A recent post on the Daily Kos caught my attention; it featured a Summer’s Eve ad from Woman’s Day magazine that suggested that, in order to get a raise, women ought to try using a feminine hygiene product. As a feminist, I’m already a little annoyed that on average I don’t make the same salary [...]
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On Jezebel this morning, I found this video about “vatooing” which the woman at the salon in the video describes as “literally a tattoo for your vagina.” As Jezebel’s Tracie points out, this makes no sense. After all, that the vagina is the inside part (the birth canal), the vulva is the outside part and [...]
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Question: Does the G Shot procedure work? Answer: Unfortunately, we have no scientifically published safety or effectiveness data on the so-called “G shot” (that I have seen, anyway). The G Shot involves an injection of collagen into the anterior (front) wall of the vagina, at or around the area described as the “g spot”. While [...]
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When I was in high school, a boy in my class once delivered a typed note to my mailbox inviting me to watch a movie with him. Not only that, but he later admitted to spending more than an hour carefully choosing which font to use in his note – time that my best [...]
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Sex Crisis #2: You Get a Sex Cut Last week we explored what to do when a condom breaks during sex. This week, I want to make sure you know how to handle sex cuts (such as tears from vaginal sex or anal sex), as they happen to many women and men at one point [...]
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Today I caught a glimpse of the brazilliant iPhone panty prototypes featured on Gizmodo with the “slide to unlock” imagery (click the above link if you are not an iPhone user or otherwise don’t get it). (Btw, I would TOTALLY wear these). The post was later followed by one about the Cuchini , a product that apparently aims to [...]
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Recently on Yahoo Questions, a young woman had a question about how to use tampons. She was using one with an applicator but finding it difficult to get it in right, as it kept feeling as though she had to pee (she thought that perhaps she was pressing it against her bladder by accident). Here [...]
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Recently the use of Botox for vaginismus has been a hot topic in some circles. Vaginismus is a condition that is sometimes described as uncontrollable muscle spasms that prevent women from being able to comfortably have vaginal intercourse or, sometimes, other forms of vaginal penetration including tampon use and gyn exams. (A difficulty with this [...]
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In recent years, cosmetic surgery on women’s genitals has been increasingly marketed and made available by doctors around the world. These include a vaginal tightening procedure and labiaplasty (a procedure used to reduce the size of the labia minora/inner vaginal lips). A difficult thing about these procedures is that there are very little published data [...]
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Check news stands for the recent issue of SELF magazine in which I, along with a few folks, discuss the controversies around “designer vagina” cosmetic surgeries. As you may know, laser vaginal rejuvenation is an increasingly common (but still relatively rare) surgery intended to reduce the size of the vagina, thus helping women to potentially [...]
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