Comments on: Oh Oprah, how could you! http://blog.goodvibes.com/2007/05/31/oh-ophrah-how-could-you/ Sex Education never had it this Good Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:24:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Dr Petra Boynton I Blog I Don’t mention minky in the mainstream media! http://blog.goodvibes.com/2007/05/31/oh-ophrah-how-could-you/#comment-1084 Dr Petra Boynton I Blog I Don’t mention minky in the mainstream media! Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:38:53 +0000 http://blog.goodvibes.com/2007/05/31/oh-ophrah-how-could-you/#comment-1084 [...] This sorry saga was revealed over at Good Vibrations blog that reveals how a recent guest on Oprah discussed aspects of sex and female anatomy but wouldn’t say the v-word. [...] […] This sorry saga was revealed over at Good Vibrations blog that reveals how a recent guest on Oprah discussed aspects of sex and female anatomy but wouldn’t say the v-word. […]

]]> By: Joan Price http://blog.goodvibes.com/2007/05/31/oh-ophrah-how-could-you/#comment-969 Joan Price Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:27:37 +0000 http://blog.goodvibes.com/2007/05/31/oh-ophrah-how-could-you/#comment-969 When I first heard Oprah use "vajayjay," I thought it was cute. But when Dr. Oz used it, I realized that it's one more way to reinforce our society's conviction that, as you so rightly say, "somehow penises are a-ok but vaginas and vulva’s are not." Grrr. When I was on ABC Nightline speaking about senior sexuality (more about this whole experience on my blog at http://betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com/2006/12/more-on-abc-nightline-show.html), the crew recorded me for hours for a segment that would end up just a couple of minutes. Before the recording, I asked the producer about language, and was told that "clitoris is OK." I was elated that I could say "clitoris" on national TV! (However, the couple of minutes that actually aired didn't contain that word, or any sex-specific words.) Joan Price Author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty (Seal Press, 2006, http://www.joanprice.com/BetterThanExpected.htm ) Join us -- we're talking about ageless sexuality at http://www.betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com When I first heard Oprah use “vajayjay,” I thought it was cute. But when Dr. Oz used it, I realized that it’s one more way to reinforce our society’s conviction that, as you so rightly say, “somehow penises are a-ok but vaginas and vulva’s are not.” Grrr.

When I was on ABC Nightline speaking about senior sexuality (more about this whole experience on my blog at http://betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com/2006/12/more-on-abc-nightline-show.html), the crew recorded me for hours for a segment that would end up just a couple of minutes. Before the recording, I asked the producer about language, and was told that “clitoris is OK.” I was elated that I could say “clitoris” on national TV! (However, the couple of minutes that actually aired didn’t contain that word, or any sex-specific words.)

Joan Price

Author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty (Seal Press, 2006, http://www.joanprice.com/BetterThanExpected.htm )

Join us — we’re talking about ageless sexuality at http://www.betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com

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