Students at Scripps College in Claremont, California, held a “Project Vulva” event recently to fight the “taboo” on showing women’s genitals in society, only to find themselves under attack for allegedly engaging in “transmisogyny.”
The event was held Oct. 29 at a coffeehouse near the all-women college, and invited participants to come and decorate cupcakes so they resembled vulvas.
“Why is it that, generally, society is so comfortable with the image of the penis and vulvas are considered taboo?,” the event’s Facebook page provocatively asks. “In middle school people would scribble penis pictures on the desks in the classroom. There is always that kid who passes out at the party and someone draws a dick on his face. So where the vulvas at??? What even IS a vulva (often confused with the vagina)? What problems can lack of knowledge lead to?”
But the premise of the event rapidly drew criticism from transgender activists, who complained that the event demeaned the experience of women who were born in men’s bodies. (RELATED: UCLA Paper Apologizes For Saying Women Menstruate)
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/02/colleges-project-vulva-attacked-for-transphobia/#ixzz3qTRxiFdu
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