Umlando Omangazayo, Omfushane Kakhulu Wobufazi

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• Nanamuhla, sivame ukungacaci kahle ngezitho zangasese
• Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-anatomists okuqala athola iphutha elikhulu mayelana nefomu labesifazane
• Futhi odokotela bathola ukubukeka kwabo okuhle ngaphakathi esithweni sangasese esiphilayo
• Kepha noma kukhona konke ukutholakala kwayo okusha, isitho sowesifazane sangasese siyisigaxa esithile
• Sisakhuluma ngesitho sangasese ngezindlela ezinganembile, nezidukisayo

Sifaka imikhiqizo esicabanga ukuthi ilusizo kubafundi bethu. Uma uthenga ngezixhumanisi ezikuleli khasi, singathola ikhomishini encane. Nansi inqubo yethu.

Besihlale sinama-vaginas, kepha kuthatha isikhathi eside ukubazi ngempela - ikakhulukazi kwezokwelapha.

Inani lamagama esitho sangasese sowesifazane, empeleni, liyamangalisa.

Kusukela ku-"lady bits" onobuhle kuye ku "vajayjay" onobungane kuya kuma-hoohas, ibhizinisi labesifazane, kanye namagama amaningi okuthuka ongawabiza - ulimi lwesiNgisi luyisibonakaliso sangempela se-vagarific slang. Singaba nobuciko, ngokusobala, lapho singafuni ukuphuma sithi "isitho sangasese sowesifazane."

Futhi lokho kuyasho.

Emlandweni omningi womuntu, isitho sowesifazane sangasese besiyisihloko esithile - uma kungenakwenzeka ukuthi singakhulumeki, ngakho-ke akuyona into yokuxoxa ngokukhululekile.

Eqinisweni, kwakungekho ngisho negama lezokwelapha lendima yowesifazane kuze kube cishe ngawo-1680s. Ngaphambi kwalesi sikhathi, igama lesiLatini elithi "vagina" lalibhekisa kusaladi noma emgodleni wenkemba. Ngakho-ke akufanele kusimangaze ukuthi emkhakheni wezokwelapha, isitho sangasese sowesifazane nezinye izitho zokuzala zabhekwa isikhathi eside njengezinto eziyimfihlakalo - futhi ezikhohlisayo - zomzimba.

Udokotela wasendulo ongumGreki u-Aretaeus wayekholelwa ukuthi isibeletho sasizulazula emzimbeni womuntu wesifazane “njengesilwane esingaphakathi kwesilwane,” sibangela ukugula njengoba sishayisana nobende noma isibindi. Ubuye wakholwa ukuthi idonselwa iphunga elinuka kamnandi, njengokuthi udokotela angaliphinde libuyele endaweni yalo ngokwethula isitho sangasese ngephunga elimnandi.

Njengoba isazi-mlando uThomas Laqueur sibhalile, kwakuyinkolelo evamile ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi abesilisa nabesifazane babelana ngokoqobo izitho zobulili ezifanayo.

Ngakho-ke iye kwisitho sangasese sowesifazane - umlando wayo ugcwele izinganekwane, ukungaqondi, nokuphathwa kabi.

Ngemuva kwakho konke, uyinakekela kanjani impilo yento ongeke usho nokuyisho?

“Izitho zangasese zabesifazane zingcwele kakhulu noma ziyimpoqo kangangokuba asikwazi ngisho nokukhuluma ngazo, noma uma sikhuluma ngazo, ziyihlaya elingcolile,” kusho uChristine Labuski, owayekade esebenza njengabahlengikazi besifazane futhi manje eseyisiko isazi semvelaphi yabantu eVirginia Tech nombhali wencwadi ethi “It Hurts Down There,” incwadi emayelana nobuhlungu be-vulvar.

