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vulva

[vuhl-vuh] / ˈvʌl və /


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In a well-reported case last year, a group of feminist artist-activists vandalised a 19th-Century painting of a woman's vulva by French artist Gustave Courbet, calling it misogynistic.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

In a 2018 study in the journal Sexual Medicine, Dr. Rubin, Dr. Goldstein and colleagues found that a failure to examine the vulva and clitoris led doctors to regularly overlook sexual health conditions.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

I am an 18-year-old person with a vulva, and I have no interest in having sex with other people, partly due to gender dysphoria.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2021

"For some people, artificial scents and colors could cause irritation to the vulva; for others it may be a specific ingredient; and not all people will have a reaction."

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2021

This has been most successful in such superficial cancers as those of the eye, penis, anus, testicle, vulva, and sheath.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Perhaps one of the most annoying and obstinate symptoms of the menopause is pruritus vulvae.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Anna M. (Anna Mary) Galbraith

But still I lifted out The ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterus, The vagina and vulvae.

From Domesday Book by Edgar Lee Masters

Kraurosis vulvae, first described by Lawson Tait in 1875, is an atrophic change accompanied by pain and a yellowish discharge; the cause is unknown.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Pruritis vulvae is due to parasites, or to irritating discharges, as leucorrhoea, and is frequent in diabetic subjects.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

This oversight has the potential to harm women, as well as trans men and other people with vulvas.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

“Any kid can have any type of body,” the presentation states, adding that boys can have vulvas and girls can have penises.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

Shame is one factor that contributes to women, transgender men and nonbinary people with vulvas receiving worse or delayed care.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

Actress and liberal activist Debra Messing apologized this week after her Instagram photo of cupcakes decorated as vulvas offended members of the trans community.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 12, 2019


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