A Celebration of Vulva Diversity

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Your vaginal area is distinct in more ways than just labia appearance. Your clitoris, pubic hair, and smell all add to your vulva’s uniqueness. Clitoris glans The behavior of the serotine bat reported in the paper is “bizarre and unique” if true, said Alan Dixson, a biology professor at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and the author of the 2021 book “Mammalian Sexuality: The Act of Mating and the Evolution of Reproduction.” However, in his view, the researchers hadn’t provided sufficient evidence to support their unusual claim, added Dixson, who also was not a part of the study. The clitoris is the main area of sexual sensation in women and people with a vulva. From the outside, the clitoris looks like an oval-shaped nub that sits at the top of your labia minora. This visible part is called the “glans clitoris,” but it’s just the tip of the iceberg because the whole clitoris is much bigger inside, where you can’t see it.

Here’s a useful fact to remember: You don’t have to clean or wash your vagina, despite what you may have been told. “The vagina is self-cleaning,” says Dr. Schwartz. “The use of soap or any feminine hygiene products inside the vagina can actually cause an infection.” Know that you are totally normal,” says Dr. Barbara Levy , obstetrician and gynecologist, Washington, US. “Variations in size and shape of the vulva, just like variations in the size and shape of our noses, are absolutely expected and completely normal.” Labia majoraIt’s common for random bumps and lumps to come and go. Bumps caused by ingrown hairs, pimples, swollen veins, or harmless cysts typically fade after a week or so. Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena Maasai Mara National Reserve,Kenya. Edwin Remsberg/VW Pics/Universal Images Group Editorial/Getty Images The footage showed that half of the recorded mating episodes lasted less than 53 minutes, while on one occasion a pair of bats stayed together in a copulative embrace for more than 12 hours. The behavior is similar to a “cloacal kiss,” a way of mating used by many birds.

While the footage doesn’t prove non-penetrative sex in mammals, some females were left with fluid on their abdomens, suggesting males had at least attempted to deposit their sperm. The scientists now hope to swab females after mating and are building a “bat porn box” to film couples from all angles. The ovaries are small, oval glands located on both sides of your uterus. After puberty, the ovaries start making hormones called estrogen and progesterone. These hormones control your cycle from when you start your period to when your ovaries release an egg.

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The darker skin down there is the result of melanocytes, which are cells in the skin’s basal layer that produce a brown pigment called melanin. Melanin is responsible for skin color. Over time, this can mean males and females of the same species evolve in response to each other as they try to get the upper hand. This is sexual conflict, and can involve changes in body size, characteristics and behaviour. Female Age-Related Fertility Decline.” American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) , www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2014/03/female-age-related-fertility-decline. Accessed 7 March 2023.

Sometimes, changes in color and texture of discharge are a sign of an underlying condition. Consult a clinician if your vaginal discharge: Kreklau A, et al. (2018). Measurements of a ‘normal vulva’ in women aged 15–84: A cross-sectional prospective single-centre study. With penises, these erections tend to look quite obvious. The same is true of the clitoris; there's a distinct difference between a flaccid and erect one. It's just less noticed because it's not often talked about, Milhouse said. It’s totally fine to wonder if what you look like “down there” would be considered typical. Most of the time, we don’t have anything to compare it to. But the important thing to know about the vulva is that there is no such thing as perfect or ideal. Vulvas come in all shapes, sizes, and even colors (some are pinkish, while others can be more purple or brown).It’s a bit of an open question how their semen really gets into the female reproductive tract. It might be that there’s kind of suction involved. We cannot fully answer this mechanism,” she said. Every month, one of your ovaries releases an egg through the uterine tube and into the uterus. This is known as ovulation. If fertilized by a sperm, this egg will become an embryo and start a pregnancy. If it’s not fertilized, the egg will break down after 24 hours. Fallopian tubes (also known as uterine tubes)