Nanamuhla, sivame ukungacaci kahle ngezitho zangasese

I-Oprah yaziwa kabanzi ngokwenza i "vajayjay" yande, kodwa akucaci ukuthi sonke sikhuluma ngomzimba ofanayo. Ngabe i-vajayjay ka-Oprah isitho sakhe sangasese - isiteshi esisuka kumlomo wesibeletho kuye ngaphandle komzimba wakhe - noma ingabe isitho sakhe sangasese, esifaka zonke izingxenye zangaphandle engizicabangayo lapho othile ethi "lady bits" - ilebhu, i-clitoris, ne-pubic mound?

Imvamisa namuhla, sisebenzisa igama elithi vaginal njengokubamba konke - mhlawumbe ngoba uma kukhona igama esingakhululeki ukulisho kunesitho sangasese sowesifazane, liyisitho sangasese.

Futhi uma abesifazane besimanje besikhathi esiningi kungacaci ngokwabo ukwakheka komzimba wabo, ungacabanga ukuthi amadoda asendulo ayenzani ngawo.

Kwakungaze kube yi-1994 lapho i-NIH yagunyaza ukuthi ukuhlolwa okuningi kwemitholampilo kufaka phakathi abesifazane.

UGalen, owayethathwa njengomcwaningi wokuqala wezokwelapha woMbuso WaseRoma, wasenqaba isibeletho esizulayo kodwa wabona isitho sangasese sowesilisa njengendoda engaphakathi ngaphakathi. Ngekhulu lesibili A.D., wabhala lokhu ukusiza abafundi ukuba babone ngeso lengqondo:

“Ngicela uqale ucabange [izitho zangasese] zale ndoda zingene futhi zinwebele ngaphakathi phakathi kwengxenyeni kanye nesinye. Uma lokhu kungenzeka, isimila kuzothatha indawo yesibeletho, amasende alele ngaphandle, eceleni kwaso ngapha nangapha. ”

Ngakho-ke lapho unayo - kusho uGalen ukuthi uma ucabanga ukuthi ukusunduza wonke amadoda angena emzimbeni womuntu, isirobhothi kungaba yisibeletho, ipipi kube yisitho sangasese, namasende abe amaqanda.

Ukuze kucace, lokhu kwakungekhona nje ukufanisa. Njengoba isazi-mlando uThomas Laqueur sibhalile, kwakuyinkolelo evamile ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi abesilisa nabesifazane babelana ngokoqobo izitho zobulili ezifanayo.

Kungani i-scrotum ingakwazi ukuzala izingane - ingasaphathwa eyokuthi i-clitoris ingena kuphi kulesi sikimu - ibingacaci kangako, kepha uGalen ubengakhathazekile ngaleyo mibuzo. Kwakufanele aveze iphuzu: Ukuthi owesifazane wayemane nje eyindoda engaphelele.

Kungazwakala kuwubuwula namuhla, kepha ukucabanga kowesilisa njengezinga lomzimba womuntu bekuphikelela.

Kuze kwaba ngo-1994 lapho i-U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) iyalele khona ukuthi izivivinyo eziningi zemitholampilo zifaka phakathi abesifazane (eyokugcina yadluliselwa okokuqala ngo-1993, kodwa yaqala ukusebenza ngemuva kokuthi i-NIH ibuyekeze imihlahlandlela).

Ngaphambi kwalokho, ngokucabanga ukuthi bazosebenza ngokufanayo kwabobulili bobabili. Lokho kucabanga kufakazelwe akulungile. Ukusuka ngo-1997 kuya ku-2001, imishanguzo eyisishiyagalombili kwayishumi eyakhishwa emakethe yabanga ubungozi obukhulu kwabesifazane, imvamisa ngoba abesifazane bayisebenzisa ngendlela ehlukile.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-anatomists okuqala athola iphutha elikhulu mayelana nefomu labesifazane

Imibono kaGalen ngabesifazane yayixhomeke ekuqondeni kwakhe okunyakazayo kwe-anatomy yabesifazane, okungenzeka ukuthi kwakuqondakala kwazise wayengavunyelwe ukuhlinza izidumbu zabantu.

