Believe or no, Svutlana use for work for pharmaceutical company in market research. Call us what Vagasil product try for do, market expand. Unfortunate, in order for make more money, Vagasil must make vagina into pubic enemy number one.

Svutlana extreme skeptic about statistic. Who are women who get angry at vagina if itch? Who think vagina take emotional toll like it be bully who constant harass? Guarantee me these are women who have nothing better for do than answer market research question about whether vagina discharge look and smell like custard, sour milk, feta or Cheez Whiz.

Feel little bit sorry me for person who must write press release, but much more sorry for Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor because she is obvious the woman who, base on statistic and way press release read, people will assume is too embarrass for discuss vagina with doctor. (Carrie Bradshaw is no real person and Dr Sue Johansen talk about vagina for living...one out two is too embarrass, so do math!)

As a male, I find this commentary very great.

Women have always been treated as second level citizens.

On May 11th, we celebrated our 35th anniversary.

She is not superior to me.

I am not superior to her.

We are equal.

As a freak (hippie) from the 60's I have looked at women as my equals.

We had a whirlwind engagement. Met in October, engaged in November, she turned 18 in January, we were married in May.

Women deserve respect as equals.

My wife is my equal. And I am lying. She is better than me in what matters.

Love is all that matters. My wife loves me and I love her.

The hell with the world.

Fina. As in, Nothing could be fina than to be in Carolina in the mo-o-orning.

New Orleans is a big vagina.

Vaginas are nice.

This is a rhetorical question.

Does anyone think that this story represents much too much information?

Most gentlemen will avoid such conversations and blog discussions. Men do not commonly discuss their private parts unless they have perhaps watched too much Oprah or Dr. Phil and that is perhaps a great divide betwixt the sexes that shall not be joined.

Joan Walsh is quite bad enough without this obsession with the matter of sex.

One thing that you should consider is that there are men who are so despicable and so perverse as to take note of such discussions of such matters with the keen interest, excitement and slapstick as seen on "family guy" and who will slaver, twitch, moan and writhe over each intimate and personal word that is penned considering your private and nether regions.

Fair lady, play ball.

If some gentlemen were discussing jock itch, descending testicles, genital warts and unpleasant oozings whilst gathered around the watercooler in the presence of a lady such as yourself, I am certain that you would feel the true affection, love, and camraderie upon finding your soulmates and bretheren of the not so opposite sex.

/door slams on way out.

What kind of man discusses his privates with anyone?

Sorry, I couldn't resist a probiotic tie-in with yesterday's pants-poopingly-funny yogurt video.

Actually, you don't even need to EAT the yogurt; it can be used topically "down there." Especially if your infection is caused by antibiotics.

But that kind of information would not make Vagisil any money, I suppose, unlike a slogan that is more embarrassing than it would be if it just had the word vagina in it. Why be coy? Ew.

Actually, we shouldn't be so flip about this. It's entirely possible the networks wouldn't let it on TV with the word vagina in it.

I remembered this tale from a long time ago and it doth seem to be appropriate to the subject:

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5339/voices.html

In the same collection was a tale of Sir Behringer LongBottom, from which J.K. Rowling hath lifted the name of LongBottom, if my ears do hear correctly from the movies. It is a story of a brave woman knight, which is why the name, since this kinght's bottom was a bit longer than the others.

Longbottom is a woman dressed as a man for those who need the explanation.

We really DON'T have a sense of humor! Please, Tracy, say it isn't so...tell us that you really DID understand the "down there" reference to be FUNNY! (Or at least cutesy/ironic.)

BTW the use of Justice O'Connor can be viewed by some of us with long memories, as an ironic tribute/ continuation of a popular "feminine product"ad campaign in the 70's. Some makers of feminine hygiene sprays (are they still hip?) Got some high-profile "classy" female celebs to appear in their magazine ads. (There were some unfortunate consequences; in one notable case,then- prominent movie critic Judith Crist got into a nasty media-fueled spat with Rex Reed over her participation.)

is that's it's not a medicine, and if anybody has so much discharge, odor, and itching that it bothers them, they need a doctor ASAP. They need appropriate treatment, not a syptom suppressor.

Vagisil, in an ideal world, would not exist. It serves no purpose whatever.

except that the whole point of the ad campaign is to get people to find out if they need to see a doctor.

Can they find new ways to sell sex?

I’m completely skeptical. Aren’t these the people who sell douches and tell us we don’t smell fresh enough? It’s just that kind of reasoning that leads to the yeast infections that they’ve got a kit to detect and another pill to cure. It's all a scam.

Thanks Tracy. I completely agree. Besides the fact that the empowered women they chose to highlight are all sexually safe (as opposed to, let’s say, Erica Jong, Helen Gurley Brown, or Ariel Levy), what’s the point of declaring a campaign to embrace your “euphemism” when it’s still in the realm of euphemism.

However, I understand the dilemma … American society, sadly, is not ready for a mainstream ad campaign that uses the word vagina (or, for that matter, penis). Unless it was used in a cute slogan as you suggest -- and that would probably still scare people.

I wonder though which would be less offensive, using a nickname like “va-jay-jay” or “puss”, or a euphemism. Personally, I would prefer a nickname. "Down there" sounds like something my grandmother would (and probably has) said!