Decoding Your Downstairs: 8 Things Women Need To Know About Their Va Jay Jay

May 20th, 2012 - By Julia Austin
"Woman covering her vagina"

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The first thing you should really know about the vagina is that you should get yourself a group of girlfriends with whom your comfortable enough comparing notes and experiences! But, if you don’t have that group yet or the below issues just haven’t come up, then read on.

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  • Chanda

    MN, you should’ve mentioned that not everyone bleeds their “first time” because a girl can pop her cherry from wearing tampons or vigorous sports.

  • Jobsgivsyy

    Call it by the correct name. Its VAGINA. not VA Jay Jay we’re not 3

  • Nitty

    Are some people actually arguing about vaginas?
    C’mmon ladies.

    • quick quads

      dumb, right???????????

  • Terra

    The smell issue comments are killing me. LOL.
    Real Talk, a man who doesn’t love the smell of a well taken care of pussy/vagina whatever and who would rather it smell like some fruit and flowers might be a little fruity.
    Literally have had a man grab his shirt wipe it of, smell it and then keep going. 
    Douche is bad for many people and unnecessary. If you find yourself using it often then something must be wrong with you because your body was created to repair itself… when it smells “musky” then you go check that out or clean up and let your body do it’s job. 
    Oh, and keep it dry.  Cotton seats and all of that.
    The End.
    And whoever Jerri is, you must be an idiot. 
     

    • Mls2698

      Had no Idea you could say ” p***y” on this blog.

  • 08033

    the QUEEF!! i feel a little bit embarrassed when it happens ..i just laugh it off 

  • CriticXtreme

    You’re wrong about this one. If it smells like fish, you’re about to catch something. Some serious itch-e-poohs or worst. 

  • JERRI MALONE

    PLEASE DON’T SAY A VAGINA SUPPOSE TO SMELL LIKE A VAGINA…..AND YOU SHOULD NOT DOUCHE???………… OR TRY TO CLEAN IT OUT WHAT THE  F??? PLANET DO YOU LIVE ON LADY FOR THE RECORD IT IS ALWAYS SUPPOSE TO SMELL LIKE ROSES AND STRAWBERRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IF YOURS DO NOT LET ME GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE  FIRST OF ALL SIT IN A HOT TUBE OF WATER WITH SOME BABY OIL THE SAME FINGER THAT YOU USE TO CLEAN YO G SPOT USE IT TO CLEAN THE ENTRY OF YOUR VAGINA IN A CIRCULAR MOTION NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEN SOAK SOME MORE AND WHEN YOU GET OUT YOU WILL BE SMELLING A BED OF ROSES LADY OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S. YOU GIVING WRONG ADVICE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT TAKE IT AS LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS AND THAT MIGHT BE GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

       Wow! ummm, why can’t you wash down there the same way you wash the rest of your body and it smell the same as the rest of your body. Your vagina is not a rose or strawberry, so it shouldn’t smell like it. If you have an “off” smell or a “bad” smell (ie fishy) you probably have a ph in-balance or infection and should do something about it. See a GYN or buy some RePhresh ph balance pills. You can maybe change the smell, and I’ll go ahead and say it, taste, with diet. Drink lots of smoothies with lots of fruits & yogurt or purchase you some Sweeten 69, but to suggest somebody wash they coochie out with baby oil ??

      • cmh1978

         FROM  a man point of view I love strawberries so with that being said if it smell like strawberries. then I will take my time and slowly lick and kiss it like a sweet strawberry.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

           Woah Now! LOL, well for you then your lady could make sure to: “Drink lots of smoothies with lots of fruits & yogurt or purchase you some Sweeten 69″ You both get what you need.

          • JERRI MALONE

            IN YOUR CASE YOU NEED SOME OIL IN THE BATHWATER CAUSE YOUUUUUUUUUUU  LOOK ASHEY AND THAT COMMENT WAS FOR ME FROM 1978 CAUSE YOU THOUGHT WHAT I SAID WAS A BAD IDEA  MS. SMOOTHIE

            • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

              Look up, you will see that my reply was to cmh1978, I ain’t a bit more thinking bout you.You are just disrespectful. As Tamar would say “Get Your Life”, from now on, you will be talkin to yourself.

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

                 ….and cmh1978 was replying to me, see where it says: “in reply to Que Stevenson” he probably ain’t worried about you either.

            • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

              BTW, the word is spelled “Ashy”! How are you gonna insult someone and can’t spell?

              • Tracey

                are there certain medicines that keep you from being aroused, ie: you go from wanting sex all the time to just going through the motions to please your mate.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

          I don’t need to use your bogus method to get a man to take his time & slowly lick and kiss it like a sweet strawberry….I bet you looked up “sweeten 69″ didn’t you? hahaha, don’t lie! I’d rather be Ms. Smoothie, than Ms. I-have-used-so-much-mineral-oil-in-my-snatch-i-destroyed-my-coochie.

          • Kristina Tramel

            LOL!!! @ Que

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ARWCN44TE6LUWK5KGBO3XZZIUI Status Quo

        @ que stevenson, i was thinking the same thing. why would you put something foreign such baby oil in the birth canal. the vagina wasn’t meant for that. the vagina has its natural juices and it should be smelling like a vagina. You should be concerned when your discharge has an odor and your discharge is yellowish greenish in color. Thank God I don’t have any of these problems.

        • Mls2698

          Pick one for your sentence: To, Two, or Too. Still can’t figure it out, huh?

        • Mls2698

          And I ” see dead people” with all that wh*ring and MEN you speak of.

      • JERRI MALONE

        AND FOR THE RECORD I DON’T NEED TO BE TAUGHT I ALREADY KNOW WHATS GOING ON WITH ME OKAY……………………..WHO YOU SHOULD BE GIVING ADVICE TO IS THE REPORTER OF THIS ARTICLE  WHO OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS OKAY TO DOUCHE   AND YES I DID SAY SIT IN A TUB OF WATER WITH SOME BABY OIL TO NOT ONLY SOFTEN YOUR SKIN BUT TO MAKE YOU SMELL GOOD AS WELL  I DO NOT NEED TO GO TO A GYN CAUSE MY VA J J  SMELLS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

           My advice was to you because the advice you gave to the author was ridiculous. You go ahead and douche, and finger yourself with baby oil if you want to. Come back and read these comments when your coochie is all dried out and smelling like ROTTEN strawberries cause you have become dependent on mineral oil. That’s probably happened already. Why else would you assume the author meant your vagina is suppose to stink, when she said “your vagina is suppose to smell like a vagina”? A normal, clean, and healthy vagina, doesn’t stink. Doesn’t smell much different than the rest of your body.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

         I could have a tattoo on my face and you wouldn’t be able to tell from the pic to the left of this comment. You just wanted something to say, and that is what you came up with? From the gitty up, you have made no sense at all. I dare you to say something intelligent…I’ll wait.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

        Looks like you are getting all riled up because you see how out of line you have been. Maybe you should just delete your initial comment. Pretend you learned something.

    • Kris50

      Who told you this? Your great grandma? Umm back in the early 1900′s they use to douche with Lysol…are you gonna do that too?
      Douching makes any smell you got WORSE. That’s why you have to keep doing it, because it kills the bacteria and interupts the ph balance needed to keep your vag healthy. And a bath with baby oil??? Girl are you kidding me??? Ok, keep pushing all that nasty stuff UP, FURTHER into your business and your cervix or uterus is gonna be all kinds of f****d up.

    • Mls2698

      Roses and strawberries? Maybe if you’re a diabetic with uncontroled sugar levels.

      • Mls2698

        Celibate for six years. Only wh*re hopping women need to invent strategies to keep their vagina fresh. Summer’s Eve has an intimate wash, but it may cost more than the $1.59 you pay for baby oil. And stop typing in all caps like an untrained monkey.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

        bahahahaha. Trust & believe, if my man is whispering behind my back, it’s because he’s hitting it from the back. “it doesn’t make sense for me to try to explain myself” You just aren’t capable…it’s too late. You had the audacity to post what you did, now accept the feedback.