Kwaze kwaba ngama-1500s, ngesikhathi se-Renaissance, lapho ama-anatomists akwazi ukubona ngaphakathi komzimba futhi aqala ukushicilela imidwebo yezitho zobulili kanye nezinye izitho. Kodwa-ke, izithombe zabo zohlelo lokuzala zazithathwa njengehlazo yisonto, ngakho-ke izincwadi eziningi zaleso sikhathi zazifihla izitho zangasese ngaphansi kwamaphepha noma zaziyeka ngokuphelele.

Ngisho no-Andreas Vesalius, udokotela waseFlemish owayebhekwa njengoyise wesitho somzimba, wayengaqiniseki ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuthi ubheke ini. Ubebheka i-clitoris njengengxenye engajwayelekile engazange yenzeke kwabesifazane abaphilile, ngokwesibonelo, kunalokho wanamathela embonweni wokuthi isitho sowesifazane silingana nesitho sangasese sowesifazane.

Kepha ngesikhathi sokukhanyiselwa kusukela ngo-1685 kuya ku-1815, isayensi, kufaka phakathi i-anatomy, yachuma. Futhi ngenxa yomshini wokuphrinta, abantu abaningi baqala ukufunda ngezocansi nangomzimba wesifazane.

“Ngenxa yesiko elisha lokuphrinta,” kubhala uRaymond Stephanson noDarren Wagner ngokubuka konke ngaleyo nkathi, “izincwadi zezeluleko ngocansi, izincwadi zokubelethisa, ama-sexologies athandwayo, i-erotica… izincwadi zokwelapha ngolimi lwendabuko, ngisho noveli… inani elingakaze libonwe labafundi. ”

"Leyoncwadi (" Imizimba Yethu, Yethu Ngokwethu "ngo-1970) yayiguqula izinto,” kusho uRodriguez, “ngoba yanika abesifazane ulwazi ngemizimba yabo.”

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokukhuphuka kwemithi yesimanje ngawo-1800, abantu abaningi kakhulu baqala ukubona odokotela.

Ukubeletha, obekubonakala njengomcimbi wempilo ojwayelekile ukwenziwa ekhaya, kuqale ukungena ezibhedlela, kusho uSarah Rodriguez, PhD, isazi-mlando sezokwelapha eNyuvesi yaseNorthwestern.

Futhi odokotela bathola ukubukeka kwabo okuhle ngaphakathi esithweni sangasese esiphilayo

wayengudokotela osemusha wase-Alabama ngawo-1840s ngenkathi eba nesifiso sokwenza ukuhlinza kwabesifazane - okwabe kungumsebenzi omusha impela. Ukuze enze kanjalo, ngokuyisisekelo wasungula umkhakha wezifo zabesifazane njengoba sazi namuhla.

Okokuqala, wasungula i-speculum yesitho sangasese sowesifazane, ososayensi besifazane abasasisebenzisa ukuvula nokubona ngaphakathi esithweni sangasese, wabe eseqala ukuhlinzwa kokuqala ukulungisa i-vesicovaginal fistula, okuyinkinga yokubeletha lapho kuvuleka khona imbobo phakathi kwesitho sowesifazane nesinye.

Ukuhlinzwa kwaba yintuthuko, kepha ukuthuthuka kwafika ngezindleko ezinkulu. Ngisho nangesikhathi, uRodriguez uthi, izindlela zikaSims zazibonwa njengezingabaza ngokuziphatha.

Lokho kungenxa yokuthi uSims wenza ukuhlinzwa ngokuzama ukugqilazwa kwabesifazane base-Afrika baseMelika. Kwezakhe izindaba, uxoxa ngabesifazane abathathu ikakhulukazi, ababizwa ngoBetsey, Anarcha, noLucy. Wenza ukuhlinzwa okungu-30 - konke ngaphandle kwe-anesthesia - ku-Anarcha kuphela, kusukela lapho eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala.

