Even though it’s not my word of choice, I can still choose to say it. Can’t say that’s true for some young New York students who caused a great debate by saying the word in front of other students. I can’t believe that the word vagina causes such angst, but then again people are freaks.

Vagina is a body part. Stated differently but the same, vagina is a part of a woman’s body. We can all relate to vagina at one time in our lives because (odds are, unless we’re a test tube tot) the vagina is how we’re created and the vagina is what we passed through to get where we are today. That means vagina’s are our friends and they’re not inherently evil, even if sometimes the people who have vaginas - think Ann Coulter - are. But even when the vagina is attached to a nasty, nasty girl, vagina itself is again a very good thing. It is not a word that should get you suspended like it almost did three Westchester County High School students.

I can but don’t want to believe that vagina would cause such an uproar and I can’t express my outrage, sadness and utter disgust, which leaves me feeling sort of how I’d feel if I just stepped in fresh dog doo, followed by a wad of recently chewed gum. What would happen if people said KKK or Nazi during a school reading? Would that be fine and dandy because those things are about hate and not about a body part that approximately 50% of the population has, a body part that’s all about LOVE!

In a world full of so many other issues, can’t we try to at least love vagina? Can’t we take our anger and frustration out on things that really are icky. like war and violence?