    • Melanie

       Douching dries vaginas out.  You may want to talk to a doctor about this before you insult someone else s intelligence or cleanliness.  You vagina naturally cleans itself.  God knew what He was doing.  And bathing in soap and water is not going to have you smelling like strawberries.  If it does, you may wanna think about changing soap, cause you’re doing more harm than good.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

       To my daughter: “Here’s what NOT to do!” To my son: “See here is why you need to watch who you sleep with. Broads like this who think they are clean & smell like roses and strawberries because they masturbated with baby oil in the tub”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SCV2NFHLMLXKJSLD3UC5BCOAJ4 Lady Jane

    That came off the show “Grey’s Anatomy” and it has taken over the proper term Lala….people are not comfortable or adult enough to face reality and talk about what is necessary for their health.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000081211233 Jess Ica

    Everything I’ve ever read or heard from a gynecologist has told me NOT to douche. Although the packaging says that it balances your pH, it actually does the opposite. It removes the “good” bacteria that is needed to keep your vagina healthy. Douching can actually lead to BV, and the smell from that is very strong and fishy.

  • Noirevixen

    Foreplay guys is for both of you.  If you get this part right, the oven will be nice and warm to stick the bread in.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Theresa-Sutton/1165779943 Theresa Sutton

    Madame Noire – I believe it is called a vagina

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  • http://www.facebook.com/moon.child1 Moon Child

    Lastly, I would LOVE to see some slides concerning men and their sexual health and activities. Why is always just the women who are targeted? Hmmmm? 

    • bishop

      Maybe because it’s a female site with articles directed to females. Why can’t women like you appreciate being a woman and stop worrying about men and what we doing.

      • http://www.singleblackmale.org/ Slim Jackson

        Bishop said what I was about to say…albeit differently.lol. This really is part of the problem. Spending pointless time worrying about the opposite sex rather than ourselves. 

      • http://www.facebook.com/moon.child1 Moon Child

         That didn’t even make sense and the 24 likes scares me.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002118369491 Traceyann ImaSurvivor Lumsden

          am i the only one reading moon chid’s comments, like a sex therapists usually does on t.v

    • JERRI MALONE

      AND YOU ARE???????????????  AND WHO YOU REPRESENT????????????????? OH NOBODY JUST LIKE I THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/moon.child1 Moon Child

    As a sexologist, I would like it if bloggers black bloggers would please stop calling a woman’s vulva “vay jay” it’s annoying. It would be nice if your going to quote anything that you use stats to prove how many women don’t have orgasms by intercourse alone. It’s over 70%. Trying different positions and different techniques can help with all of that. 

    Although you mentioned the G spot you didn’t say HOW to gain pleasure from it. Why not?

    All of the other information was shallow at best but hopefully it will get black women to think about their vulva (vagina). The cancer slide was a gem.

    I did like the slides showing white men with black women.. nice diversity.

    • http://www.facebook.com/moon.child1 Moon Child

       Oh really?! I didn’t ask for a science journal I asked for respect of the female body. The only way people are going to learn is if you provide them with accurate information. That is what is wrong with the black community now and yes I am black. We come up with all of these “nick names” for body parts that should only be used in the bedroom or when talking to your girls or boys. Part of a blogs responsibility unless it’s personal is to EDUCATE THE PUBLIC not buy into immature names for the female body or male body for that manner! I bet if I asked the editor or pres of this blog if they wanted to be taken seriously, I bet they would give a “hell yeah”.  Now did I have to look THAT up in a science journal to figure that out?

    • Anch30

      The blogger being black should not even be an issue. If there is something YOU want to see in a blog, YOU do your own.

  • noodle

    take care of every part of your body! 

  • Live_in_LDN

     My vagina aint handicapped

    • noodle

       lmao

  • VampireBill

    A vagina is supposed to smell like a vagina, but only like a human’s vagina. Nobody wants the smell of one on an octopus or wildebeest. When wild cats start following you around the neighborhood then you know you have some problems. Then, keep the hair tight because I don’t want to feel like I am reaching into a bag of popcorn. That is just me, you and yours can make your own rules.

    • http://www.facebook.com/moon.child1 Moon Child

       As a sexologist.. yep I am one. Natural washing everyday should keep wild odors away. However, douching actually is damaging to a woman’s ph balance and can bring a host of infections and irritations. Keeping the pubic hair trimmed or not is a preference not a necessity, if the hair wasn’t meant to be there it wouldn’t be.

      • noodle

         i was just thinking that, my GYN told me not to ever douche, bc im very sensitive

      • Mls2698

        What’s a ” wild “ odor, kind of like a muskrat? Can I plait my hair instead of trimming?

