The term 'vaginal' is specific to female anatomy and should not be used for men or non-binary individuals.

Gender Specific

'Vaginal' is commonly used in healthcare and should be used in appropriate and respectful contexts.

Clinical Setting

Although medical, 'vaginal' can be sensitive; be respectful and discreet in mixed or public settings.

Discreet Language

Use 'vaginal' to specify a natural method of childbirth as opposed to surgical methods.

Birth Context

'Vaginal' birth is the default mode of delivery; cesarean is an alternative when necessary.

Non-surgical

Vaginal birth often has a shorter recovery time compared to cesarean section.

Recovery Differences

 and so the lack of those protective microbes that we've co-evolved with might be really important for a lot of these different conditions that we now know involve the microbiome. When my own daughter was born a couple of years ago by emergency C-section, we took matters into our own hands and made sure she was coated with those vaginal microbes

Rob Knight: How our...

 and a clitoris that's half an inch above the vaginal opening and labia that look exactly like they're supposed to look like, according to that one porn video you watched that one time. You know the one. If you've been with more than one sexual partner in your lifetime, and you line them up, one by one,

The way we think about...

 and nonself, meaning what's not allowed inside. Think the physical barriers of our skin, the hairs in our nose, the eyelashes that blink out dirt, even vaginal discharge that prevents infections. Now if a pathogen does manage to get past the first line of defense, we have another layer of protection,

Can you actually boost...

 and that corresponds to whether you perform a sexual act or receive a sexual act. Of course, there are the bases, which refer to specific sexual activities that happen in a very specific order, ultimately resulting in scoring a run or hitting a home run, which is usually having vaginal intercourse

Al Vernacchio: Sex needs...

 because the vagina is shedding more epithelial and Candida cells. A few major factors, like antibiotic treatments and lower immunity, can make people more susceptible to vaginal yeast infections. When someone’s immune system is compromised, from illness or otherwise,

What causes yeast...

 disable sperm before they reach the uterus, or suppress ovulation. Block is the simplest. Male and female condoms prevent sperm from coming into contact with the vaginal space. That barrier is also why they, unlike other contraceptive methods,

How do contraceptives...

 $20,000 for a vaginal delivery and $30,000 for a c-section and those costs have been increasing ever since for those who live far from cities there's a shocking lack of providers nationwide nearly half of all the

Caring for maternal...

 so that when the male inflates his long, counterclockwise coiled penis into her, and she disapproves, all she needs to do is flex her vaginal muscles and the penis just flubs out.

The evolution of animal...

 for women around the world. Ellen Støkken The first myth is about blood. It tells us that the hymen breaks and bleeds the first time a woman has vaginal sex.

The virginity fraud PIPE...

 to feel sexual pleasure he creates an opening that will serve as the new vagina later he'll cut out a portion of Don's colon to act as the vaginal canal