Since you have great passion for women who suffer these symptoms, you may be interested in testing this product with your patients. The fact that they and all of us get reduced down to our parts is how the patriarchy stays powerful. Jen Gunter is all too familiar with the fears, fallacies and misinformation that abound about vaginal health. Buy this book if you have a vagina or if you spend any time at all in reasonably close proximity to one. Amy Reardon is at work on a novel. Mixing medical background with simple, practical advice, Gunter covers health concerns she often encounters in her own practice, such as sexually transmitted infections, and the basic functions of the vulva and vagina at specific times of life—menstruation, pregnancy and birth, and menopause. Her goal is to empower and inform and she more than did the job.
Help me to get the word out. She seems to be a lightning rod for pro-life weirdos and yet she supplies excellent talking points on the front lines of compassionate gyn care. Women are being ripped off by wrong information. Should you have a vulvovaginal care regimen? Jen Gunter writes in an accessible, engaging style. We expect that bodies can appear in all sizes and shapes, and so we should expect that genitals can appear in all sizes and shapes. Visit our for more information. A vital book that will undoubtedly have an profound impact.
This is a truly inclusive book. Throughout, she maintains a pro-woman attitude that would make me want to tell me daughters to make an appointment. I admire your action being taken. Maybe there are just not that many nonfiction best sellers these days. So, other than being unoriginal and poorly researched, the whole attitude and premise of the book seem to miss the most important reasons for sex.
Why it was not yet stacked on a table in a more prominent area of the bookstore was actually a mystery to me, since the topic is of wide interest and the book is well written and factual. Faro to study Lactobacillus and bacterial vaginosis. That is what I have decided to name a collective of mansplainers. Buy this book if you have a vagina or if you spend any time at all in reasonably close proximity to one. I have not received any compensation for this glowing review in any way.
For example, the information about the G-spot and Dr. Report Outcomes to the Public 6. . She takes great pains to reference when research has been negligible, when sample sizes are too small to give us clear results, when more search is needed, and so on. Finally, an all-encompassing repository of accurate information based on science for vagina owners and lovers. There are chapters like how to discuss concerns with your doctor, as well as chapters on topics like menopause, genital hygiene, Toxic Shock Syndrome not as big of a risk as I thought! Will your vagina shrivel up if you go without sex? I understand this line of thinking.
Gunter pulls no punches and provides a clear and concise summation of the facts on every vagina-related topic you can think of. Check out short slightly humorous intro video at. How many British women avoid their pap smears out of of pain and embarrassment, and end up with cervical cancer? We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. Gunter, Did you write that blog on yeast biofilms that you mention in your article on gentian violet? Does pubic hair have a function? Gunter knows the questions women and men have about female sexual health, and in The Vagina Bible, she answers them all. So many important questions, so much convincing, confusing, contradictory misinformation! Will your vagina shrivel up if you go without sex? She backs up her work and shows where more information was needed to make a determination. Political Views I would be remiss to omit Dr.
Sarah Hi Jen, I am a physician and I have a blog called loveandmedicine. Disappointing and potentially toxic, but the anatomy diagrams could be useful to some. Myths perpetuate in medicine as well. For instance, I was flummoxed to learn wearing cotton underwear to prevent yeast infections is a myth. So, if you are considering buying The Vagina Bible, please consider pre-ordering! Does eating sugar cause yeast infections? T-shirts, Pillows, Notebooks — Oh My! Gunter begins with anatomy including information for trans men with vulvas and trans women with vaginoplasties and continues with some basic sex ed, focusing on female arousal while debunking the G-spot. And you know, the cranberry industry is invested in you believing that, right? Because the patriarchy is invested in her not knowing, and also so she can be healthy and not worry.
However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This is the exact kind of book the world needs right now. The next time you talk with a British colleague, please give them a friendly nudge. Think I have met you a few times when I was younger. Doing all the fucking work? I don't say this often but it's a don't miss book.
I met you in Dr. I get so tired of listening to people speak with authority about pseudoscience, that I have few conversations. Sex is supposed to be messy. So, lay it out like a medical textbook, but write it in an accessible way. We are well into the twenty-first century and have access to more information than ever before, yet many people don't know that a vagina is self-cleaning, condoms should be used with a lubricant, eating sugar doesn't cause a yeast infection, and sex shouldn't be painful. Glamour: Do you think the pattern of gaslighting women about their bodies is changing? I am now a professor at University of Illinois at Chicago. Jen Gunter offers authoritative information with her trademark clarity and good humor.
With The Vagina Bible, Dr. It was so great to see the various concerns and barriers to care addressed. I did not notice this 20 years ago, women really, really, really worrying about it as a health barometer. What are the most common distortions you see? Right now women seem to be really questioning their vaginal discharge. Then she gives practical advice on such things as lube, underwear, menstrual hygiene, sexually-transmitted diseases, and common complaints or symptoms that bring a woman to a gynecologist for examination.