The vagina that makes noise is not pathological. At worst, the vaginal “wind” is an unpleasant incident that should be understood and then trivialized. It is very rare to have to consider professional health care.

The term “frout” is the contracted assembly of “prout” (onomatopoeia of the emission by the anus of intestinal gas) and of “foune” or “foufoune”, familiar name of the sex of the woman, like minette, kitty, or zigounette. The other synonyms pertaining to slang.

Please note: Quebec cousins ​​refer to all buttocks, female and male, by “foufounes”.

The punished terms are: “vaginal winds” or “vaginal farts” already less poetic.

The English give us tasty expressions to evoke these vaginal gases including “the chattering vulva” (« chattering vulva »).

From Latin are taken the “vaginal flatulence” ( “Vaginal blowing”) and “vaginal chatter” (« garulitas vaginalis)

As for the word «Fruit», it means in English “the fuck”. Even if we stay in the same area, it is prudent to use the right word.

Under the effect of sexual arousal, the vagina expands and opens more. This increases the possibility of air entering it. Remember that the vaginal walls are certainly muscular, but above all very elastic (at least to allow the fetus to pass through them during childbirth). 

The coming and going of the fingers or the penis causes the entry of air, trapped in the cavity and promotes its expulsion, more or less sound. This vaginal “wind” or “fart” has the advantage of being odorless unlike its namesake of intestinal origin.

In 1974, a treatise on gynecology mentioned for the first time the phenomenon of vaginal gas. But the vagina really began to be talked about in the 90s. In fact, in 1995 a Sri Lankan doctor published an article about “Six cases of gas emissions from the vagina”.

In 1996, the American Eve Ensler wrote a play which was translated into 46 languages ​​and performed in 130 countries. It is “Le Monologue du vagin” (The vagina Monologues), which has become the benchmark of contemporary feminism. From invisible, transparent, unknown, and silent, the vagina becomes a star that begins to speak or even sing.

The Journal “Progress in urology” published on 20/11/19 an article on vaginal gas: “involuntary expulsion of air from the vaginal cavity” and qualifies this phenomenon as “a poorly understood symptom, sometimes severely impacting life ( sexual, but not only) of women ”.

Ambient air enters the vaginal cavity during penetration. Certain positions favor the entry and exit of air. 

For example, in the “doggy style” position, the muscle tone of the pelvic floor (the set of muscles that underlie the pelvis) and abdominal pressure are lower than in the so-called “missionary” position. The vagina opens more, causing a call for air. As soon as the muscular relaxation of the walls, the air is extracted “noisily, in a manner neither melodious, nor delicate, nor necessarily accepted by the protagonists”.

Certain factors would favor it: 

• intense lubrication;
• changes in postures;
• a sporting activity responsible for a relaxation of the muscles which support the organs of the small pelvis;
• the constipation ;
• repeated births.

This unexpected eruption sometimes at the wrong time is not always a pleasant surprise, unless the partners amuse themselves in a benevolent connivance, but some women feel ashamed of it, as if this vaginal wind were an intestinal fart (which is fragrant and has nothing to do with frout) or that she did not have control over their body.

The prevalence (number of cases in a given population at a given time) of this phenomenon is 28,8% in a recent Dutch study. It is mainly general practitioners and gynecologists who collect complaints from women, but sometimes urologists.

Either it is a physiological phenomenon, an integral part of sexual life, the psychological impact of which must be appreciated.

Either the gas emission occurs as well during a sporting activity (jogging, weight training of the abdominals) or ordinary maneuvers such as getting up or sitting down.

It is a muscle weakness of the pelvic floor responsible for the increase in diameter

Several hypotheses have been put forward to explain it: vaginal hyper laxity, prolapse (“organ descent”) or urinary incontinence. Constipation has also been implicated (through the frequent increase in pressure on the lower abdomen during the effort of defecation).

The idea is to strengthen the vagina or rather the perineum.

In the event of physiological noise which leads to a complaint, it suffices to relieve the patient’s guilt.

When the offending muscles are involved, we can offer weight training by a physiotherapist, or “self-treatment”.

These are the use of Geisha balls (maintenance of the tone of the perineum and treatment of its relaxation in women), Kegel exercises (bodybuilding of the perineum with breathing time, indicated in many cases in men. as with women), use of connected games.