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Why? THE STORY OF V explores how female genitalia have been conceived and misconceived over the centuries and today. Yet we know less about the vagina - its structure and function - than we do about any other organ of the human body. It is the seat of female sexual pleasure, the passage for both the creation and the birth of humankind, and the channel for menstrual blood. More than two millennia of misinformation has resulted in a western culture where we hold back from mentioning or showing the. With a wide-ranging perspective that takes in prehistoric art, ancient history, linguistics, mythology and folklore, evolutionary theory, reproductive biology and medicine, Catherine Blackledge unveils the hidden marvels of the female form.It is the seat of female sexual pleasure, the passage for both the creation and the birth of humankind, and the channel for menstrual blood. The result is nothing less than a vaginal revolution.

In the past, medicine may have misrepresented female sexual anatomy, reducing its remarkable complexities to the notion of a passive vessel, but, as this book shows, science is at last beginning to reveal the true structure and function of female genitalia and the dynamic nature of the vagina’s role in both sexual pleasure and reproduction.

More than two millennia of misinformation has resulted in a Western culture where we refrain from mentioning or showing the vagina where this organ, when seen publicly, is most commonly viewed as pornographic and where, of all the organs of the human body, the vagina remains the most clouded in mystery, myth, and biased, out-dated beliefs. The Story of V explores how female genitalia have been and continue to be conceived and misconceived. Yet why is it that we know less about the vagina-its structure and function-than we do about any other organ of the human body? It is also a potent arouser of sexuality. It is the seat of female sexual pleasure, the site of the creation of humankind, and the channel for its birth.