Bonus holes? As holes go, they may be the most important in the world! JULIE BINDEL says women’s health charity is guilty of ‘nothing short of misogyny…again’ with ‘inclusive’ new term for vaginas
As holes go, they are arguably the most important in the world. Every man and woman who ever lived – except those born by caesarean section – came from one in this world.
And yet, a women’s health charity, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, suggests that the word “vagina” could be referred to as the “bonus hole” to avoid insulting or excluding trans men or “non-binary” people. .
As a feminist campaigner, I am shocked. I’ve spent time over the past few decades raising awareness among women about our bodies.
I have encouraged women to unlearn the shame associated with our biology.
So the idea that we should stop referring to the vagina by its name is grossly offensive.
As a feminist campaigner, I am shocked. I’ve spent the past few decades raising awareness among women about our bodies (STOCK IMAGE)
I remember buying tampons in the 1980s only to have the shopkeeper quickly put the box in a brown paper bag like it was a porn magazine (STOCK IMAGE)
I grew up with the message that our bodies were dirty.
We would use euphemisms to describe its parts because “vagina” and even “breast” were considered unpleasant.
I remember buying tampons in the 1980s and the shopkeeper would quickly put the box in a brown paper bag like it was a porn magazine. But we feminists learned to be proud of our physical shape.
I shook the tampons out of the bag to make it clear that I wasn’t ashamed to menstruate. After all, it is a reality for half the population.
It is worth noting that this form of McCarthyite censorship is reserved only for descriptions of the female anatomy. Therefore, this is nothing less than misogyny.
Of course, there is no such suggestion to swap words that men use to describe their biology.
Maybe, to be fair, we should change “penis” to “flesh roll” so as not to offend trans women? I’m sure men won’t object. Just a thought.