vulva

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In a well-reported case last year, a group of feminist artist-activists vandalised a 19th-Century painting of a woman's vulva by French artist Gustave Courbet, calling it misogynistic.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

In a 2018 study in the journal Sexual Medicine, Dr. Rubin, Dr. Goldstein and colleagues found that a failure to examine the vulva and clitoris led doctors to regularly overlook sexual health conditions.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

I am an 18-year-old person with a vulva, and I have no interest in having sex with other people, partly due to gender dysphoria.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2021

Dr. Megan Evans, MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Tufts Medical Center, said the ingredients that are often used in bath bombs can cause "irritation and inflammation to the vulva."

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2021

Abdomen nearly twice as long as broad; vulva shows two reddish marks in front, and behind is a large indistinct cavity.

From New West Indian Spiders Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XXXIII, Art. XLI, pp. 639-642 by Banks, Nathan