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Other terms used for this concept include '''PHV (People Having Vaginas'''); '''VAPs (Vaginal People)'''; or, formerly, '''POV''' ('''People of Vaginas'''/'''People of''' '''Vulvas''') and '''IOV''' ('''Individuals of Vaginas'''). |
Other terms used for this concept include '''PHV (People Having Vaginas'''); '''VAPs (Vaginal People)'''; or, formerly, '''POV''' ('''People of Vaginas'''/'''People of''' '''Vulvas''') and '''IOV''' ('''Individuals of Vaginas'''). |
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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. |
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. |
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. |
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