"Angicabangi ukuthi kufanele ukhulume ngokudalwa kwakhe kwalokhu kuhlinzwa ngaphandle kokusho labo besifazane," kusho uRodriguez. "Ukulungiswa kweFistula kuhlomulise abesifazane abaningi kusukela lapho, kodwa lokhu kwenzeke nabesifazane abathathu abangakwazanga ukuthi cha."

Ngo-Ephreli we-2018, isithombe sikaSims eNew York City eCentral Park sehliswa, sizothathwa indawo yetshe elizonikeza amagama abesifazane abathathu uSims abazama ngabo.

Futhi ngenkathi abesifazane namuhla bengathola ulwazi oluthe xaxa ngemizimba yabo kunanini ngaphambili, lokho kusho nokuthi bahlaselwa ngemiyalezo engemihle futhi engalungile.

Kwabesifazane abaningi, ukususwa kwesifanekiso kwakungukuvuma okubalulekile kokulimala nokunganakwa kwabesifazane ababhekana nakho iminyaka ezandleni zezikhungo zezokwelapha. Ngempela kuze kube ngawo-1970, kusho uRodriguez, lapho ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwabesifazane kwafika khona.

Incwadi ethi “Imizimba Yethu, Ngokwethu” ibinomthelela omkhulu kulolo shintsho.

Ngo-1970, uJudy Norsigian nabanye besifazane kwiBoston Women’s Health Book Collective bashicilela uhlelo lokuqala lwencwadi, olwalukhuluma ngqo nangokungagunci kubantu besifazane ngayo yonke into kusukela ekwakhekeni komzimba kuya kwezempilo yezocansi nokunqamuka kokuya esikhathini.

URodriguez uthi: “Leyo ncwadi yayiguqula izinto ngoba yayinika abesifazane ulwazi ngemizimba yabo.”

Futhi lolo lwazi lwanika abesifazane amandla okuba babe ngongoti babo bezempilo - le ncwadi selokhu yathengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezine, kanti nabesifazane basalokhu bexoxa izindaba zamakhophi adluliswe ngezinja eziseduze baze bawe ngokoqobo.

Ngokusobala, kwakukhona ukomela ulwazi, uJudy Norsigian uthi njengoba ekhumbula emuva ngaleso sikhathi. "Emuva ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-60s kanye nama-70s besazi okuncane kakhulu ngemizimba yethu, kodwa besazi ukuthi kuncane kangakanani esikwaziyo," esho namhlanje. "Yilokho okwenza abesifazane bahlangane benze ucwaningo."

Eminyakeni edlule, uNorsigian uthi, isidingo sencwadi asikanyamalali, kodwa siguqukile.

"Kuningi kakhulu okungelona iqiniso ku-intanethi," usho njalo. Uchaza abesifazane abeza kuye emicimbini abuze imibuzo ekhombisa ukungabi nalwazi oluyisisekelo ngomzimba wesifazane.

Uthi: "Abaqondi ngempilo yokuya esikhathini nokutheleleka ngomchamo, noma abazi nokuthi banama-orific amabili ahlukene!"

Futhi ngenkathi abesifazane namuhla bengathola ulwazi oluthe xaxa ngemizimba yabo kunanini ngaphambili, lokho kusho nokuthi bahlaselwa ngemiyalezo engemihle futhi engalungile.

"Abesifazane namuhla bathola umqondo wokuthi kufanele ubukeke njengabo kwi-porn, ngakho-ke bayashefa futhi bashintshe indawo yangasese," kusho uNorsigian. "Ukuvuselelwa kwesitho sangasese sowesifazane sekuwukuhlinzwa okushisayo manje."

Yingakho uhlelo lokugcina lwencwadi - ingasekho imali yokuqhubeka nokuyibuyekeza - inesigaba sokuthi ungaluthola kanjani ulwazi olunembile kwi-intanethi, nokugwema izinkundla zokuthengisa ezifihliwe njengemfundo.

