Women in Europe won’t have to talk about their ‘shame lips’ anymore

It’s a victory for women in The Netherlands (Picture: Getty Images)

From periods to sweating, women have long been made to feel shame over their own bodies.

And that’s perfectly exemplified in the Dutch word for labia, schaamlippen, which literally translates to ‘shame lips’.

For around 300 years, women in The Netherlands have had to use this term to describe a perfectly normal, natural part of their anatomy.

It means that the phrase ‘shame lips’ is not only talked about in biol...