Women have been told for years that the hymen is an integral part of sex, especially when it comes to ‘losing your virginity’. Nurse and educator Kathy Lowe says that’s all a lie. The concept of virginity has been around for thousands of years. Rooted in cultural and religious beliefs, virginity has historically dictated whether … Read more
Alex Casey goes on a journey to find out all there is to know about what a “normal” vulva looks like. Spoiler alert: there are many, many versions of normal. The funniest and most embarrassing thing anyone has ever said to me in my whole life happened during my very first smear test. I was … Read more
Later this year, Jennifer Gunter’s new book The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina, Separating the Myth from the Medicine is published. In this post from 2017, Gunter – who speaks in Auckland tonight – explains the thinking behind it If you have never seen a bottle of lube on the nightstand in the … Read more
Alex Casey breaks down some of the most popular nicknames for vulvas in New Zealand. For the longest time, I thought naming your genitals was something only reserved for horny, sad men in early 2000s sex comedies. Mr Ed. Flesh Rocket. Spike. The Octagon. Through my teenage years, it seemed to be all about the … Read more