Vaginal Vignettes: Sex in the Animal Kingdom

Think the vagina is a simple tube? Think again! See wacky and wild tales of female animal reproductive anatomy and behaviour come to life on stage.

From Aristotle through Darwin and still today, the stereotypes of the male as the active player in sex and the female as the passive recipient of sperm have shaped how science and the wider world views those possessing vaginas. The reality is vaginas are anything but simple receptacles and female animals are not the passive players they have been made out to be.

Learn how multi-chambered vaginas and temporary passages, elongated clitorises, pseudo-penises, vaginas that can sort sperm, and armoured vaginal openings put female animals in the driver’s seat of reproduction and evolution.

It’s time to re-write these stories.