Vagina (pronounced vuh-jahy-nuh)
(1) In
anatomy & zoology, in many female mammals, the moist, tube-shaped canal
part of the reproductive tract which runs from the cervix of the uterus through
the vulva (technically between the labia minora) to the outside of the body.
(2) In
botany, the sheath formed by the basal part of certain leaves where they
embrace the stem.
(3) A
sheath-like part or organ (now rare even in technical literature).
(4) In
colloquial (and now general) use, the vulva, or the vulva and vaginal passage
collectively.
(5) In
derogatory colloquial use, an un-masculine man; a weakling (now rare, “pussy”
the preferred modern term).
1675-1685:
A creation of Medical Latin, a learned borrowing of the Latin vāgīna.
As used in anatomy, the seventeenth century coining was a specialized application
of the Latin vāgīna (a sheath,
scabbard; a covering, holder; sheath of an ear of grain, hull, husk) of uncertain
origin, the suggestion by some etymologists it may have been cognate with the Lithuanian
vožiu & vožti (to cover with a hollow thing) dismissed by others as
“speculative” or even “gratuitous proposal”.
The use in medicine is exclusive to modern science, the Latin word not
used thus during Antiquity. Vagina is a
noun, vaginal & vaginalike are adjectives, vaginally is an adverb; the noun
plural is vaginas or vaginae (the old spelling vaginæ is effectively extinct); the part of the anatomy used for copulation
& childbirth in female mammals and a similar organ exists in some
invertebrates.
A
damp Lindsay Lohan demonstrates the “cameltoe” look, Los Angeles, 2009
(left) and NoToe's “Cameltoe Proof Thong” solution (right).
Borrowed
from zoology, “cameltoe” is popular modern slang which specifically references
the vulva's labia majora, comparing the bifurcated (at certain angles) appearance
with the even-toed hoof of a camel, the hooves of the ungulate mammals (known
as Artiodactyls) an adaptation to the typically loose, sandy environment in which
they evolved. The slang form (also as
camel toe & camel-toe) was re-purposed as “Cameltoe Harris”, a derogatory
reference to Kamala Harris (b 1964; VPOTUS (US vice president) 2021-2025), use seemingly
dating from 2015 while she was serving in California as attorney-general. Just as in many fields where “there’s an app for that”, for those
wishing to avoid the look, “there are
knickers for that”. Brisbane-based
Australian operation NoToe's Cameltoe Proof Thong is made with “a Nylon/Spandex
blend”, the design said to be “…breathable, seamless, tagless and roll-free thanks to its
silicone grip. And of course, it's
cameltoe proof!” In addition
to removing the cameltoe, the thong also eliminates the dreaded VPL (visible
panty line) and the product is “Designed Down Under for Down Under.” One more gap in the market has been filled so that's good.
The vluva and vagina have for centuries attracted the coining of slang terms, not all of them derogatory. In
idiomatic use “vaginamoney” is (often embittered) slang for alimony,
child support etc, money paid by men to ex-partners after the sundering of a
relationship. One slang form which may not survive is "hairy check book" (cheque book outside the US) because (1) checks are declining in use and (2) body-hair fashions have changed. In psychiatry, the
condition vaginaphobic describes “a fear of or morbid aversion to vaginas) and
vaginaphile (an admiration for vaginas) is listed by only some dictionaries
which is surprising given authors are so often given to write about them and
painters are drawn to painting them (in the sense of oil on canvas etc although
there’s doubtless a niche for applying paint directly). Dating from 1908, the term “vagina dentata” entered
psychiatry and its popularization is usually attributed Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund
Freud (1856-1939) although this perception may be attributable to Freud’s works
being better known and more widely read, the term used by many in the
profession. The Latin vagina dentata (toothed vagina) referenced
the folk mythology in which a woman's vagina contained teeth, the implication
being a consequence of sex might be emasculation or at least severe
injury. The tale was also used as a
warning about having sex with unknown women and as a way of discouraging
rape. The vivid imagery of a vagina
dentata (in somewhat abstract form) was used by the US military as a warning
about the dangers of STIs (sexually transmitted infection (once known as sexually
transmitted diseases (STD) & VD (venereal disease). Some writers have speculated on what this
revealed about Freud and his much discussed understanding of women.
