I’m going to stop making fun of Tyra Banks, because her ridiculousness has now gotten to the point where I find it hard to believe she’s not actually making fun of herself. The alternative — that this woman’s earnest silliness is actually genuine — is something I’m not ready to face.
Her newest exciting idea for her talk show is to have a vagina day. All vaginas! The whole hour!
She added, “We should be able to talk to our daughters, sisters, mothers and friends about our bodies and not be embarrassed. I hope after this show women will not be ashamed about what’s up down there.”
Banks gives her audience an anatomy quiz, welcomes two gynecologist to the show, and shows a segment in which she takes a 28-year-old Plano, Texas, woman to her very first gynecological appointment – all in an effort to educate women about what can be an uncomfortable topic.
Or maybe I’m being to hard on T.B.? I mean, teaching the modern woman about “what’s up down there” is as noble a cause as any.
Why is that an uncomfortable topic? I was raised in the backwards “wash in between your legs” environment, but yo go to college and all the vadge stigma goes away. It’s a frickin body part that 50% of the population has! Geesh. Men are starting to talk openly about their inability to get it up but we’re still ashamed of vagina talk? I hate the word “vagina” btw which is why I call it “vadge”
Everyday is Penis Day in Michael Vick’s jail cell.
Daria,
I think 50% of the population is under-shooting a bit. There are and have always been more women than men.
Doesn’t it strike you as… odd? There are more women in the world, and who has the power? Hell, did anyone watch The Soup this weekend? VaJayJay? Why not say VAGINA?
What’s the problem and hold-up? I am a gay person with a penis… I say Vagina loud and proud… (although I do like “hoo-hoo”, but in my circle, our gender-neutral term is “junk”)
Because vagina sounds like a disease or condition. It’s not a pleasant sound. “Junk” also is not a very pleasant sound. I’m partial to “the vadge” and “the peen.” I am not a fan of VaJayJay though.