Futhi ngemuva kwalowo mlando omude, kuzothatha izinkulumo eziningi zesitho sangasese ukwenza isikhathi esilahlekile.

Kepha noma kukhona konke ukutholakala kwayo okusha, isitho sowesifazane sangasese siyisigaxa esithile

Nasi isibonelo esisodwa nje: inkampani yakwaKotex yahlela ukuthengisa nge-TV ngamaphakethe ayo kanye namathamponi asho igama elithi "isitho sangasese sowesifazane". Ngemuva kwakho konke, yilapho kusetshenziswa khona imikhiqizo yabo.

Ngemuva kokuthi amanethiwekhi amathathu okusakaza atshele inkampani ukuthi ayikwazi ukusebenzisa lelo gama, uKotex uqophe lesi sikhangiso nomlingisi esebenzisa ibinzana elithi "phansi lapho."

Cha. Amanethiwekhi amabili kwamathathu akwenqabile nalokho.

Lokhu bekungekho ngeminyaka yama-1960 - lesi sikhangiso saqala ngo-2010.

Ekugcineni, bekusengaphambili okubalulekile. Le nkampani ihlekise ngokukhangisa kwayo okwedlule, obekuqukethe uketshezi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nabesifazane bedansa kamnandi, begibela amahhashi, futhi begxumagxuma bebhulukwe elimhlophe - mhlawumbe konke lokhu besesikhathini. Kodwa-ke nango-2010, uKotex akakwazanga ukusho, noma e-eophemistically, ngesitho sangasese sangempela.

Ngakho yebo, sisuka kude, baby. Sekungamakhulu eminyaka noma ngubani azame ukulinga isibeletho esizulayo nge-potpourri yesitho sangasese sowesifazane. Kepha umlando uyaqhubeka nokusibumba.

Sisakhuluma ngesitho sangasese ngezindlela ezinganembile, nezidukisayo

Ngenxa yalokhu, abantu abaningi namanje abawazi umehluko phakathi kwesitho sangasese sowesifazane nesitho sangasese - ingasaphathwa eyokuthi unakekele noma yini eyodwa.

Omagazini besifazane kanye namawebhusayithi amaningi aqondiswe kwezempilo awasizi, akhuthaze imibono engenangqondo efana nokuthi “ungayithola kanjani isitho sangasese sowesifazane sasehlobo esihle kunazo zonke” nokugqugquzela izinqubo zezimonyo nokuhlinzwa okuhlinzekela abesifazane amahloni ekucabangeni ukuthi imiphimbo yabo ejwayelekile ngokuphelele ayikhangi ngokwanele.

Ngo-2013, inhlolovo eyunivesithi yase-U.S yathola ukuthi amaphesenti angama-38 kuphela abesifazane basekolishi ababekwazi ukubeka ilebuli yesifazane ngokufanelekile kumdwebo we-anatomical (ukushaya amaphesenti angama-20 wamadoda asekolishi angayithola). Futhi abangaphansi kwengxenye yabo bonke abesifazane ocwaningweni lwamazwe omhlaba bathe bakhululekile ukuxoxa ngezinkinga ezihlobene nesitho sangasese nomhlinzeki wabo wezokunakekelwa kwempilo.

"Yize iningi lethu lihlala kulo mhlaba we-'g ', futhi abantu bathumela ama-selfies ezithweni zabo zobulili futhi kuzwakala njengalo mzuzu ovuleke kakhulu, ngicabanga ukuthi [lezi zimo zengqondo] zisezintsha ngempela ngokuhlobene nomlando omude," kusho uLabuski.

Futhi ngemuva kwalowo mlando "omude", kuzothatha ukukhuluma okuningi kwesitho sangasese ukwenza isikhathi esilahlekile.

U-Erika Engelhaupt uyintatheli nomhleli wesayensi. Ubhala ikholomu uGory Details ku-National Geographic, futhi umsebenzi wakhe uvele emaphephandabeni, komagazini, nasemsakazweni okubandakanya iScience News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ne-NPR.