Ngokumangalisayo, Imbali emfutshane kakhulu yeVagina

Umxholo

• Nanamhlanje, sihlala singacacanga malunga ne-vaginas
• Ngaphezulu, ii-anatomists zakuqala zafumana okungalunganga malunga nefomathi yabasetyhini
• Kwaye oogqirha bafumana ukubonakala kwabo okuhle ngaphakathi kwilungu lobufazi eliphilayo
• Kodwa nangona kukho konke ukuvezwa kwayo, ibhinqa liye lahlala lingabonakali
• Sisathetha ngobufazi ngendlela engachanekanga, elahlekisayo

Sibandakanya iimveliso esicinga ukuba ziluncedo kubafundi bethu. Ukuba uthenga amakhonkco kweli phepha, sinokufumana ikhomishini encinci. Nantsi inkqubo yethu.

Sisoloko sinama-vaginas, kodwa kuthatha ixesha elide ukuzazi ngokwenene-ngakumbi kwiyeza.

Inani lamagama lobufazi, inyani, liyamangalisa.

Ukusuka kwi "lady bits" ecekeceke ukuya kwi "vajayjay" enobuhlobo ukuya kwi-hoohas, ishishini lamanenekazi, kunye namagama amaninzi kakhulu okuthuka abizwa ngegama-ulwimi lwesiNgesi yinto efanelekileyo yokwenyani yeslang vagirific. Singaba nobuchule bokwakha, ngokucacileyo, xa singafuni ukuphuma sithi "ubufazi."

Kwaye ukuxelela.

Kwimbali enkulu yoluntu, ubufazi bube yinto ethile ekuthethwa ngayo- ukuba ayinakuthethwa ngokupheleleyo, ngokuqinisekileyo ayisiyiyo into yokuxoxa ngokuphandle.

Ngapha koko, kwakungekho kwagama lonyango kwinqanaba lokulalana labasetyhini de kwaba li-1680s. Ngaphambi koko, igama lesiLatin elithi "lobufazi" lalibhekisa kwisingqameko okanye esingxotyeni salo ngekrele. Ke ayimangalisi into yokuba kwindawo yonyango, ubufazi kunye nezinye izinto zokuzala zazithathwa njengeziyimfihlakalo- kwaye zinobuqhophololo.

Ugqirha wamandulo wase-Greek u-Aretaeus wayekholelwa ukuba isibeleko sihambahamba emzimbeni womfazi "njengesilwanyana ngaphakathi kwesilwanyana," sibangela ukugula njengoko sibetheka edeni okanye esibindini. Wayekholelwa ukuba itsaleleke kwivumba elinuka kamnandi, kangangokuba ugqirha angalirhwebeshela endaweni ngokubonisa ubufazi ngevumba elimnandi.

Njengoko umbhali-mbali uThomas Laqueur ebhalile, kwakuyinkolelo eqhelekileyo ngelo xesha lokuba abesilisa nabasetyhini babelana ngokwabo ngamalungu afanayo ezesondo.

Kwaye ke ihambile kwilungu lobufazi-imbali yayo igcwele ngentsomi, ukungaqondi, kunye nokuphathwa gadalala.

Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uyikhathalela njani impilo yento ongenakuze uyikhankanye?

“Amalungu esini angamakhosikazi angcwele okanye yinto engekhoyo kangangokuba asikwazi nokuthetha ngawo konke konke, okanye ukuba sithetha ngawo, yinto ehlekisayo leyo,” utshilo uChristine Labuski, owayesakuba ngumongikazi kumongikazi kwaye ngoku eyinkcubeko i-anthropologist eVirginia Tech kunye nombhali we "Kubuhlungu Phaya," incwadi malunga nentlungu ye-vulvar.

