Being a museum dedicated to vaginas, we get more than our fair share of weird FAQs. One of the weirder ones is this: "Do I need to have a vagina to visit?" The answer is no!!! We're open to all genders and genital configurations! Here's why...
First of all, we're pretty sure other museums don't get this question. It's pretty obvious that you don't need to be a dinosaur to visit the Natural History Museum, or an absolute unit of a sheep to visit the Museum of English Rural Life, or a [joke redacted] to visit the British Museum.
Secondly, it's invasive af to check what genitals someone has. Seriously. What a weird request.
But most of all, everyone benefits from learning about vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy. Whether you've got all or some of the bits yourself. We cover the topics which don't necessarily get taught elsewhere. And *everyone* benefits from having this information.
Following our endometriosis exhibition, we had feedback from patients who had taken their loved ones with them, and found that their loved ones now better understood their condition. It's as crucial to understand things that you aren't directly affected by as understanding things which you *are*.
And there's the smaller scale wins, too. Honourable mention to the teenager whose reaction to our display on the anatomy of the clitoris was "I'm gonna get so good at fingering now". We're happy for you and your future partners.
However many holes you have, you're welcome at the Vagina Museum. And we'll never be gatekeeping our visitors based on their genitalia.
@vagina_museum is it a strange quirk of British English that what most people (in the UK) would call a vagina is probably more accurately called the vulva?
@dtwx A visit to the @vagina_museum might help clear that up!
@dtwx @vagina_museum you can go to the twat museum in London to learn more about it, it's located in the parliament.
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I don't think that it's specific to the UK. It's more imprecise knowledge, I guess.
@dtwx @vagina_museum American here, nope!
This is an artifact of a lack of sex ed over here too.
@vagina_museum One of the most literal uses of "af" I ever witnessed...