Does my Vulva Have a Name?

Not really.  In "The Vagina Monologues" by Eve Ensler, a play about...well...vaginas, one woman refers to her vulva as "Itsy-Bitsy" at first before she comes up with her vulva's real name: vulva. I use the very same name of vulva (quelle suprise), but I mentally capitalize it to Vulva.  I guess I feel like my vulva is both part of me, but also has a separate identity. There is a willfulness and sense of self-determination about my vulva that creates a personality. After all, I can coddle and pamper my vulva, but cannot directly control its mood and behavior. So, in my private thoughts, it's Vulva, and not vulva. But I promise not to capitalize it again in my blog - or "our blog"; as the title of my blog suggests "we" are a we.

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