Years ago I worked nights proofreading at a law firm where they sent a car service to pick me up. The driver and I were talking a bit. I learned his wife is very intelligent and has a masters degree in education. He said she is qualified to teach teachers. Then he proudly declared that she doesn't work, as though that made him look good -- like a provider who had it covered. I said, "We all don't get to benefit from her gifts." He looked shocked. "Her gifts!?" "Yes. All that she could teach teachers. Her gifts. And we can't receive them." I believe he thought her gifts were between her thighs but they are between her ears, and maybe he should think about that with what's between his ears.
For centuries, the human race in much of the world has deprived all of us of the gifts within the oppressed. We will never know how many cures could have been found if more than half the human race weren't kept from participating. Patriarchy kills all of us and fools many into believing it benefits them. If the only way one can feel able to achieve is by holding down another, that person has a problem, and the problem is not the other rising.
Patriarchy was carried out so thoroughly that just in case anyone made it through still thinking they have value and something to share with the world, we have women on the job crushing the dreams of other women.
That was 1938. In case you don't think we have such problems anymore, when was the last time you saw a man needing a sign like this to hang on his own genitals?
If we are going to continue to allow boys and females with brainwashed minds to be legislators, we must require a proper education for them.
They can begin with some technical knowledge from Wikipedia:
The
vulva (from the
Latin vulva, plural
vulvae, see
etymology) consists of the external
genital organs of the
female mammal.
[1] This article deals with the vulva of the human being, although the structures are similar for other mammals.
The vulva has many major and minor anatomical structures, including the
labia majora,
mons pubis,
labia minora,
clitoris,
bulb of vestibule,
vulval vestibule, greater and lesser vestibular glands, and the
opening of the vagina. Its development occurs during several phases, chiefly during the
fetal and pubertal periods of time. As the outer portal of the human
uterus or womb, it protects its opening by a "double door": the labia majora (large lips) and the labia minora (small lips). The
vagina is a self-cleaning organ, sustaining healthy
microbial flora that flow from the inside out; the vulva needs only simple washing to assure good
vulvovaginal health, without recourse to any internal cleansing.
The vulva has a sexual function; these external organs are richly innervated and provide pleasure when properly stimulated. In various branches of art, the vulva has been depicted as the organ that has the power both to "give life" (often associated with the womb), and to give
sexual pleasure to humankind.
[2]
The vulva also contains the opening of the female
urethra, but apart from this has little relevance to the function of urination.
I know a woman, Alexandra Jacoby, who believes if we see the vagina as an ordinary body part, women can be approached as people. She says about herself: Alexandra Jacoby is not a vagina expert. She just thinks that women’s bodies are fine the way they are, and is tired of being told differently.
Alexandra is a photographer among other things. She gathered many vagina portraits that she photographed, and, combined with some stories, created a beautiful book which can be ordered on line.* (My vagina portrait is included in the book.)
*I highly recommend it as a holiday gift to a young woman/older teenager. This is not a sex book at all. It is the kind of gift that says you are just perfect as you are.
