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It's not the vagina, it's the vulva! 

Lea Albrecht
January 28, 2021

Why do so few people know its real name? Because the vulva is too often ignored and forgotten. We even got it wrong in a message to extraterrestrials.

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Lea Albrecht
Lea Albrecht Science reporter and editor. Passionate about nature's complexity. Creator of Sex & the Body.@LeaLeaalbrecht
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