Context for this statement:
I recently encountered a female who claimed women don’t have smegma. This emerged from a conversation on Lacigreen’s video: Dirty Vaginas. The term smegma was not used, but the respective gathering of stuff that smegma is made out of was mentioned. So why are we not using the term smegma when talking about cleaning the female sex organ?
Definition:
Wikipedia states:
Both sexes can produce smegma. In males, smegma is produced and can collect under the foreskin; in females, it collects around the clitoris and in the folds of the labia minora.
Comparably they have different functions for each sex, but contain some of the same collection of stuff. You’ll find smegma in the same respective location around the clitoris and vulva majoris as around the penis glans and prepuce. Sexual functions aside. I think the term should be used for both sexes.
Core topic:
Why is it so important to use the term for women? Because the term currently has a stigma exclusively for the penis. If we continue to omit the term from discourse for the female genitals, the misconception that its only a male hygiene issue will continue (and can be solved permanently by circumcising only men). This discrepancy allows for the following statement to happen:
Women just need to clean, because there is dirt. But intact males have this retched smeegmaaaa.
Suddenly the male genitals are recognized as more dirty than the women’s genitals. Using the term smegma for women will allow people to realize the similarities in-between sexual organs. Only good can come from this change. There are many discrepancies that must be solved before we can all easily have the genital integrity conversation. The language used to talk about genitals is one way to get closer to that conversation.
Side note: This conversation is focused on daily routines for basic hygiene issues. Menstruation has its own stigmas, which should be recognized. But monthly hygiene is different conversation.
In Conclusion
Penises get dirty, vaginas get dirty. One cleans its own insides, the other parts on the outside need to be washed. So wash them, but don’t offset the organs ecosystem in the process. vaginas can smell bad, penises can smell bad. Some like the smell and the taste, others don’t. Just wash your genitals. circumcised men (or men in general) need to stop talking about vaginas as if they are dirtier than their own genitals. Women need to stop talking about smegma on males as if its some retribution for others statements of disgust. Use the word smegma, as its supposed to be used. Lets get these misconceptions out of the way.
Links
Yahoo: I’m a girl and I have smegma
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(Source: mahy, via legalizeforeskin)
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Protecting your bits from harsh weather.
(via miguel-perezident)
Foreskin and all.
Let the discussion begin.
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