Vulva (pronounced vuhl-vuh)
(1) The external female genitalia of female mammals
(including the labia, mons veneris, clitoris and vaginal orifice.
(2) In helminthology, a protrusion on the side of a
nematode (multivulva used to describe a phenotype of nematode characterized by
multiple vulvas).
(3) In arachnology, the spermatheca and associated ducts
of the female reproductive system (also known as internal epigyne or internal
genitalia).
(4) An internal genital structure in female millipedes
(known also as the cyphopod).
Late 1300s: A learned borrowing from the Latin vulva, from the earlier volva (womb, female sexual organ)
(perhaps in the literal sense of a “wrapper”), from volvere (to turn, twist, roll, revolve (also “turn over in the mind”)),
probably from volvō (to turn, to
roll, to wrap around), from the primitive Indo-European root wel- (to turn, revolve), the derivatives
referring to curved, enclosing objects.
In the 1970s, when Volvo automobiles weren’t noted for their precise
handling, journalists enjoyed noted the translation of the Latin volvō as: “I
roll”. It was akin to the Sanskrit उल्ब (úlba) (womb). The adjectives vulvalike (also vulva-like)
& vulviform both describe objects or designs having the shape of a vulva. Vulva is a noun, vulval, vulvaless,
vulviform, vulvar, vulvate & vulvic are adjectives; the noun plural is
vulvas, vulvae or vulvæ.
Ms Gillian Anderson’s “vagina dress”
Gillian Anderson, Golden Globes award ceremony 2024.
So
much interest was generated by the dress (which the designer dubbed “vulvalicious”)
that the handbag (there are those who would insist it’s a “purse”) escaped much
attention which was a shame because it was a clever design. Aquazzura’s Mini Purist Metallic Pouch blends
the utilitarian function of the classic night-time mini bag with the swinging style
of a shoulder bag, imagined as a semi-circle.
What the adjustable silver shoulder strap afforded was the choice of it
being carried off the shoulder or, if removed, used as a conventional handbag,
the hard golden top handle folding from the base. The semi-circle is of course a less than efficient shape for a handbag (or purse) in the sense of a "storage device" but it gives the stylists a nice curve with which to work. There’s nothing novel in the critical
deconstruction of what appears on red carpets but the dress worn by actor Gillian Anderson (b 1968) at the 2024
Golden Globe ceremony also attracted the
attention of word nerds. Designed by
Gabriela Hearst (b 1976), the strapless, ivory corset gown was embroidered with
individually stitched embellishments in the shape of vulvas, each of which
absorbed some 3½
hours of the embroider’s time. In an
allusion to her sexual wellness brand (G spot), when interviewed, Ms Anderson
said she wore the piece: “…for so many
reasons. It’s brand appropriate.” The
response in the press and on-line appeared to be (mostly) positive but
what did attract criticism was the widespread use of “vagina” to describe the
designs, a descriptor used even by Ms Anderson herself. The more strident of the critics seemed to
detect sexual politics in what they claimed was anatomical imprecision, the
implication being this lack of respect for gynaecological terminology was
casual misogyny: Doubts were cast anyone would dare confuse a scrotum
with the testicles.
Annotated anatomical sketch (left) Edsel Citation convertible (centre) and the detail on Gabriela Hearst's gown (right). Although Ms Anderson probably didn't give the 1958 Edsel a thought, it does illustrate why her use of "vagina" to describe the embroidered motifs is defensible.
The pedants are correct in that
technically the “vulva” describes on the external portion of the genitalia that
leads to the vagina; the vulva including the labia majora, labia minora, and
clitoris. The labia is also a complex
structure which includes the labia majora (the thick, outer folds of skin
protecting the vulva’s internal structure) and the labia minora (the thin,
inner folds of skin directly above the vagina).
However, for almost a hundred years, the term “vagina” has widely been
used to refer to the vulva and has come to function as a synecdoche for the
entire female genitalia and so prevalent has the use become that even medical
professionals use “vagina” thus unless great precision is required. Still, given Ms Anderson’s brand is concerned
with such matters, perhaps the historically correct use might have been better
but the actor herself noted “…it has
vaginas on it” so linguistically, her proprietorial rights should be
acknowledged.