Nanamhlanje, sihlala singacacanga malunga ne-vaginas

I-Oprah yaziwa ngokubanzi ngokwazisa i "vajayjay," kodwa akucaci ukuba sonke sithetha ngomzimba omnye. Ngaba u-Oprah's vajayjay lilungu lobufazi bakhe - ijelo elisuka kumlomo wesibeleko lakhe ukuya ngaphandle komzimba wakhe - okanye ngaba lilungu lakhe lobufazi, elibandakanya onke amalungu angaphandle endiwathelekelelayo xa umntu esithi "lady bits" - ilebhu, iklitorisi, kunye nendumba yasesidlangalaleni?

Rhoqo namhlanje, sisebenzisa nje igama lobufazi njengokubamba konke-mhlawumbi kuba ukuba kukho igama esingakhululekanga ukulithetha kunelobufazi, liyinto yobufazi.

Kwaye ukuba abafazi banamhlanje bahlala bengacacanga malunga nokwakheka komzimba, unokucinga ukuba amadoda amadala enza ntoni ngayo.

Kwakungekho i-1994 apho i-NIH yayalela ukuba uninzi lweemvavanyo zeklinikhi zibandakanya abasetyhini.

UGalen, owayethathwa njengomphengululi wezonyango wokuqala wobukumkani baseRoma, wasikhaba isibeleko esibhadulayo kodwa wabona ubufazi njengobudoda obungaphakathi ngaphakathi. Kwinkulungwane yesibini ye-AD, wabhala oku ukunceda abafundi ukuba babone:

“Khawucinge kuqala, nceda, malunga nendoda [ezitho zangasese] eguqukileyo yangena yangena ngaphakathi phakathi kwethanga kunye nesinyi. Ukuba oku kunokwenzeka, isirhorho esi sithatha indawo yesibeleko, apho iimvavanyo zingqengqe ngaphandle, ecaleni kwalo macala omabini. ”

Ke unayo - uGalen esithi ukuba ucinga ukuba yonke indoda iyangena emzimbeni womntu, isingxobo samatyhalarha sisibeleko, incanca iya kuba lilungu lobufazi, kwaye amasende aya kuba ngamaqanda.

Ukucaca, oku yayingekokufanisa nje. Njengoko umbhali-mbali uThomas Laqueur ebhalile, kwakuyinkolelo eqhelekileyo ngelo xesha lokuba abesilisa nabasetyhini babelana ngokwabo ngamalungu afanayo ezesondo.

Kutheni iscrotum singenakho ukuzala abantwana - ndingasathethi ke ukuba iklitoris ingena phi kanye kwesi sikimu - kwakungacacanga kangako, kodwa uGalen wayengakhathazeki yile mibuzo. Kwakufuneka enze le ngongoma: Ukuba umfazi wayeyindoda engafezekanga.

Ingavakala iyisidenge namhlanje, kodwa ukucinga ukuba yindoda njengomgangatho womzimba womntu yayiqhubeka.

Kwakungekho ngo-1994 ukuba i-US National Institutes of Health (NIH) igunyazise ukuba ezininzi iimvavanyo zeklinikhi zibandakanya abasetyhini (eyokugqibela yapasiswa okokuqala ngo-1993, kodwa yaqala ukusebenza emva kokuba i-NIH ihlaziye izikhokelo).

Ngaphambi koko, kwinto yokuba baya kusebenza ngokufanayo kuzo zombini izini. Oko kucingelwa kungqineke kungalunganga. Ukusukela ngo-1997 ukuya ku-2001, iziyobisi ezisibhozo kwezili-10 ezazikhutshelwa emarikeni zazibeka emngciphekweni omkhulu kwabasetyhini, amaxesha amaninzi kuba abasetyhini bezisebenzisa ngendlela eyahlukileyo.

Ngaphezulu, ii-anatomists zakuqala zafumana okungalunganga malunga nefomathi yabasetyhini

Izimvo zikaGalen ngabafazi zaziphume ekuqondeni kwakhe okungagungqiyo malunga nokwakheka kwabasetyhini, ekunokwenzeka ukuba kuyaqondakala kuba wayengavunyelwe ukusasaza izidumbu zabantu.

