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I had just made it onto the squad (Go Jaguars!) and we were all being shipped out to cheer camp at a lake house for the summer. A couple of the girls from my grade had made the cut, but most of the team was made up of “cheer vets” who had been in the group for a couple of years already. While I was thrilled to have made the team, the older girls had come up with some “off–the-itinerary” plans that I definitely wasn’t excited about.
They told us rookies that as a part of our new cheerleader initiation we would all have to get naked and go skinny dipping together in the lake. I had never even been in my bathing suit in front of these girls, and now they wanted me to get completely naked with them?
As we drove, the older girls kept talking about all of the times that they had been naked in front of each other. I started to sweat. Maybe they were trying to make us feel more comfortable, but I can tell you, it sure wasn’t working.
“Kristen has the cutest pussy, it’s so small!”
“No I don’t, Emma does!”
“At least it isn’t like Sarah’s!”
“Oh my God hers was so weird, what was all that stuff like hanging down from it?”
Okay, so it’s safe to say that I was mildly really totally freaking out. But it wasn’t that I was ashamed of my body . . . just that one part in particular. My vagina.
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How many different ways can a vagina look?
What if mine’s weird?
Did mine have things hanging down that the other girls would laugh at?
What does a normal vagina look like?
Does everyone have a normal vagina but me?
I had never seen another girl’s private parts, not even my mom had seen mine since I was a kid and honestly I hadn’t really inspected my own all that much. But anytime I did look at it, the word “cute” definitely didn’t come to mind. To me, vaginas were just sort of weird looking. I just assumed that how all vaginas looked!
All I could think was “PLEASE DON’T LET MINE BE WEIRDER THAN SARAH’S!”
When the time finally came for us to have our “initiation,” I was super hesitant to undress, but I guess what made me feel more comfortable was that everyone seemed a little bit embarrassed.
When we were all naked standing by the side of the water, waiting for our next cue, I noticed that not a single girl on the squad look the same down there.
Some were hairy, some were shaved, some had longer parts hanging down and some didn’t, some seemed pink and some seemed brown. They all looked so different that it was impossible to compare them! I wasn’t ashamed of mine anymore; in fact I kind of started to like it.
I felt a wave a relief crash over me as I jumped into the lake, realizing that there isn’t a “normal” type of vagina. They’re all different . . . just like girls.
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hi well i have always thought mine kind of looked weird and i was so nerous of the changing room in middle school and well at first i was scared and i had one person that i actully new because she was my bestfriend… but anyways as i started unchanging i notice no was looking and everyone was all nerous and i felt this huge releif because i knew i wasnt alone. But this one time i was at my friends house and i was taking a shower while she was texting and i as i was getting out she said that your virgina looks like a fish! and i was sooo embarrassed but i look at her and said so you have a camel toe and we laughed.. but it still worries me about when my first comes i think he will say it looks weird! thanks for listening
Im A Virgin & Yess I Play With My Self After I Played Like Two Times With My Self I Noticed A Piece Of Skin Hanging Down Andd Ive Always Been Emberessed To Do Anything With My Boyfriend, Is This Normal?
that is exectly how i feel it just stresses you out !
Thank god I read this. My vaginas small but I have one flap that just sticks out and I feel that a guy would think I’m some gross girl for it
omg thnk u sumbody wrote an article on this lol i felt alone cuz mine is jst hairy n stuf lol i flt weird n stuf n now i no tht gurl has a differnt thng lol
I’m a virgin and I feel like my vagina is weird. It’s too tight and there are no “flaps” or whatever..
your vagina sounds awesome
mine is like, just weird. one of the flaps is longer than the other 0.o and the part above the flaps is just way too big or my vagina lips are way too little. one of the 2 because its not covered and im scared to ever have sex or even be fingered or anything. its gross and i feel like a boy will thhink its gross too
No honey. Theres noting wrong with that. Remember no matter what it looks like it is very beautiful. But always keep it clean.