        • http://www.facebook.com/moon.child1 Moon Child

           You can do whatever it is you want creatively with your personal hair. Keeping it washed is the most essential thing. I like the idea of women choosing creative ways to handle the hair. I know clients that shave it in very interesting ways and a couple that have it shaved with tattoos! They seem to think it’s powerful conversation starters! lol

      • http://www.therapyiseffinexpensive.wordpress.com Zan

         Thank you thank you thank you for bringing up the douching issue…that stuff is SO bad for the vagina!

    • Caroneisha

      “When wild cats start following you around the neighborhood…” LMFAO!!!! You are so crazy!!

    • Sweethoney

       If a vagina has a odd or strong odor it’s more than likely and infection. Go to Gyn. Some infection reoccur in some women. PH is a big factor strong soap, sexual intercourse and or your period can bring on an infection. Natural remedies are good also work for some women.

      • gabrielle

        My doctor’s have said that using simple home products like plain yogurt can cure some of the off balance your “V” might have. So putting it up in there can help with bacteria.

    • http://www.facebook.com/KalimbaJakenjuwha Kalimba Jakenjuwha

      Wild cats? LMFO!! OH wow… that was a good ‘ern.

  • Guest

    HOLD UPP!!! i’m a virgin and i don’t touch myself.. i did try to have sex once but it wudn’t enter.. (i’m happy it didn’t for now) but does it mean my vagina will shrink if i don’t do something? LMAO im getting scared here…. lol

    • San

      I hate blogs because they can have u so confused…stay pure as long as u can. This perverted society will have u messed up. I’m 33 and on partner 2 and i’m not ashamed. Is it worth opening ur legs all the time….hell no…..

      • Guest

         yea dats wat im trying to do.. i just hope it doesn’t shrink.. and all  LMAO

        • Coco Black

          It definately won’t. If you had a few troubles before..prob means you werent aroused!! So he clearly wasn’t worth it or the one :-)
          I was around 24 when I lost my virginity….so you keep doing your thang, there’s absolutely no rush. None whatsoever!!

          • Guest

            lol thx ill hang in there!!:)

          • Mls2698

            Gonna say this just for laughs, so don’t anybody get upset: There is no “one” who is capable of popping cherries. The “one” is who you marry.

            • Alcupid

              Lol so right n if you cherry gets popped dude was too rough n didn’t take his time! Ladies your the Captain, the DRIVING instructor! N ain’t no such thing as beatin it up unless he tryin to get lumped up there should be discomfort but not PAIN he going to treat ur body how u allow!!! And use it or it will dry out n cling together lmao is fact! I took some time off two years actually n I dried up like a raisin everything started sticking together doc said. She laughed @ me she said ur not using it r u? I said no I had to use vagasill moisterizer! Then I was fine. I share my story to help another! Ladies if u abuse her u will end up with a hysterectomy!!!! Make da men in ur life treat her with respect!!! Most don’t know but u r a WOMB-MAN

              • buckeye

                wow, that’s a hoot the alcupid… i can’t decide if that’s how yooz taukz, or whutall… but it was entertaining… i think i had to re-read each sentence to follow along…

        • Jadonnie-ava-marie

          Good for you girl keep your virginity for as long as you can my older sister is 27 and she is still a virgin.

      • Nene

        Thanks you. This world is so wicked. That’s why God is mad and will be bringing this evil world to a end soon.

    • Mls2698

      My anatomy & physiology professor said that some women’s hymen is so tough that surgical intervention is needed (not trying to scare you). The first time can be tricky, anyway. But for now, continue to stay a virgin for as long as you can (marriage?). Nothing wrong with touching yourself, you should know your body before anyone else does; well, all that a solo act can teach.

      • Guest

        gosh u are scaring me tho lol i don’t touch myself because its awkward actually and my ex tried to do it and it hurt like a b***h.. so i don’t even think about going there again lol

        • akha1784

          The key is moisture.  Use your saliva  or his saliva to start off and be gentle.  I would suggest starting off on your own, so that you can know the pace and the amount of pressure that is good for you and then you can give him instruction.

    • Anna

      Girl, I was thinking the same thing!  I’m in the same boat as you and got nervous wondering if my vagina is disappearing as I type this!  LOL

    • Cuetojess

      YOu should please urself before someone else can cause then you won’t know what you are suppose to feel. The when you do finally have sex you will be just going in the motions to no where at least for urself.

