7-12-09
Originally uploaded by chrismaverick.
I originally intended to rant this here, and reference it on my 365mav project. But as I was typing there, I ended up pretty much doing the entire rant. But it really belongs in my blog here. And thus the crosspost.
Welcome to Sexual Biology 101. I’m your instructor, Professor Maverick.
So ever since I decided to open Maverick’s School for Wayward Girls, I’ve been meaning to work on exactly what curriculum I would teach there. I’d been too busy to work on it though.
Anyway, this weekend, my friend Amaya started tweeting her only little vagina monologue. I found it funny, and told Steph about it. This started Steph talking about one of her big pet peeves. Namely that people use the term "vagina" to refer to the entirety of the female genitalia as opposed to referring to the labia, clitoris, etc. by their separate and unique names.
I countered that the same is done with the penis. She claimed it was different, but I maintain that while perhaps not medically accurate, if I am referring to my penis, I generally intend for that to cover the inclusion of my testicles and scrotum as well.
But she’s right. It’s medically incorrect. But I’m not a medical doctor. I’m a doctor of pimpology, and I believe that generalized sexual terms are necessary.
I proposed to Steph that while the medical terms might be more specific, certainly colloquial slang is more generalized. As such, I argued that the term "pussy" for instance might be more inclusive.
I actually expected her to counter that pussy was equivalent to vagina, but she surprised me arguing that pussy meant the external naughty bits. The labia and clitoris.
I argue that this can’t be. In the name of scientific study, take the following colloquial exclamation that might be uttered by one experimental female subject:
"Fuck my tight pussy with your rock hard cock, you son of a bitch!"
I’d argue that the woman speaking that phrase isn’t looking for a penis to be rammed into her labia, or even the clitoris, but is looking for deeper penetration along the vaginal canal. Conversely, if the subject had proclaimed:
"Lick that pussy until I cum, you filthy bastard!"
I’d argue that she is referencing her external genitalia and not in fact asking for that same vaginal canal to be massaged orally.
Along the same token, while I believe that a male subject might generally be referencing the shaft and glans of penis, as in the following pejorative:
"Take that cock deep inside of you, you dirty whore!"
I’d argue that in some cases he might be referring to a larger portion of his anatomy for instance if he were to offer the following instruction to his mate:
"Squeeze and lick that cock all over, you gorgeous and yet intelligent and capable woman!"
One might assume he is asking for attention to also be paid to the scrotum and perhaps perineum as well.
Obviously, we can’t simply resort to clinical definition during reproductive intercourse. Imagine the phrase:
"Ejaculate your seminal fluid into my ectocervix, you virile male gendered homosapien. My portio vaginalis hungers for your spermatozoa."
Our species would be extinct within a generation.
So what I’m wondering is how do other people use the terms. Do you expect vagina, penis, pussy, cock, dick, cunt, manroot, lady business, peepee and hoohoo to be medical specifics or more generalized areas. Does it vary from slang term to slang term?
And most importantly, was anyone actually turned on by my clinical dirty talk?
First, and most important,I am available for the position of Vice-Principal and Disciplinarian at the Maverick School for Wayward Girls. I work cheap because I understand how important this is.
Second, If you always say cunt, vagina becomes alot more tolerable.
1) Because if nothing else, you’re about helping the children
2) Agreed. You’re a beacon of political correctness.
Do you have any research faculty positions available at Mav U?
everyone always asks that. And yet no one ever is willing to offer grant donations to get the school up and running.
And most importantly, was anyone actually turned on by my clinical dirty talk?”
Would anyone admit to it if they were?
And I may or may not be asking that in a “I’m not going to order dessert if no one else does!” kind of way.
here, apparently not. A couple people did on the flickr version of the post.
Wow. There’s quite a healthy amount of discussion happening over at Flickr. LiveJournal should be ashamed of itself.
Yeah. It’s weird. With this kind of thing, I totally expected the opposite.
LJ is a dead medium and this post is proof.
I dunno about dead, but certainly split off from what it once was… Damn social networking sites…
Not so much turned on, but intrigued and entertained.
I definitely think the slang terms have different meanings based on their use, for example, “ramming your cock inside her pussy” equals the shaft of the penis inside of the vaginal canal as you pointed out, and “suck my cock” and “lick my pussy” tend to cover the respective external genitalia in more general terms.
🙂