2007-03-09 03:36:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
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2007-03-12 18:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by jane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though some people are physically adults they have childlike emotions when people use the proper words for our reproductive organs. I remember when I was changing in a YMCA locker room, a women with her two children walked in while I was naked drying off, her son asked some pretty embarrassing questions about the naked women in the locker room. She put her finger to her lips and her other hand over his mouth.It`s these kinds of childhood experiences that make adults react in childlike ways. They think the word vagina is like a swear word, ( taboo), they should say" down there, or private area). For goodness sakes, you wouldn`t call your toe, "DOWN THERE", why call your penis or vagina that? This has always bothered me about some people, my husband was the same. He had no problems calling it a PU...Y, but vagina was a vulgar word. He`d yell at me if I said that word..Go figure?Not to mention the real complications of distinguishing what a child is saying about their private areas when they have been victimized by a sexual predator.. Vagina or penis is very explanatory.
2007-03-11 21:42:32 · answer #2 · answered by lost2day 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I don't think that you should be bringing up body parts involved in intimate body functions with just any old person at any old time. I was taught that you discuss these sorts of things only with people who have a genuine need and interest in knowing about them-- which basically means people in the medical profession who need to know, people you're in an intimate relationship with, and people who are your closest closest friends in the whole world.
Otherwise, why would you talk to people about your vagina (or penis, for that matter)? Do you think they really want to have such a discussion with you?
2007-03-09 13:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by Karin C 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The same reason they don't like the word "penis". Neither is a 'pretty' word, in by book. It's just not a good idea to throw around such words in mixed company, unless the goal is to offend.
2007-03-09 14:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by jeffpsd 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Vagina Vagina Vagina.. It is what it is.. a vital part of every woman's body. People are just prudes.
2007-03-09 12:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by Aunt Henny Penny 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because there are certain things that should not be discussed in public. If you say it a little more quietly, maybe people will not be so offended.
2007-03-09 17:47:56 · answer #6 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cause they are used to the c*** word and vagina just shocks them plus the fact that someone knows the proper name
2007-03-09 14:23:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You must have read the Vagina Monologues. Good for you.
Not all people, some people.
2007-03-09 12:02:50 · answer #8 · answered by Pacifica 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
some people dont have them.
or they are too dry.
avoid those people.
im going to buy a shirt that says 'i heart vagina'
2007-03-10 02:56:09 · answer #9 · answered by Trid 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because it's a word associated with "sex" perhaps? And we all know how this is still "scary" territory for some.
2007-03-09 12:04:09 · answer #10 · answered by zaytox0724 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would love to know in what context you would use this word in a 'public' place!!??
2007-03-09 20:07:21 · answer #11 · answered by sydneygal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