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Private Parts

There was once a movie made about Howard Stern but this blog does not refer to that.  This is about the idiosyncratic English language.  The very fact that such an arrangement of words exist and that it signifies something specific is to me ludicrous and reeks of hypocritical nature of man.

According to famous dictionaries the term 'private parts' refers to a person's external reproductive or genital organs.  Aka genitalia.

Now when there is a perfectly coined term or word to describe the external organs of a human used for reproduction why go around coining additional verbiage?  To sound politically correct.  This from a species that otherwise has no compunction about raping other humans physically or verbally or spiritually; being otherwise disgusting in behavior including some entrusted with the religious duties, and yet these same humans want to appear sacrosanct when describing organs created by biology?

Then it begs the whole argument of what is private?  If these are my parts they by definition are private.  I don't simply let other people use my hands to eat their food do I?  So why not refer to my hands as private hands?  Or my mouth that consumes a lot and renders bunch of hot air is not for rent..

I don't semi digest food for others and pass it on do I?  It is after all a private mouth.   I know word of mouth advertising is in vogue and maybe words coming out are public at times but that does not make the oral cavity public.

One might argue about keeping these parts enclosed and not exposed and therefore afforded the label 'private'.  Not so.  Have you seen a rock video lately?  Have you visited San Francisco?  Have you been at a beach in France?

Cave people back in the day and many tribes in Africa and certain parts of this globe even today do not harbor such whimsical ideas and simply live their lives.  Too many clothes is another disaster that has demise written all over it.  Have you seen the rate of retail bankruptcy in America?

Public companies are going private.  Too much exposure or something.

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