Kwakungekho i-1500s, ngexesha loKuvuselela, ukuba ii-anatomists zikwazi ukujonga ngaphakathi emzimbeni kwaye zaqala ukupapasha imizobo ye-genitalia kunye namanye amalungu. Nangona kunjalo, imifanekiso yabo yenkqubo yokuzala yayijongwa njengehlazo yicawa, uninzi lweencwadi zelo xesha zazifihla amalungu esini phantsi kwephepha okanye ziwashiye ngokupheleleyo.

Nditsho noAndreas Vesalius, ugqirha waseFlemish owayethathwa njengoyise we-anatomy, wayengahlali eqinisekile ukuba ujonge ntoni. Uye wajonga iklitori njengenxalenye engaqhelekanga engakhange yenzeke kubafazi abasempilweni, umzekelo, ukunamathela endaweni yokujonga ukuba ubufazi bulingana nebhinqa kwilungu lobudoda.

Kodwa ngexesha lokukhanyiselwa ukusuka kwi-1685 ukuya kwi-1815, iinzululwazi, kubandakanya i-anatomy, zaphumelela. Kwaye enkosi kumatshini wokushicilela, abantu abaninzi baqala ukufunda ngesondo kunye nomzimba wabasetyhini.

“Enkosi ngenkcubeko entsha yokushicilela,” kubhala uRaymond Stephanson noDarren Wagner ngokujonga ngokubanzi ngeli xesha, “uncwadi malunga neengcebiso ngezesondo, iincwadi zokubelekisa, ezesini ezithandwayo, inkanuko… unyango lwezonyango kulwimi lwasekhaya, kwanoveli… inani elingathethekiyo labafundi. ”

URodriguez uthi: "Le ncwadi (" Imizimba Yethu, Ngokwethu "ngo-1970) yayinenguqu kuba yayinika abantu basetyhini ulwazi ngemizimba yabo."

Ngaphezulu, ngokunyuka kwamayeza ale mihla kwii-1800s, abantu abaninzi kakhulu baqala ukubona oogqirha.

Ukubeleka, okwakubonwa njengesiqhelo ebomini ukuba kwenziwe ekhaya, kwaqala ukungena ezibhedlele, utshilo uSarah Rodriguez, PhD, umbhali-mbali kwezonyango kwiYunivesithi yaseNyakatho-ntshona.

Kwaye oogqirha bafumana ukubonakala kwabo okuhle ngaphakathi kwilungu lobufazi eliphilayo

Wayengugqirha oselula waseAlabama ngeminyaka yoo-1840 xa wayenomdla wokwenza utyando kubafazi- ke into entsha. Ukwenza njalo, wayila intsimi ye-gynecology njengoko siyazi namhlanje.

Okokuqala, wasungula i-speculum yelungu lobufazi, ethi isetyenziswe ngoochwepheshe besibeleko ukuvula nokubona ngaphakathi kwilungu lobufazi, emva koko waba nguvulindlela wotyando lokuqala ukulungisa i-vesicovaginal fistula, ingxaki yokubeleka apho kuvuleka khona umngxuma phakathi kwelungu lobufazi kunye nesinyi.

Olu tyando lwaluyinkqubela, kodwa inkqubela phambili yeza ngeendleko ezinkulu. Nokuba ngelo xesha, utshilo uRodriguez, iindlela zikaSims zabonwa njengezithandabuzekayo ngokokuziphatha.

Kungenxa yokuba uSims uphuhlise utyando ngokuzama ukwenza amakhoboka ase-Afrika aseMelika. Kwiingxelo zakhe, uxoxa ngabasetyhini abathathu ngokukodwa, ogama linguBetsey, Anarcha, noLucy. Wenza imisebenzi engama-30-yonke ngaphandle kwe-anesthesia-ku-Anarcha yedwa, ukuqala xa wayeneminyaka eli-17 ubudala.

