heatburg asked: A lot of people I know who are into sex positivity and sex education and so forth tend to emphasize that it is incorrect to use of the word "vagina" as as a synonym for "vulva." Clearly you are not on the same side of the argument as them, so I just wondered if you had any thoughts about this. It seems to me a bit of unnecessary pedantry, but then again, I would also agree that words and how we use them are important.
I try to not use vagina and vulva interchangeably. I think it is important to know that the vagina is the actual hole and that the clitoris, labias and urethra are not part of the vagina but part of the vulva. However, for simplicity sake usually unless I’m actually referring to a part of the vulva I just say “vagina”
