pudenda puritanica

pu·den·dum

/pyo͞oˈdendəm/

noun: pudendum; plural noun: pudenda

1. a person's external genitals, especially a woman's.

Origin

mid 17th century: from Latin pudenda (membra ) ‘(parts) to be ashamed of,’ neuter plural of the gerundive of pudere ‘be ashamed.’

The rise of the Puritans in the mid 17th century and the linking of a woman's genitalia with the word "pudere" or "be ashamed"

Coincidence? I think not.