"Andicingi ukuba ungathetha ngokudalwa kwakhe kolu tyando ngaphandle kokukhankanya abo bafazi," utshilo uRodriguez. "Ukulungiswa kweFistula kuxhamle abantu basetyhini abaninzi ukusukela ngoko, kodwa oku kwenzeke ngamabhinqa amathathu angenako ukuthi hayi."

Ngo-Epreli we-2018, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaSims kwisiXeko saseNew York eCentral Park wehliswa, ukubekwa endaweni yipleyiti eya kuthi inike amagama amabhinqa amathathu uSims awayezama kuwo.

Kwaye ngelixa abasetyhini namhlanje banokufumana ulwazi ngakumbi ngemizimba yabo kunanini na ngaphambili, oko kukwathetha ukuba bahlaselwa ngemiyalezo engalunganga nengachanekanga.

Kwabasetyhini abaninzi, ukususwa komfanekiso oqingqiweyo kwakubalulekile ukwamkelwa kwengozi kunye nokungahoywa kwabasetyhini ababandezeleka iminyaka ezandleni zeziko lezonyango. Ngokwenene bekungekho kude kube ngoo-1970, utshilo uRodriguez, ukuba ukhathalelo lwempilo lwabasetyhini lwafika ngokwalo.

Incwadi ethi “Imizimba Yethu, Ngokwethu” ibingamandla abalulekileyo kolo tshintsho.

Ngo-1970, uJudy Norsigian namanye amabhinqa kwiBoston Women’s Health Book Collective bapapasha uhlelo lokuqala lwencwadi, olwaluthetha ngokuthe ngqo nangokungqalileyo kwabasetyhini ngayo yonke into ukusuka kwi-anatomy ukuya kwimpilo yezesondo kunye nokuyeka ukuya exesheni.

URodriguez uthi: “Le ncwadi yatshintsha izinto kuba yayinika abantu basetyhini ulwazi ngemizimba yabo.”

Kwaye olo lwazi luxhobisa abantu basetyhini ukuba babe ziingcali zabo zezempilo- lencwadi sele ithengise ngaphezulu kweekopi ezizigidi ezine, kwaye abasetyhini basabalisa amabali eekopi ezidlulisiweyo ezinenja de bawe ngokoqobo.

Ngokucacileyo, bekukho ukunxanelwa ulwazi, uJudy Norsigian uthi xa ebuyela emva ngelo xesha. "Emva phaya ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-60 kunye nama-70s besisazi okuncinci ngemizimba yethu, kodwa besiyazi ukuba incinci kangakanani esiyaziyo," utshilo namhlanje. "Yiloo nto eyenze ukuba abantu basetyhini bahlangane kwaye benze uphando."

Kule minyaka, uNorsigian uthi, isidingo sencwadi asizange sinyamalale, kodwa sitshintshile.

Uthi: "Zininzi iinkcukacha ezingezizo kwi-intanethi," utshilo. Uchaza abantu basetyhini abasondela kuye kwimisitho kwaye abuze imibuzo ebonisa ukungabikho kolwazi olusisiseko malunga nomzimba wabasetyhini.

Uthi: "Abayiqondi impilo yokuya exesheni kunye nokusuleleka kumchamo, okanye abazi nokuba banee-orifices ezahlukeneyo!"

Kwaye ngelixa abasetyhini namhlanje banokufumana ulwazi ngakumbi ngemizimba yabo kunanini na ngaphambili, oko kukwathetha ukuba bahlaselwa ngemiyalezo engalunganga nengachanekanga.

"Abasetyhini namhlanje bafumana umbono wokuba kufuneka ujongeke njengabo kwi-porn, ke bayacheba kwaye batshintsha indawo yelungu lobufazi," utshilo uNorsigian. "Ukuvuselelwa kwelungu lobufazi lutyando olushushu ngoku."

Yiyo loo nto upapasho lokugqibela lwencwadi- kungasekho mali yokuqhubeka uyihlaziya-inecandelo lendlela yokufumana ulwazi oluchanekileyo kwi-intanethi, kunye nokuthintela indawo yokuthengisa efihliweyo njengemfundo.

