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Most of us can agree that sexual health is an integral part of general wellness. And with the “self-care generation” now taking the reins, we can certainly expect that women will be demanding more when it comes to accessing sexual wellness. However, a pervasive gendered double-standard continues to stand in the path of some female …
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I must say that I find it difficult when psychotherapists (a category in which I include myself) are so dismissive of drugs to aid in solving complex sexual problems. Why do we assume a binary trade-off between “the mind” and “the body?” It should be clear to all of us that both work in tandem, …
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When the rapper T.I. spoke about taking his daughter for an annual “virginity test,” I was not the only person who was outraged. New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages was also mad when she heard this news and decided to propose a bill to ban the practice in New York. The bill states that …
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A woman I was chatting with mentioned that she is still undergoing pelvic floor physical therapy to treat painful sex a year after giving birth. Her provider had added an extra suture post-birth known as “the husband stitch.” This is done during the repair process after a vaginal birth, by stitching the vaginal entryway narrower …
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When there’s pain with sex, anything that whispers sex can make us women cringe. It can negatively impact our openness to being touched, inhibit our desire and arousal, and erode our ability to experience sexual pleasure. Some conditions leading to painful sex include: vaginismus, vulvodynia, infection, stiff joints, scar tissue from a procedure after giving …
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