Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why it matters that kids learn the right terms for their body parts — including the difference between the vulva and the vagina.

Parents who want to protect and empower their children should understand the importance of teaching them anatomically correct terms like penis and vagina. Research shows that while the majority of ...

Take a look at your body. All the parts you can see, as well as all those on the inside, have been given a name at some point in history. There are plenty of descriptive, fairly innocuous names. But ...

Taor contends that male eponyms for female anatomical structures are somehow wrong. Actually, they are part of the rich history of nomenclature in anatomy. Since the 1960s, many have been supplanted ...

Experts agree that it's important to teach kids the anatomical terms for their genitalia for a number of reasons, including reducing shame around bodies and giving them the tools to communicate to a ...

I agree with Adam Taor that some of the terminology used for female anatomy, especially reproductive parts, is extremely paternalistic, if not outright misogynistic, and could do with revision(14 June ...