Guess What, Ladies? None Of Our Female Reproductive Parts Are Named After A Woman, It’s All Men!
We are all aware of the patriarchal society we live in. As the fight continues to change this harsh reality, time again we keep getting a reality check only to realise how deeply the problem of patriarchy is embedded in society. Like, recently a Twitter Thread that has gone extremely viral on the internet, has given out some surprising facts from the world of gynecological anatomy. The information was shared from the official handle of the Vagina Museum, which is located in the London Kingdom. And the Twitter thread enlightens us with the facts on how not one part of gynecology anatomy, basically the reproductive parts of women has been named after a woman. Surprising enough?
Since it's #InternationalMensDay, here's a thread of every part of the gynaecological anatomy that is named after a man, with a bit of trivia about each man. Some of the bits are very specific. Before you ask, there are no parts of the gynaecological anatomy named after women…
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
On International Men’s day, Vagina Museum shared an interesting thread on the various names of female anatomical parts, and none of them gave been named after a woman. This Twitter thread, in no time, grabbed the attention of internet users, and well, why not. Isn’t it shocking to know that men have the copyright on the names of female reproductive parts? The thread is about the origin of these names. For example, the fallopian tubes that connect the uterus and the ovaries have been named after Gabrielle Fallopio.
GABRIELE FALLOPPIO (circa 1522-1562)🇮🇹 is the namesake of the Fallopian tubes, the tubes between the ovaries and the uterus. You can also call them the ovarian tubes or uterine tubes. pic.twitter.com/9S3GwZJOuI
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
Falloppio found himself caught up in a row with fellow anatomist Realdo Colombo about who had discovered the clitoris (in fact, neither of them had), which raged for years after both men had died.
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
CASPAR BARTHOLIN THE YOUNGER (1655-1738)🇩🇰 is the namesake of Bartholin's glands, the glands on either side of the vaginal opening which lubricate the vagina during arousal. You can also call them the greater vestibular glands.
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
Bartholin came from a dynasty of scientists, and sometimes the discovery of the gland is mistakenly credited to his grandfather, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, who left medicine to become a theologist.
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
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Also, the thread clarified that G-spot is not really an anatomical feature in women, but if you are wondering about the origin of this word, well it has been named after Ernst Grafenberg. Although he was not the one to invent it, but he did invent IUD.
ERNST GRÄFENBERG (1881-1957)🇩🇪 is the namesake of the G-spot, the sensitive spot on the front wall of the vagina. The G-spot isn't a true anatomical feature – some people feel it and some don't. It's where the urethra meets the crura and bulbs of the clitoris. pic.twitter.com/w3YDpqR0D9
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
Gräfenberg didn't actually "discover" the G-spot at all, someone else in this thread has a better claim to first writing it up. He did, however, invent the first widely-used IUD.
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
Here is some more information on how the names of the female reproductive organs originated
REGNIER DE GRAAF (1641-1673)🇳🇱 is the namesake of Graafian follicles, the cellular aggregations with the potential to release an egg which make up much of the ovaries. They're also known as ovarian follicles. pic.twitter.com/QcVyzVpiZy
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
JAMES DOUGLAS (1675-1742)🏴 is the namesake of the pouch of Douglas, a part where the peritoneum extends between the rectum and uterus. You can also call it the rectouterine pouch.
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
The son of a shoemaker, Müller was originally going to become a saddler. He then went to college to become a priest, discovered a gift for research, pivoted to medicine, and ended up writing in the fields of anatomy, physiology, comparative anatomy, herpetology AND ichthylology.
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
ALEXANDER SKENE (1837-1900)🏴 is the namesake of Skene's glands, a pair of glands on either side of the urethral opening which secrete a fluid during arousal and orgasm ("female ejaculation"). You can also call them paraurethral glands. pic.twitter.com/i6oIKZnaWW
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
Skene was close friends with John Marion Sims, the so-called "father of modern gynaecology" who undertook human experimentation on enslaved Black women. A keen sculptor, Skene made a bust of his pal. 👀
Sadly, the history of gynaecology is NOT made up of nice people.
— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 19, 2022
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Well, this piece of information could not be more shocking!