The Edsel, the grill and the myths
1958 Edsel Citation convertible.
Although it went down in industrial
history as one of capitalism’s most expensive failures, objectively, Ford Motor
Corporation’s Edsel really wasn’t a dramatically worse car than the company’s
companion brands Ford & Mercury.
Indeed that was one of the reasons for the failure in the market;
sharing platforms, engines, transmissions, suspension and some body parts with
Fords & Mercurys, the thing simply lacked sufficient product
differentiation. That sharing of
components (and assembly plants; Ford sending the Edsels down the existing production
lines in the same factories) also makes it hard to believe the often quoted US$300
million (between US$2.5-3 billion expressed in 2025 values) Ford booked as a
loss against the abortive venture as anything but an opportunity taken by the
accountants to dump all the bad news in one go, certain taxation advantages
also able to be gained with this approach.
1959 Edsel Corsair two-door hardtop.
The very existence of Edsel was owed to
a system devised by Alfred P Sloan (1875–1966) while president of General
Motors (GM). Sloan is now mostly forgotten
by all but students of industrial & economic history but he was
instrumental in the development some of the concepts which underpinned the
modern economy including frequent product changes (for no functional purpose),
planned obsolescence and consumer credit.
What the "Sloan ladder" did was provide GM’s customers with a structured incremental status indicator, defined by a range of products (with
substantial cross-amortization) at price points which encouraged them to “step
up” to the next level as disposable income increased. At one point, GM’s brand-range had nine rungs
but the Great Depression of the 1930s necessitated some pruning and, after a cull in 1931 cut the brands to six, what
eventually emerged after 1940 was a five rung system which would be sustained until the twenty-first century: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile,
Buick & Cadillac. In the 1950s, when
the US economy enjoyed the unusual conjunction of rising incomes, stable prices
and a remarkably (by both historic and contemporary standards) small disparity
between the wealth of rich and poor, this produced the swelling middle
class which was the target market for most consumer products and certainly those on the Sloan ladder. Ford had in 1938 added a rung when the
Mercury brand was spliced between Ford and Lincoln but in the mid 1950s, the
MBAs convinced the company the Sloan system was the key to GM’s lead in the market
and they too re-structured the company’s products into five rungs: Ford, Mercury,
Edsel, Lincoln & Continental.
Actually, in a harbinger, the loss-making Continental Division lasted
barely two seasons, folded into Lincoln before the Edsel debuted for the 1958 model
year but the MBAs kept the faith.
1958 Edsel (left) and 1958 Oldsmobile (right). One can see why someone at Time magazine thought of "an Oldsmobile sucking a lemon".
That faith turned out to be misplaced although
in fairness to them, the circumstances in 1958 were unfortunate, a short but sharp recession shocking consumers who had become accustomed to growth and stability, believing that such unpleasantness belonged to the pre-war past. The Edsel never recovered. Although sales in 1958 were disappointing,
given the state of the economy, it could have been worse but Ford’s market
research (focus groups a thing even then) had identified problems and in response
toned down the styling and moved the brand down-market, notionally to sit
between Ford & Mercury, a gap which in retrospect didn’t exist. Sales dropped that year by about a third and
the writing was on the wall although, surprising many, a pared-down Edsel range
was released for 1960 using Ford’s re-styled bodies but not many were
fooled and fewer than 3000 left the factory before late in 1959 the end of the brand quietly was
announced.
1938 Frazer-Nash BMW 328 Roadster with the grill's centre bars in non-standard red (top left), 1959 BMW 507 (top right), 1971 BMW 3.0 CSL (E9), one of the 169 first series leichtbau (light construction) CSLs with twin downdraft Zenith carburetors) (bottom left) and 2022 BMW M4-Competition-xDrive Convertible (G82, bottom right).
Ford might have felt the Edsel was criticized unfairly (at least on a anatomical basis) because, since the 303 in 1933, BMW had been fitting grills which blatantly were “cameltoesque” in appearance although perhaps they escaped opprobrium because it wasn’t until 1962 with the release of 1500 (the so-called Neue Klasse (New Class, 1962-1972)) the design assumed aspect ratios close to that of the typical human female, exemplified by the elegant E9 coupés (1968-1975). BMW also came to use physiology as a descriptor for the style but delved deeper, preferring the gender-neutral “twin kidney”. Interestingly, for the lovely 507 roadsters (1956-1959) the twin apertures were stretched wide and the look was greeted with acclaim (Pontiac, with aplomb, taking up the “twin-grill” concept) and it wasn’t until BMW's huge, gaping apparatuses appeared in the twenty-first century that the style Nazis condemned the look as “absurd”. The deep and wide-set grills of the BMWs of the 2020s are the cameltoe at scale and for those who question the anatomical reference because they doubt “wide set vaginas” are a thing, their existence was confirmed in Mean Girls (2004).
