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What we were trying to point out in our previous post was that in our social nudist environment the universally accepted words that were used in polite mixed company when referring to female genital areas were "beaver" and "pussy". These included my family, my wife's family, and almost all of the people with whom we have interacted at the Southern California nudist camps from the 1960s to now.

We are not advocating the exclusive use of "beaver" and "pussy", just relating that they became generally accepted as inoffensive terms when referencing a woman's genitalia among our social nudist circle of friends. By contrast penis, testicles and pubic hair were used when referencing male genitalia. The use of certain words to denote certain body parts in polite company may be a regional and time period thing.

I recall many times our parents and their friends using "pussy" and "beaver" while describing certain people at camp. They used the word "pussy" to refer to the area including the labia majora, labia minora, the clitoris, the urethra and the vagina. A few people used the word "vulva" but that term was deemed as "peculiar" and clinical and was not commonly used. The word "beaver" was used to denote the hairy areas of the pubic mons and labia majora. In this way of thinking, women always have a pussy but, in this shaving era, many women do not have a beaver.

My mom particularly liked the words "beaver" and "pussy" because they were innocuous and referenced soft, adorable creatures. I remember when my sister's pubic hair was getting noticeable my mom excitedly reported to my dad that "Susie's finally getting her beaver!" She commented to my dad that my then girl friend, Julie, "does have a nice looking pussy" after seeing her new pubic hair style for the first time.

She strongly favored the word "pussy" and once harshly admonished me for using the word "sn*tch", saying that it was a crude disrespectful and misogynist term. That applied to other words like c*nt, clit and tw*t. Most of the other slang terms that have cropped up over the years probably fall into this category, as they seem to be demeaning and objectifying.

Originally Posted by Marquis De Shady

... What you see when you look at a naked woman sitting or standing is often just the clit-hood and the outer labia ... as the legs have to be open ... to be seen in all its glory.

Julie's old B&W photo is outlined to illustrate her exposed pussy and overlapping beaver regions. Note that over time her beaver has become thinned. I joke that we keep it worn down through constant use. The more recent photo shows all parts of her pussy, visible through her thinned beaver. In the cropped photo, with her legs together, you see only the top half of her pussy, but not the vagina, and her thin beaver.