This document provides 9 facts about the vagina: 1) The vulva refers to the outer parts while the vagina refers to the interior canal. The clitoris contains 8000 nerve endings for pleasure. 2) Sharks and vaginas both contain squalane, a natural lubricant. 3) The vagina can expand up to 200% during arousal, childbirth, and return to its original size. 4) Kegel exercises can strengthen vaginal muscles and increase pleasure and control during sex and childbirth.

1. 9 Amazing Facts
About the Vagina

2. What we commonly refer to as the
vagina is actually made up of several
parts. The outer area is called the vulva,
made up of the inner and outer labia
(“lips”), the clitoris, the clitoral hood,
and the urethra. The true “vagina” is
actually the interior area, which
includes the cervix, uterus, ovaries, and
fallopian tubes. The clitoris is the organ
exclusively reserved for a woman's
pleasure during sex – as so, it contains
8,000 nerve-endings.
This sounds all well and good compared
to the glans of the penis, which has
only 3500. But, if you're comparing
nerve-endings to the ENTIRE penis,
including foreskin, that number, er,
jacks up to 24,000. (Sorry, ladies -
thought you had us beat.)
8000 Nerve Endings……

3. Sharks and Vaginas Have Something In Common
No, it's (thankfully) not
teeth – instead, they
both have a compound
called squalane, which
is found in shark livers
and also in the vagina
as a lubricant. When a
woman is aroused, she
secrets the squalane as
her clitoris and labia
swell up, and the
interior vagina
lengthens as it
prepares for entry for
the penis, or, as Borat
would say, “Sexytime!”

4. The Vagina Can Expand Up to 200%
While there is no “standard size” for a
woman's vagina, the average is about 3
inches wide and 3.5 inches deep.
However, it is not rigid. In fact, the
vagina can expand up to 200% in
size, making it possible for a tiny sperm
to fertilize an embryo and grow into a
fully formed baby, be delivered, and
return to nearly its original shape.
However, factors such as
age, weight, and smoking can cause a
vagina to “sag” and even fall out
(but, thankfully, this can be fixed.)

5. By Jove, I think she found it!
Yes, Vagina – I mean, Virginia – there is such a thing as the magical “G” Spot – an area
inside the actual vagina responsible for an intense orgasm even stronger than that of the
clitoris. How do you find the “G” Spot? Grab your partner and lie down on your back.
Have he (or she) put their index finger inside, and make a “come hither” motion. Are you
suddenly seeing skyrockets in flight? Congratulations, then you've found your “G” Spot!
There IS
a G-Spot!

6. You Can “Exercise”
Your Vagina
In 1948, a man named Arnold Kegel changed
women's lives forever when he published a
pelvic floor exercise that quickly became
synonymous with his name. Dubbed the Kegel
exercise, it is a way to strengthen the
“pubococcygeus muscles of the pelvic floor,”
(basically doctor-speak for the vagina muscles)
which can help a woman cope during
childbirth, fend off urinary infections, and even
increase orgasmic pleasure. To do the
exercise, you must first recognize the muscles
you need by stopping urination in mid-stream.
Next, empty the bladder and lie on your back.
Slowly tense and relax these muscles (but not
the buttocks) starting with 5-second intervals
and gradually increase the duration to 10.
Repeat 3 times a day. The good news is that
men can also benefit from Kegel
exercises, helping prevent premature
ejaculation and lengthening and strengthening
erections. Okay, everybody on your back!

7. Don't Wash Your Vagina!
No we're not talking about
basic external hygiene, we are
talking about putting any
external cleaning aides (such
as douches) inside. Yes, the
vagina is full of bacteria, but it
is good bacteria that keeps a
woman healthy, and the
vagina cleans itself like a well-
regulated machine. Women
used to grow up believing their
“lady parts” were unclean, but
modern science has proven
this wrong. For you science
geeks out there, the pH of the
vagina is about 4 – the same
for wine and tomatoes. Don't
%$^ it up by douching!

8. Don't
Shave Your
Pubic
Hair…?
To Shave or Not to Shave, that is the question. While the purpose of other areas of the
vagina are more-or-less understood, when it comes to pubic hair, the answers are less
clear-cut. We are not even sure why humans have pubic hair, since we're the only
species on the planet to have it. It is believed to have something to do with the trapping
of pheromones – the odors we secrete during sexual arousal. There are also theories
that it helps with lubrication between partners during sex, or that it helped keep the
genitals warm during prehistoric times. Whatever it's for, suddenly it seems like it is the
norm for adult women to shave most or all of it off. This trend began in the 90s but
accelerated in the 2000s where, according to a recent study, many young women today
find pubic hair “repulsive.” They receive their cues not from men, it goes on to say, but
from other women who also shave. So what should you do? The answer is: whatever
you like.

9. What’s Walt Doing Here??
The First Film to Use Word
“Vagina” was a Disney Movie!
As strange as it may seem, Walt Disney was on the
forefront of women talking about their vaginae (plural of
vagina). In 1946, Disney was commissioned by the Cello-
Cotton company (who made Kotex feminine napkins) to
make a film called The Story of Menstruation, which
mentioned the V-word for the very first time on
celluloid. The film was never released theatrically, but
was shown to 105 million American students, along with
advertisements for girls to make sure to use their brand
when it came to “that time of the month.” The film was
hardly pornographic – in fact, menstrual blood is shown
as white instead of red.

10. If You Say “Vagina” in the House
of Representatives, You Will Be
Banned
Flash-forward 66 years, and suddenly the word is
cause for censorship. Representative Lisa Brown
(D-Mich.), while responding to a bill that would
restrict a woman's abortion after 20 weeks,
stated, “I'm flattered that you're all so interested
in my vagina, but no means no.” House Speaker
Jase Bolger then barred her and Barb Byrum
(who stood up for her friend) from the floor for
“disrupting decorum.” “If they are going to
legislate my anatomy, I see no reason why I
cannot mention it,” Brown added.