Also thank you for including a biological perspective as cis men have largely influenced (and still do) how women’s, trans and non-binary person’s bodies are perceived and discussed to this day. E.g. myths around the hymen as a sign for virginity are still very dominant around the world and influence persons with vaginas strongly. It is yet another example of why we have a long way to go and of who our body parts are named after as “it doesn’t seem like a coincidence that the hymen is named after the Greek God of marriage, called … Hymen“.
(https://theswaddle.com/hymen-myth-virginity-proof/).

Thanks, Rahel! Bryan Sykes’ “The Seven Daughters of Eve” is a very readable introduction to mitochondrial DNA, even if a bit dated for this fast-moving field. If you are up to something a bit more challenging, “Ancestors in our genome” is a most fascinating read.

There is another term for it: recto-uterine pouch. However, pouch of Douglas is much more commonly used.
What’s more, the equivalent cavity in the male body has only one single name: recto-vesical pouch …

Nuh. If midwifery paid as much as gynecology or obstetrics, the gender balance would the other way round …

it does boggle the mind … the recent vintage of the set is a useful reminder that we should not take anything for granted (for anyone who doesn’t take that lesson from the daily news …)