FLORENCE SCHECHTER
Vulva stigma must end now
FLORENCE SCHECHTER praises having pride about our gynaecological anatomies
“I hadn’t heard anyone refer to my vulva as my ‘private parts’ since I was eight years old”
PHOTO AMELIA ALLEN
FLORENCE
SCHECHTER is the founder of the Vagina Museum. Her book V is being published this March.
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Very little prepares you for when your work colleague asks if you want to see her clitoris tattoo. When she first joined us at the Vagina Museum, we went out for lunch and she pulled down the back of her top to display the unmistakable clitoris – complete with internal anatomy, legs and all – between her shoulder blades. She joked that her tattoo showed she was made for this job. And she also informed me that I was the only person so far who instantly recognised what her tattoo is of, so I guess I was made for mine too.