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Resources

This page includes some of resources where you can learn more about Female Sexual Medicine. Hover over and click on images to be redirected to each site. 

Articles:

How the Medical Community Undermines Female Pain

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"Doctor after doctor said it was just anxiety, or related to sexual dysfunction, or even just completely made up. It was a daily struggle just to be believed, and as the pain grew, she got sicker."

by Abby Norman

WNYC RADIO

Sex hurts, help!

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WNYC RADIO

"Pain with sex is common; almost 75 percent of women have experienced it."

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 "There are psychological factors, but that does not mean that it is in your head. Ever.

By Jen Gunter

New York Times

Pain during intercourse: there is help

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"Unfortunately, many women think that they are the only one with the problem, the problem must be in their head, or there is no way the problem can be solved."

By Bat Sheva Marcus

 Better than Sex Blog

Media & Websites:

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A podcast about chronic vulvar and vaginal pain.

Hosted by Noa Fleischacker & Hannah Barg

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WNYC RADIO

A documentary about endometriosis to "educate & put power where it belongs – in the hands of girls & women."
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 Podcast tackling all the crazy, sexy, embarrassing, and amazing topics of women's health with hard science, personal stories, and a good dose of humor. 

Hosted by Drs Jenn Conti & Erica Cahill

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Podcast about female sexual health and function with a focus on changes that occur during and after menopause.

Hosted by Dr Kelly Casperson

10-minute animated film that follows Shelby’s experience with vaginismus; a pelvic floor condition characterized by involuntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles that tighten the vaginal entrance, causing pain, penetration problems, and inability to have intercourse.
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Scientific Articles

Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is estimated to afflict up to 8% of women in the USA. In previous research, women with PVD report embrking on a lengthy path before obtaining a diagnosis. This paper explores how year symptoms began, and how demographic characteristics and assertiveness may affect timeliness of a diagnosis. 

The diagnosis of provoked vestibulodynia: 
Steps and roadblocks in a long journey

Sexual and Relationship Therapy Journal

Authors used validated sensitive and specific questions associated with clinically confirmed diagnoses of unexplained vulvar pain (vulvodynia) to compare the cumulative incidence of vulvar pain and prevalence of care-seeking behavior in Boston metropolitan area (BMA) and in Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area (MSP) from 2001 through 2005 using census-based data, and 2010 through 2012, using outpatient community-clinic data, respectively.

Prevalence of symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of vulvodynia: population-based estimates from 2 geographic regions

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Authors estimate the prevalence of unexplained chronic vulvar pain (burning or sharp knife like pain or pain on contact) in an ethnically diverse population-based sample of women town census directories to identify 4915 women age 18 to 64 from 5 ethnically diverse Boston communities and asked them to complete a self-administered questionnaire pertaining to current and past chronic lower genital tract discomfort (response rate 68%). We calculated the cumulative incidence and 95% confidence intervals by demographic and reproductive characteristics.
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