File:Vulva-handsign-Yoni-mudra.svg

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An abstract stylized representation of the vulva hand-gesture (sometimes also known as the "Yoni mudra"), used particularly among some lesbians and feminist spirituality advocates. Occasionally done with the thumbs below, but the version with the thumbs upwards (depicted here) has a stronger symbolic resemblance. The American Sign Language sign for "vagina" makes use of the same positioning of the hands.

See http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Yoni.htm , http://www.lesbischleben.de/englwissenlexikon.htm ("lesbian hands"), the cover of the November 15-21, 2007 issue of Time Out New York (ASL sign), etc.

This highly simplified depiction (using black-and-white silhouettes only) shows the thumbs and index fingers just as they are about to touch. If they are forcefully pressed against each other, then the resulting handsign will be narrower and slightly taller. If the thumbs are not bent, and touch each other right at their tips, then the resulting hand-sign will be broader and more triangular...

Image made by User:AnonMoos. See also File:Vulva_symbols.svg , File:Heart-symbol-vulva-shape-hypothesis-illustration.svg , File:Seneca yoni.jpg , etc.

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