These are fundamental issues in our society that we practice in our day-to-day lives without even noticing it. We use pussy to offend and ridicule others. To call someone weak or vulgarly cuss them out. In many languages pussy has more vulgar synonyms that are used as very popular curse words: kut (Dutch), cunt (English), vittu (Finnish), to name a few. This tells us something about how women are seen in certain cultures.
From a biological perspective pussies can handle much more; such as giving birth or having periods, so it must be considered stronger right? Why does our everyday language express the opposite? These words and phrases we use, reflect gender beliefs and attitudes within our culture. This reverts back to sexism and the characteristics women are usually stereotyped with. More often than not, pussy is used in a negative context. In the public discourses, women are not often associated with qualities such as intelligence, courage, leadership, independence or assertiveness. These are all viewed as valuable characteristics in a society and therefore, lacking these “favourable” qualities , position women as the weaker sex. This attribution of specifically male or female traits also leads to the reassertion of essentialist biases and outdated beliefs that you can either be one or the other. Why attach gender to personality characteristics in the first place? Different doesn't mean worse.
On the other hand, using explicit names for genitalia is still considered a taboo. Many parents avoid talking directly when referring to private parts and would rather teach their children silly nicknames instead. Peepee, choochy, mini moo, pimppi, cookie… It sends the wrong message to children, creating unnecessary shame around something as natural as our body parts. Why is it that we use all these words to refer to vaginas in two extremes: either in a childish avoidant way or in a vulgar offensive way. Many grow up with this habit and don’t feel comfortable talking about vaginas well into their adulthood. This seemingly innocent cultural habit is actually more dangerous than potentially staining your child’s innocence. People grow up not being able to talk freely about sex and sexuality without feeling shame, embarrassment, restrains or judgement. This leads to a lack of sex education and knowledge which, in the long run, translates into more STDs, unwanted pregnancies, sexual harassment, and unhealthy relationships with sex, sexuality and physical bodies. Many found that sex-positive parenting could be the solution to that.
Lets change these attitudes, taboos and beliefs surrounding pussies. Pussy is power. Pussy is strong. Pussy is pleasure. Pussy gives life.