"3 High school girls from Lewisboro, New York were suspended from school for saying the word “vagina” at a public reading, against the direction of the school’s staff. It took place last year, but I wish I’d seen it earlier."

   While I understand that educators have a gargantuan and usually contradictory responsibility, and respect the right of the school to determine what kind of content is permissible at school, I take deep offense at this. Since when is "vagina" a bad word? My kids (seven of them, thanks) knew the proper names for their body parts as soon as they were old enough to speak. None of this "hooey" and "dinky" and "va-jay-jay" bullshit in this house. If it’s a penis, you call it a penis. I don’t understand why parents will buy GTA for their 10 year olds, but turn red and yell at them if they speak the accepted medical term for a part of their bodies. Puritanism/PC gone bad, as usual.

   At any rate, Braincellsoup belatedly accepts the vagina challenge, using the word "vagina" in the title of a blog post, in support of the 3 young ladies and common sense in general.

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