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'''PWHV/People Who Have Vaginas''', '''IWHV'''/'''Individuals Who Have Vaginas''', '''PHV/People Having Vaginas,''' or '''VAPs/Vaginal People,''' (formerly '''POV/People of Vaginas/People of''' '''Vulvas''' and '''IOV'''/'''Individuals of Vaginas''') is a term for anyone who has a vagina, regardless of gender.
It includes individuals who have had a vagina from birth and individuals who have had sex reassignment surgery to create a vagina. The term includes most [[cisgender]] women, non-binary individuals 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]] individuals who have had sex reassignment surgery, and some [[transsex]]/[[altersex]] men.
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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