.

Peace and Abundant Blessings.

Enoch.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Quiet
3.2.28  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Release The Kraken @3.2.11    8 years ago

I used to keep a tic tac in mine in case I had garlic for dinner on a date.

 
 
 
Enoch
Masters Silent
5  Enoch    8 years ago

Dear Friends: This true story is semi on topic. 

Badfish, feel free to delete if you choose.

In our youth, my older brother and I were studying a Talmudic Tractate in a class on Mesechet Brachot (Book of Blessings).

One of the less gifted students was asked by the teacher to recite the blessing on washing hands to purify before a meal. Then explain what it meant.

The blessing goes, "Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheynu Melech ha Olam, asher Kiddishanu Ba Mitzvotav; al Netilat Yadayim".  

That means, "Blessed are You, King of the Universe who has ordained us to purify ourselves by the washing of the hands".

However, the student, instead of saying "al Netilat Yadayim" (washing of the hands) instead, in error proclaimed "al Netilat Shadyaim" (breast play).  

My brother and I looked at each other. Without speaking we both thought, "Here comes trouble"!

As the student made his mistake, the Rosh Yeshivah (Seminary Headmaster) was walking by our class in the hall.

Hearing what was said, he chimed in, "Amen Selah" (So be it, for ever and ever). 

Being five years old at the time, I never got the humor until after my Bar Mitzvah years later.

Still funny today.

Peace and Abundant Blessings. 

As Well Celebration of Things We Have that Bring Us Together in Sustainable Relationships Which Endure the Test of Time; Grant Us Joy in Pleasing and Being Pleased By Those We Love.  

Enoch.

 
 
 
It Is ME
Masters Participates
6  It Is ME    8 years ago

“front hole.” ????? Eye Roll

The "Mouth" is in the front too. Should we rename it "The Dumpster" ? Thumbs Up 2

 
 
 
Sparty On
Professor Guide
6.1  Sparty On  replied to  It Is ME @6    8 years ago

Its pretty mundane but one could just go with inny.  

Not sure how anyone could get offended by that but i suppose some would try.

I could share what nearly every male DI has called it in the past but THAT would likely earn me another ticket .......

 
 
 
It Is ME
Masters Participates
6.1.1  It Is ME  replied to  Sparty On @6.1    8 years ago

Depends on what the word "IS" means……. AGAIN ! patience

 
 
 
Phoenyx13
Sophomore Silent
7  Phoenyx13    8 years ago

one of my favorite " names " for it: Pink Velvet Sausage Wallet  laughing dude

 
 

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