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'''PWHV (People Who Have Vaginas)''', or '''IWHV''' '''(Individuals Who Have Vaginas)''', is a term for anyone who has a vagina, regardless of gender.
'''POV''' or '''People of Vaginas''' or '''People of Vulvas''' is a term for anyone who has a vagina, regardless of gender. It includes people who have had a vagina from birth and people who have had sex reassignment surgery to create a vagina. The term includes most [[cisgender]] women, non-binary people who have a vagina (either from birth or through sex reassignment surgery), [[transgender]] men who are [[transine]] or pre-transition, some [[intersex]] individuals, transgender women and other [[transfeminine]] people who have had sex reassignment surgery, and some [[transsex]]/[[altersex]] men.▼
Other terms used for this concept include '''PHV (People Having Vaginas)'''; '''VAPs (Vaginal People)'''; or, formerly, '''POV (People of Vaginas/People of''' '''Vulvas)''' and '''IOV''' '''(Individuals of Vaginas)'''.
This term is made to combat the ideology that having a vagina is what makes one a [[woman]], and is made promote gender-neutral language and terms. The term was also made for more simplicity in describing genitalia in medical situations, such as sex education, as saying "female" would leave out many intersex and trans individuals. POV can also stand for "person of (a) vagina" if one wishes to refer to another person or themself as a POV.▼
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A term similar to this is [[müllerian]], however müllerian refers to having every trait of a female, not just a vagina. One who is müllerian is also a POV, although one who is a POV is not always müllerian.▼
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Related terms are [[POP]] and [[Pon|PON]].▼
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== History ==
The term POV was coined by [[User:Cryptocrew|Cryptocrew]] on March 13, 2021 in order to help relieve [[dysphoria]] and discomfort in many [[genderqueer]] individuals. The alternate wordings of PWHV, PHV, and VAP were created by Wiki user foreigntoolmaker on September 30th since some people were uncomfortable with POV. Weniviere, the coiner of the term, did not realize that the original wording "people/individuals ''of'' vaginas" sounded uncomfortable, due to English not being her first language, and has since acknowledged this grammatical mistake and embraces "PWHV/IWHV" as the main term.
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