    • Ffts_19

      Please re-read the post, it says post menopausal women.  

      • Anna

        It says “TYPICALLY…post-menopausal women.”  Meaning normally, but not written in stone. Though I’m sure that is generally the case.

    • Chanda

      But you’re not post-menopausal are you? I think they’re only refering to much older women because they dry up after menopause.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Camille-Selby/100000026654512 Camille Selby

      Yes. It’s called vaginal atrophy. Some use vaginal dilators to stay normal.

  • Lalatarea

    #1 STOP calling it a va jay jay, you are NOT a child and it is not a toy! i hate when grown ask women use such childish words like va jay jay to describe their body parts!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=193904139 Colette Mompoint

      Lol! Lala that IS getting annoying!

    • http://www.peridotdynasty.com/ Roni W

      THANK YOU. I can’t stand the word either.

      • guest

        your so right my older sister who isin her 30′s and normally quite grown up and mature about things still to this day calls it a fufu. it drives me insane

        • quickquads

          a fifi is what men make in prison to satisfy their urges……..have no clue what a fufu is…………

          • http://twitter.com/MadameGigglez ItsBitchPuddingBLAM

             
            where u hear that? Lock Up on MSNBC?

            • Aziza

              bwahahahaha!!

          • T_nyemba

             fufu is a starch, made from a number of different grains depending on what part of Africa you come from.

            • Kedara

              I was thinking the same thing..isn’t fufu an African grain to make a cream of wheat type dish? LOL

          • Thenji Maynard

            Fufu is a delicious carb meal of Nigerian origin. It’s made out of corn or cassava. I don’t know how the word relates to a female body part.

            • Prince

              ? its not Nigerian. The word Fufu is Ewe, and cassava can be found all over West/Central Africa. smdh.

              • NO_Name

                I can’t agree more. Fufu is EWE, pure west coast. You can use cassava, yam or plantain (banana plantain). Nigerians have it too but it’s definitely not Nigerian). Fufu isn’t vagina. it’s more about banging than the va jay jay itself LOL.

    • RoyalQueen

      Tell’em why you mad son(Ed Lover voice)……

    • quick quads

      i call her cupcake…………

      • Drew Smith

        I don’t often call bullsh*t, but when I do, it’s because I smell it.

      • Drew Smith

        I don’t often call bullsh*t, but when I do, it’s because I smell it.

    • Makemsaydee

      Take a chill pill jack

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1181617897 Brad Skidmore

      You said

      “i hate when grown ask women use such childish words like va jay jay”

      How do you feel about adults and the use of proper English?

      • I CAN’T

        I think she used “ask” in place of the profane word for donkey because it might be blocked by the moderator.  Just a thought.  

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Camille-Selby/100000026654512 Camille Selby

        Brad Skidmore you are the most thoughtless poster on this site. How do you feel about adults and the proper use of a BRAIN????

    • Kierah

      I call it “my pretty.”

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

         LOL,  I have my daughter (4yrs old) call her’s “butterfly”. When she gets
        older, she can call it what she wants. Right now, it’s better to hear
        “momma, I need some new panties, these ones are hurting my
        butterfly!”….ha

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003886685914 Chas Marie Keys

          That is cute I grew up just saying vagina str8 to the point we didnt have cute lil names for it…….. But now when I refer to it I call her Mrs. Kitty cuz I have 2 sons 9 and 6 

        • WALTERWEBB

          freelance writer (walter webb) and curvy magazine

      • Deej

        I was raised calling “it” my “private”, meaning no one has any business down there but me, my Mom, or my doctor when I was a kid.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004127918716 Jack Taylor

      It’s ok once in a while, I think it’s cute. Don’t get your panties all in a twist, girl.

    • kimaras31

      You need to stop, this post is old but I just saw it. I busted out laughing lmao because I agree with you 100% I bed its my pu$$y and on the streets its my vagina. Never my via jay jay, cu-co, Nana, or my juice box.

  • http://twitter.com/RoniqueNicole Food And The City

    (DADDY DON’T READ THIS TWEET) A fulfilling sex life without orgasm? The devil is a lie!  You may not be able to reach orgasm through penetration but there are several other ways for your partner to take you there and he better! 

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