Moms, you can stop apologizing for your vaginas now

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Moms, you can stop apologizing for your vaginas now
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A pelvic floor physiotherapist shows us the truth about what vulvas and vaginas are supposed to look (and smell) like in this viral Facebook post.

“As a pelvic floor and women’s health PT, I see a lot of external genitalia in a day. I’m heartbroken by the number of times I hear people with vaginas say, “I’m sorry I didn’t shave” or otherwise apologize for how their vulvovaginal region looks or smells. I want to scream. But, I get it. Everywhere you turn, there is advertising for body hair removal or a cream, supplement, or douche that will make your vagina smell like a midnight moon or fairy sprinkles,” she writes.

Besides the damaging messages we get from pop culture, media and the advertising industry, Phillips also blames the opposite sex for keeping women down and making them obsessed with these . “Because if we are trapped in the bathroom or salons making our vulvas hairless and smelling like raspberries, we can’t be out in the world and dismantling the institutions that make us believe our bodies aren’t already perfect.”Phillips goes on to reassure us that our vulvas and vaginas look just like they’re supposed to. So take that from a professional: “Guess what, vaginas are supposed to smell like vaginas, not rainbows and unicorns and hair grows on the vulva naturally.

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