1969 BMW
2000 C (left) as the factory did it and as re-imagined with the "twin kidney" grill in the twenty-first century
style (right).
Architecturally, a
half-century before the G82, BMW had the space to anticipate the M4’s “wide-set”
look. The E9’s predecessor was a coupé
based on the Neue Klasse platform with
the four-cylinder engine enlarged to 2.0 litres (121 cubic inch) and offered as
the 2000 C (single carburetor) and 2000 CS (twin carburetor) between
1965-1969. The new coupé replaced the
low-volume and expensive 3200 CS (1962-1965) which had been powered by a 3.2
litre (193 cubic inch) V8 and the most commented upon aspect of the design was
the frontal styling, the word upon which most critics settled being “polarizing”. It was the then unusual headlight treatment
which induced the “love it or hate it” feelings, the chrome-framed asymmetric glass
fairings something which later would become familiar but in 1965 it was “the shock of the new”. Between the fairings there was a lot of space
but BMW didn’t then take the opportunity to tempt buyers with the “wide-set
vagina” look which would have to wait for the next century, instead maintaining
a familial link with the grill on the Neue
Klasse sedans. The styling of the 2000
C/CS is regarded now as an interesting period piece and an example of something
which might have been a trend-setter but the industry went in other directions,
one of which was the E9 which remains BMW’s finest achievement.
The wide-set and the Brazilian.
Recently,
it emerged there can be financial implications for the wide-set (ie those who
anatomically identify more with the BMW G82 than the E9). The details were revealed in a text message
between a beauty salon operative (the waxer) and her client (the waxee) who had
just enjoyed (the verb used in the sense of "to have had the use or benefit of something") the application of a Brazilian (an ellipsis of “Brazilian wax”, a specific style of pubic
hair removal in which only a narrow strip or triangle of growth is retained on
the mons pubis). What the waxer advised
was: “Just in
future I’ll have to charge you a little more for the size of the area. I hope that makes sense, nothing crazy, like
$5 or $10 extra.” The waxer’s
rationale for that was based on the waxee having a FUPA (fatty upper pubic area,
a normal variation in human anatomy rather than a condition) which means
a greater surface area. That, in the context of performing a Brazilian, demands
(1) a higher consumption of consumable product (wax), (2) more time required to apply wax and
(3) more time required to remove wax. Reaction on
social media was mixed, a few arguing the economics justified the surcharge although
most condemned the waxer and though the pricing should be universal with, over
time, the relative few needing more wax being balanced out by the relative few
needing less.
1960 Edsel Ranger Sedan. By 1960, the Edsel really was a "blinged-up" Ford and the 34 days it was in production happened only to fulfil contractual obligations and avoid tiresome legal proceedings.
Although it began as something more than a "blinged-up" Ford, the Edsel wasn't that much more and it failed because for such a hyped product it was a disappointment and in that it can
be compared to something like the administration of Barack Obama (b 1961; POTUS (US president) 2009-2017). Barack Obama was
not a bad president and he didn’t lead a bad government, indeed most objective analysts rate his term as “above average” (the perhaps biased Donald Trump (b 1946; POTUS 2017-2021 and since 2025) dissenting from this view) but he disappointed because he promised so
much, the soaring rhetoric (“highfalutin nonsense” as the press baron Lord
Beaverbrook (1879-1964) would have put it) offering hope and change never
realized. There was also the Edsel’s styling. There was much clumsiness in the detailing
(although almost the whole US industry was similarly afflicted in 1958) but the single
most polarizing aspect was the vertical grill assembly, controversial not
because it was a regression to something which had become unfashionable in the “longer,
lower, wider” era but because of the shape which to some suggested a woman’s
vulva. Some used the words “vagina”
or “genitalia” but in those more polite times some publications were
reluctant to use such words in print and preferred to suggest the grill
resembled a “horse collar” or “toilet seat” although the latter was (literally) a bit of a stretch and anyway already used of some of the trunk (boot) lids on Chryslers styled to excess by Virgil Exner (1909–1973); more memorable was Time magazine’s “an Oldsmobile sucking a lemon”.
