Elnoa, I'm telling you, read "Cunt" it is a bit far from my usual comfort zone, but it is mind boggling and an important book for women.

I'm no "femme nazi" but seriously, this cuntlovin' woman has some amazing points about why women are how we are and where it came from.

And clever thoughts to fix it. less

Indeed it makes sense.

But should it?
Does it make sense because of the society we live in?

If the world was composed of solely females, and we were self reproductive, meaning no penis required, I highly doubt we would call our cunts/love canals/whatever title have you, a sheath for a sword.

These days, in he age of in vitro fertilization and artificial insemination a woman could live her life with her parts never being a vagina.
Why is it the most common and only socially acceptable word for our parts? less

Think of it this way:

Language is something that evolves over time. It's not immutable and completely unchanging. Even though the original Latin definition may be "sheath for a sword," nowadays it simply refers to an anatomical part, and this is what most people use the word for.

My joking comment about scabbards aside, I personally see no reason to suddenly start thinking automatically of "sheath" every time I hear "vagina." The old meaning has died off - this has happened time and again ever since humans began speaking, and will continue to happen probably for as long as our species lives. less

Think of it this way:

Language is something that evolves over time. It's not immutable and completely unchanging. Even though the original Latin definition may be "sheath for a sword," nowadays it simply refers to an anatomical part, and this is what most people use the word for.

My joking comment about scabbards aside, I personally see no reason to suddenly start thinking automatically of "sheath" every time I hear "vagina." The old meaning has died off - this has happened time and again ever since humans began speaking, and will continue to happen probably for as long as our species lives. less