Kwaye emva kwembali ende, kuyakuthatha intetho eninzi yelungu lobufazi ukwenza ixesha elilahlekileyo.

Kodwa nangona kukho konke ukuvezwa kwayo, ibhinqa liye lahlala lingabonakali

Nanku umzekelo omnye: inkampani yaseKotex icwangcise intengiso yeTV kwiipads zayo kunye neetampon ezikhankanye igama elithi "ubufazi." Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, kulapho kusetyenziswa khona iimveliso zabo.

Emva kokuba iinethiwekhi ezintathu zosasazo zixelele inkampani ukuba ayinakulisebenzisa elo gama, uKotex wafota intengiso kunye nomlingisi esebenzisa ibinzana elithi "ezantsi phaya."

Hayi. Ababini kunethiwekhi abathathu bayalile loo nto.

Oku kwakungekho nge-1960s - le ntengiso yaqhutywa ngo-2010.

Ekugqibeleni, ibisengaphambili ibalulekile. Inkampani yayihlekisa kwintengiso yayo eyadlulayo, eyayibonisa ulwelo oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nabasetyhini bedanisa kamnandi, bekhwele amahashe, kwaye bexhuma bejikeleza ngeebhulukhwe ezimhlophe- mhlawumbi ngalo lonke ixesha besesixesheni. Ukanti nango-2010, uKotex wayengenako ukukhankanya, nokuba kungokungathandabuzekiyo, kwilungu lobufazi.

Ke ewe, sivela kude, sana. Sele ziinkulungwane ukusukela oko nabani na wazama ukuhenda isibeleko esibhadulayo nge-potpourri yelungu lobufazi. Kodwa imbali iyaqhubeka nokusibumba.

Sisathetha ngobufazi ngendlela engachanekanga, elahlekisayo

Ngenxa yoko, abantu abaninzi abasazi mahluko phakathi kwelungu lobufazi kunye nelungu lobufazi-kakhulu indlela yokukhathalela nokuba yeyiphi.

Amaphephancwadi amabhinqa kunye neewebhusayithi ezininzi ezijoliswe kwimpilo azincedi, ukukhuthaza iingcamango ezingenangqondo ezifana "nendlela yokufumana i-vagina yakho yehlobo ehle kakhulu" kunye nokukhuthaza iinkqubo zokuzicoca kunye nokuhlinzwa okwenzela ukuhlazeka kwabasetyhini ukuba bacinge ukuba i-vulvas yabo eqhelekileyo ayibonakali ngokwaneleyo.

Ngo-2013, uphando kwiyunivesithi yase-US yafumanisa ukuba kuphela iipesenti ezingama-38 zabafazi beekholeji abanokuthi ngokuchanekileyo babhale kwilungu lobufazi kumzobo we-anatomical (ukubetha iipesenti ezingama-20 zamadoda asekholejini anokuzifumana). Ngaphantsi kwesiqingatha sabo bonke abantu basetyhini kuvavanyo lwamazwe aphesheya bathi bakhululekile ukuxoxa ngemiba enxulumene nobufazi kunye nomboneleli wabo wezempilo.

"Nangona uninzi lwethu luhlala kweli hlabathi 'le-vag', kwaye abantu bathumela iiselfie kumalungu abo esini kwaye kuvakala ngathi lelona xesha livulekileyo, ndicinga ukuba [ezi zimo zengqondo] zisentsha ngokwenene xa kuthelekiswa nembali ende, utshilo uLabuski.

Kwaye emva kwembali "ende", kuyakuthatha intetho eninzi yelungu lobufazi ukwenza ixesha elilahlekileyo.

U-Erika Engelhaupt yintatheli yesayensi kunye nomhleli. Ubhala ikholamu yeGory Iinkcukacha kwi-National Geographic, kwaye umsebenzi wakhe uvele kumaphephandaba, kwiimagazini nakunomathotholo kubandakanya ne-Science News, i-Philadelphia Inquirer kunye ne-NPR.