Twitter and Facebook have censored the word "vagina" and a controversy has erupted | Chronic

The doctor Jennifer Gunter, A Canadian gynecologist denounced on Twitter that when she wanted to promote her new book "The Vagina Bible" through social networks, she discovered that messages had been blocked due to the word's use. "bad"

Gunter, who has more than 200,000 followers on Twitter and frequently uses the social media platform to correct myths about gynecology, tweeted: "Just so you know, my publisher can not use the word" bad "to promote my book on @twitter.The image may have it, but they are not allowed to use" bad "in the text."

Mark the CEO of Twitter Jack Dorseyhe added "Dear @jack, Vagina is an anatomical term and not a dirty word."

Later, in another publication, the author of the book wrote: "Our social inability to say bad as elbow is one of the reasons I've emphasized VAGINA in the title."

"When we are not allowed to say a word, the implication is that it is dirty or shameful.It is not possible to buy an advertisement because of the word" bad " for a book on bads, it's ridiculous"he added.

Apparently, a Facebook spokesman informed CNN that the company was investigating the case.