Minor editing has been done. T here are many different markers on the path from girlhood to womanhood. Usually, you think of getting boobs for the first time, getting your period, and maybe having sex for the first time. But my friends and I in high school marked our ascension to womanhood through our body hair. My best friend and I were 12 when we decided it was time to start this journey and shave our armpit hair. We felt pretty great about ourselves.
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I Threw A Party To Find Out What My Friends’ Vaginas Look Like
When most people think of the clitoris, they think of the small visible part. But research indicates that it actually has branches that extend down underneath the skin, along either side of the vulva, kind of in a wishbone shape. The vulva refers to the outside, visible parts of your genitalia. It encompasses basically everything you can see — the labia, the clitoris, the urethra, the vaginal opening, and so on — and it's usually what most people mean when they say "vagina. The vagina , on the other hand, is the muscular passageway that connects the vulva to the cervix. All vulva images in this story were created by artist Erin Tobey as part of a Kickstarter project by Dr. Herbenick and Vanessa Schick, Ph. A Poster Project , celebrates the awesome diversity of vulvas.
1. Vagina schmagina
Vaginas are great, but if you have one, chances are you've asked yourself at least once, "Why is my vagina itchy? But here's the reality: Vaginal itching is super common and rarely a cause for major concern but it's still plenty frustrating. Few things, in fact, are more irritating than an itchy vulva. So what does it mean when your vulva or vagina itches? We went to the experts to find out. The technical term for this is vulvovaginal candidiasis. Many [people] want to know how to prevent this annoying infection. It is important to understand that candida is what is known as an opportunistic infection, meaning that this fungus is present in small amounts in a normal [person] and only proliferates and causes an actual infection and symptoms when the conditions are right. Candida, like most fungi, need warmth, moisture, and food to proliferate.
Three years ago, my friend Melissa and I stumbled onto a Playboy magazine in her apartment. Naturally curious, we flipped it open and began thumbing through glossy photos of girls in anything-but-natural poses. The young lady wanted to know if it was normal for her inner lips to be bigger than her outer lips. So outer lips must be the portion on which she applies lipstick? Maybe this girl has really big Angelina Jolie-style lips? As I had yet to have an orgasm courtesy of oral sex, I tended to leave that area pretty much to its own devices.