The Words Women Use For Their Vaginas May Affect How They Feel About Sex, Study Shows

While driving a year or so ago, social psychologist Rotem Kahalon began thinking about the words women use to describe their vagina. 

Well, it wasn’t out of nowhere. Kahalon had been listening to a podcast on women’s health where a gynaecologist noted – almost in passing – that she was often surprised by how even older women refer to their genitalia using euphemisms such as “down there” or “pee-pee”.

“This remark struck me as potentially meaningful: it seemed likely to reflect how women perceive and relate to their genitalia...