Vagina.Warren Dew wrote:And yet, you used a euphemism rather than spelling "vagina" out, yourself. I noticed no one else has spelled it out in this thread either.maiforpeace wrote:That's what's really offensive, his disgust for the word. As a woman, you have to have certain amount of self-loathing if you supported this action on the part of the house speaker.hadespussercats wrote:I was just reading about that today. Apparently the speaker thought the word was so offensive he wouldn't "say it in front of a woman."maiforpeace wrote:I read that she was banned from speaking on the floor for two days for her use of the "V" word.
Unbelievable.
Would you be as surprised if someone were sanctioned for using "penis" in a similar way? Personally I think it's silly, but lots of people feel uncomfortable using explicit wording to refer to "private parts".
Incidentally, and this is off-topic, but I wish more people understood the difference between a vagina and a vulva.
Incidentally, and back on-topic, my guess is Mai called it the V-word because she was making a sardonic reference to "Vagina" being a dirty word.
But I could be wrong.
Vagina.