Often the genitalia of the female body is discounted and the breasts are the focus of the sexualized anatomy. The fact that women have a vulva is seldom mentioned. Women’s clothing, specifically swimwear and yoga pants, exemplifies the expectation of a perfectly smooth, featureless, generic genital region.
When, in fact, women do have external genitalia, which present in many shapes, colours, and sizes. Don’t trust your anatomy books, either, as they feature, for the most part, small, uniform, and featureless vulvas.
The vulva is the collective female external genitalia including important parts for sensuality and sexual stimulation.
The labia majora extends from the pubic bone toward the anus, and is composed of bilateral soft tissue folds. The inner surface of the folds is smooth and soft, moistened by the secretions from the sebaceous and other glands deep inside and the apocrine glands (which secrete a milky, viscous, odourless fluid).
The labia minora are delicate flaps of soft skin that lie within the labia majora. They may be of different sizes in different women and, if large enough, may protrude from between the labia majora. Their inner surfaces remain in contact with each other.
The labia minora contains no fat but are so vascular that they become erect during sexual stimulation.
The vulva is actually what’s meant when most refer to the vagina, as the vagina is part of the vulva. The vagina is the opening from the vulvar vestibule (external) to the cervix (internal).
Vulva massage can stimulate the erectile elements and be extremely pleasurable. Girls, take pride in your vulva, because it’s beautiful!