I’m SOOO glad I read this article. Before reading this I always thought I had a weird one, how it’s kind of flappy, and I would think that in a few years when I have sex, the guy would think it’s weird…… but now that I know it’s normal, i’m relieved.
i have a freckle on mine and i was always so embarassed about it but the guy i was seeing said he liked it and it was ‘cute’. Personally im not a fan of vaginas but i dont worry about mine anymore.
now i know noone has a normal one i have a flappy one with things hanging down! now i know its normal!
This is very help full thank you so much I have a big vagina now Iam a proud only of a beauitful vagina
me too!!
i would have been like screw it i’ll be on another cheer leading team
lol me too!
my vagina is open what should i do?
Everyones vaginas are differant. But I would NEVER go skinny dipping.!
This story explains why I was never apart of any sport teams or why I will never join any Sorority type groups, because when my team members said I had to get naked infront of them as an “initiation” so I can get them to accept me, my only answer would be no. It sounds like those girls were lesbians and just wanted to check out the new boobs and vaginas. There is nothing wrong with girls seeing each other bodies but the fact that they were able to name which girl had the better looking vagina off the top of their heads would weird me out. Not only would I not have gone skinny dipping but is anyone gave me crap because I didn’t do it I would not only tell them off I would explain to the coach how they were treating me badly just because I wouldn’t let them see my body. I know that the point of the of the story was to show girls not to be so insecure but that just struck a nerve with me.
I would feel MEGA uncomfortable! I wouldn’t even go skinny dipping! I would speak up and say “NO THANK YOU!” I’m just going to sit out and mind my own beeswax and not look at y’all! Soo…Peace!
-TrendyNerdLuvMB Out! B^D
My inner flaps really hang out. I cant wear jeans cause they get pinched.
I just tuck mine in.
Me too >.<
I do that too but i am so scared to ever show anyone mine incase they think its weird :O im afraid to let a boy ever go near me down there just because of those flaps :/ any advice? x
I have that too. Its nothing to be ashamed of. I tuck mine in sometimes, but honestly, if a guy turns down a vagina, he must be gay. Every vagina is different, and there isn’t much you can do about those flaps hanging out, other than tucking them in (or surgery).
Ok. So this article pretty much sums up how I feel. Great article. It kinda reassuring to know i’m not the only one who’s insecure when it comes to the “nether regions” lol.
When I was a teenager, I wanted desperately to fit in with other girls and had a hard time showing my body, even though looking back now, it was beautiful. I knew what women looked like because my mother was not shy, and I was THANKFULto not have that much hair! Ahh but time changes things and now I havequite an upkeep to feel fresh and beautiful for myself and my man. Also, I have quite a “meaty” vagina, with large lips, but I have learned not to be ashamed of my gift of womanness. My vagina, no matter how it looks has brought me hours and hours of pleasure, and brought three children into existance. We are all different, and the penises(and testicals) have all looked amazing and different too. Celebrate your body girls!
That’s testicles, honey – not testicals.
Hey girl! You’re really lucky. That’s called a “puffer” and guys love puffers.
Please get it right! A woman’s genitals are NOT called a VAGINA. It’s a VULVA!!!!!! the vagina is the hole. you’d have to get a girl to open her legs to see her vagina.
Um, yeah. It’s the rear hole, the one closest to your ahole. The front hole is your peehole.
And yeah, you’d have to get a girl to spread her legs to see either the v-hole or the peehole.
I’m tring to image if how if you’re all just standing there naked, how you’re even seeing each others vaginas. I’m pretty sure you have to open your legs too see it. But then again, ive never seen any but my own.
You have to spread your vulva flaps open, too.
I’m glad there is finally an article on this. I constantly asked my mom why my vagina was so…big. Why that looks the way it does, or why that hangs down. She’s always told me it was normal, and that everyones vagina looks different, but I never believed her. It’s OK ladies!! You’re not alone.