Actually, "
pudenda" literally means "
shameful
things" in
Latin. This is one of those
facts which is
constantly
annoying to those of
us who don't find
sex to be
shameful.
It's also sexist, as originally it referred only to the female parts in question ...
("Genitals" is better, but not terribly better, on account of there being lots of other things to do with them than reproduction.)