Quirkiness coming & going: 1958 Edsel Bermuda “Woody” station wagon.
The “woody” nickname was applied to the station
wagons from all manufacturers although after the early 1950s the “wood” was a
combination of fibreglass and the DI-NOC plastic appliqué, the look intended to evoke that of the partially timbered-bodied station wagons in production until the early
1950s. Strangely, Chrysler and Mercury in the 1960s even did a few convertibles with the stuff glued on (recalling some earlier such things from the 1940s which used real wood), the former later unable to resist the temptation for the vaguely cartoonesque LeBaron Town & Country convertible (1983-1984). Ford’s attempt in the 1960s to persuade British
& Australian buyers of station wagons DI-NOC was charming proved brief and unsuccessful but in the domestic market the popularity lasted until 1990s. As much as the sedans and convertibles, Edsel station wagons were just as unwanted. The Bermuda was offered only for the 1958 model year and it sold a dismal 2,235, with 779 of the nine-seater version with an additional row of seating in the rear section, a configuration always popular with US buyers in the era of larger families and before the age of mini-vans and SUVs (sports utility vehicles). The three-row Bermuda was the rarest of the 1958 Edsels but collectors still price them below the convertibles, reflecting the usual practice in which (with the odd exception), convertible coach-work trumps all other styles. If the vulva-themed front end was confronting, there was a strangeness too at the rear, the turn-indicator lights in the shape of an arrow, a traditional symbol to indicate one's intended direction of travel but bizarrely, the Edsel’s arrows pointed the opposite way, something necessitated by the need to blend the shape with that of the body’s side moldings. In little more than two years, Edsel went from "too much, too soon", to "too little, too late".
1959
Edsel Villager 6 passenger Station Wagon.
Like the grill, for 1959 the tail of the station wagon was toned-down from
bizarre to baroque. It didn’t much stimulate
demand and only 5,687 were sold while in the same season, Ford shifted 147,748 station wagons (123,412 Country Sedans &
24,336 Country Squires). In 1958 the
relationship between the Villager & Bermuda had reflected that of Ford’s
Country Sedan to the more expensive (and DI-NOCed) Country Squire and while Ford would for decades top the station
wagon sales charts, after 1960 the only more expensive versions offered by
the corporation would be Mercurys. As a footnote, along with the Ranger, the Villager did survive as part of
the quixotic 1960 range when a mere 275 left the line, lending it the dubious
distinction of being the rarest Edsel station wagon. Despite that usually compelling statistic, collectors still prefer the 1958 & 1959 wagons, probably because the 1960 models lack the distinctive grill which is the most identifiable part of an Edsel's once dubious "brand identity".
A J.D. Vance meme with sofa (in US memes referred to usually as a "couch").
The Edsel ran its historic race more than a decade before the Watergate scandal so there was never a "grillgate" or "Edselgate" but the vulva did in 2024 return to the news with couchgate-themed memes. In July that year, a post appeared on X (formerly known as Twitter) claiming there was a passage in J.D. Vance’s (b 1984; VPOTUS since 2025) book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (2016) in which the then US senator (Republican-Ohio) boasted of having enjoyed a sexual act with a latex glove, strategically placed between a sofa’s cushions.
It was fake news and nothing in the book even hinted at such an experience but quickly the post went viral; it once could take years for urban myths to spread around a few counties but in the social media age such things wiz around the planet in minutes. Quickly the tale was debunked but couchgate was a popular choice among the meme-makers and it says something about US politics that so many really wanted to believe "couchgate" was true. Whether latex glove sales spiked because suddenly there were those wishing to experience the hopefully novel technique, isn't known.
Heavy duty (HD), neoprene-coated latex
gloves (medium/large) from
Walmart.
After Pope
Francis (1936-2025; pope 2013-2025) died, posts began to circulate noting that
hours before he dropped dead he'd had an audience with recent Catholic-convert
J.D. Vance and comparisons were made with the death of Elizabeth II (1926-2022;
Queen of the UK 1952-2022) coming barely two days after meeting Liz Truss (b
1975; UK prime-minister Sep-Oct 2022).
