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'''PWHV''' ('''People Who Have Vaginas
Other terms used for this concept include '''PHV (People Having Vaginas
PWHV includes individuals who have had a vagina from birth and individuals who have had sex reassignment surgery to create a vagina. The term includes most [[cisgender]] women, non-binary individuals who have a vagina (either from birth or through sex reassignment surgery), [[transgender]] men who are [[transine]] or pre-transition, some [[intersex]] individuals, transgender women and other [[transfeminine]] individuals who have had sex reassignment surgery, and some [[transsex]]/[[altersex]]/[[AMAB-V]] men.
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PWHV is a term designed to combat the ideology that having a vagina is what makes one a [[woman]], and to promote gender-neutral language and terms. The term also allows simplicity in describing genitalia in medical situations, such as sex education, where describing individuals as "female" may ignore the existence of intersex and trans individuals.
A similar term to PWHV is [[müllerian]], however müllerian refers to having every trait of a female, not
Related terms are [[PWHP]] and [[PWHN]].
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== History ==
The term POV was coined by [[User:Cryptocrew|Cryptocrew]] on March 13, 2021 in order to help relieve [[dysphoria]] and discomfort in many [[genderqueer]] individuals. The alternate wordings of PWHV, PHV, and VAP were created by Wiki user foreigntoolmaker on September 30th since some people were uncomfortable with POV. Weniviere, the coiner of the term, did not realize that the original wording "people/individuals ''of'' vaginas" sounded uncomfortable, due to English not being her first language, and has since acknowledged this grammatical mistake and embraces "PWHV/IWHV" as the main term.
The flag was designed on March 17, 2024 by Tumblr user genderstarbucks.<ref>https://archive.md/v1tkF</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Sex Category]]
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