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| Subject: Sick culture: It's not a 'lady garden' it's a vulva Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:55 pm | |
| Charlotte Caruso is not keen on having one of her two young daughters talking about their "vulva" in the supermarket.
That is why the Perth mother has taught them to talk about their "front bum" and "behind bum."
"Pee bird", "hotdog buns", "peek-a-choo"; these are all actual names parents have given to their children to refer to their private parts according to one online forum but there are plenty of others.
The topic of what words parents should get their children to use when referring to their nether regions is a much talked about one online. Advertisement
Browsing through the many opinions online, what might happen when the child who calls her private parts a "Suzie," when she is one day introduced to an actual person named Suzie?
Associate professor Rosemary Coates, a sexologist from Curtin University insisted that parents should be using the terms "vulva" and "penis".
Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/its-not-a-lady-garden-its-a-vulva-20130701-2p74q.html#ixzz2Y2tBF5p4 |
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