The pope of course was head of the Roman Catholic Church and the queen
was Supreme Governor of the Church of England and it seemed striking both
should succumb so soon after the pleasure of their conversation with a
right-wing fanatic. It must be assumed both events were just bad luck but Mr Vance is a serious convert to the faith and better-acquainted than most with Roman Catholic theology and he'll be familiar with the "visitation of the angel of death", a figure sent by God to tap on the shoulder one for whom the time has come to quit the world.
For most of
the republic's existence, holders of the office of vice-president tended to be
obscure figures noted only if they turned out to be crooks like Spiro Agnew
(1918–1996; VPOTUS 1969-1973) or assumed the presidency in one circumstance or
another and during the nineteenth century there was a joke about two brothers: “One ran off to
sea and the other became vice-president; neither were ever heard from again.” That was an exaggeration but it reflected the
general view of the office which has few formal duties and can only ever be as
powerful or influential as a president allows although the incumbent is “a heartbeat from
the presidency”. John Nance
Garner III (1868–1967, VPOTUS 1933-1941), a reasonable judge of these things,
once told Lyndon Johnson (LBJ, 1908–1973; VPOTUS 1961-1963 & POTUS 1963-1969)
being VPOTUS was “not worth a bucket of warm piss” (which in polite company
usually is sanitized as “...bucket of warm spit”). In the US, a number of VPOTUSs have become
POTUS and some have worked out well
although of late the record has not been encouraging, the presidencies of
Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon (1913-1994; VPOTUS 1953-1961, POTUS 1969-1974)
and Joe Biden (b 1942; VPOTUS 2008-2017, POTUS 2021-2025) all ending badly, in
despair, disgrace and decrepitude respectively.
Still, in
the post-war years, the VPOTUS has often assumed a higher profile or been
judged to be more influential, the latter certainly true of Dick Cheney (b
1941; VPOTUS 2001-2009) and some have even been given specific responsibilities
such as LBJ’s role as titular head of the space program (which worked out well)
or Kamala Harris co-ordinating the response to difficulties on the southern border
(a role in which either she failed or never attempted depending on the
source). So wonderfully unpredictable is
Donald Trump that quite what form the Vance VPOTUSship will assume is guesswork
but conspiracy theorists already are speculating part of MAGA forward-planning
is to have Mr Vance elected POTUS in 2028, simply as part of a work-around in a
constitutional jigsaw puzzle.
The conspiracy
revolves around the words in Section 1 of the Twenty-second Amendment: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President
more than twice” and even the most optimistic MAGA lawyers concede not
even Brett Kavanaugh (b 1965; SCOTUS associate justice since 2018) or Clarence
Thomas (b 1948; SCOTUS associate justice since 1991) could construct an interpretation which
would allow Mr Trump to be elected for a third term (although Justice Thomas might make a heroic attempt). The constitution is however silent on whether
any person may serve a third (or fourth, or fifth!) term so that makes possible
the following sequence:
(1) In the 2028
election J.D.Vance is elected POTUS and somebody else (matters not who) is
elected VPOTUS.
(2) In 2029, J.D. Vance
and somebody else (matters not who) are sworn into office as POTUS & VPOTUS
respectively.
(3) Somebody
else (matters not who) resigns as VPOTUS.
(4) J.D.
Vance appoints Donald Trump as VPOTUS who is duly sworn-in.
(5) J.D.
Vance resigns as POTUS and, as the constitution dictates, Donald Trump becomes
POTUS and is duly sworn-in.
(6) Donald
Trump appoints J.D.Vance as VPOTUS.
Whatever
the politics, constitutionally, there is nothing controversial about those six
steps because there’s a precedent, the sequence following what happened between
1968 when Nixon & Agnew were elected POTUS and VPOTUS and 1974 when the
offices were held respectively by Gerald Ford (1913–2006; VPOTUS 1973-1974
& POTUS 1974-1977) and Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979; VPOTUS 1974-1977),
neither of the latter pair having been elected.
Of course, in January 2029 somebody else (matters not who) would be a “left-over”
but he (it seems a reasonable assumption somebody else (matters not who) will
be male) can, depending on this and that, be appointed something like secretary
of agriculture or to a sinecure such as an ambassadorship in a nice
(non-shithole) country with a pleasant climate and a majority white population.
