Vagina dialogue: MDs push to promote female sexual wellness and pleasure
For decades, even centuries, Western societies haven't found a way to completely accept this word and this complicated and vital body part, including its role in women's sexual pleasure. This remains particularly true in healthcare.. Yet nowhere near this number have access to or knowledge of specialists and solutions to navigate an issue that can be both physical and emotional.
Casperson isn't alone. Other sexual health physicians now pursue advocacy outside of clinical practice or research, writing books on the topic and venturing into social media, high-school sex ed, and even the sex toy industry in an effort to improve women's sexual — and therefore physical and mental — health.Women's sexual health issues are rooted in and interchangeable with women's history of oppression as the"second" sex, some of our experts point out.
As a medical student in Iran, Marashi performed secret hymen restoration surgeries on women in danger of being murdered over questions of virginity. And he continues to work with victims of genital mutilation, which he says he saw"by the dozen" when he was practicing in Brooklyn, New York. Rubin says she chooses"whatever raises my blood pressure" to discuss on Twitter or Instagram. After her first tweet, she recalls,"I realized nobody stops me. I got really loud. The more I tweeted, the more I learned, lifting other people up and educating through love and awareness and consistent content over and over again. It snowballs."
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