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#WomensSexualHealth #PattyBrisben

Why is #WomensSexualHealth so understudied?

"It's been discovered,forgotten& declared rediscovered,but it's usually dismissed as an afterthought, and often it's been seen as shameful.

#TheClitoris is considered the only organ that exists solely for #SexualPleasure,but it's also a crucial part of female anatomy,just as #SexualHealth is critical to overall well-being.

So why is the clitoris and the sexual health of people who have them still so understudied?"#AliRogin

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-is-womens-sexual-health-so-understudied

Why is #WomensSexualHealth so understudied?

"We know far less about #FemaleBodies than male ones.That's partially because of who's been asking the questions.

Throughout #MedicalHistory,you ended up with a lot of male anatomies to saw the world from their perspective,one way that they looked at women was as sort of walking wombs or baby machines.

And that meant a very different focus than #SexualPleasure,which is what the #Clitoris is all about."#RachelGross

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-is-womens-sexual-health-so-understudied

Why is #WomensSexualHealth so understudied?

"In medical school, I didn't learn about the clitoris. I didn't learn anything about women's sexual health.

I then went into a urology residency where I'm a penis doctor, right? I take care of men and men's #SexualHealth.

So, when I learned as a medical student how to examine the pelvis, they told us to stay away from the #Clitoris, that examining it might make our patient feel uncomfortable."#RachelRubin

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-is-womens-sexual-health-so-understudied

Why is #WomensSexualHealth so understudied?

"A #Urologist in Australia,she brought the world as understanding,that the head of the #Clitoris is the part you can see and touch.

It's just the tip of the iceberg.

Underneath,there's two bulbs,and two arms that kind of flare out into the pelvis,and the bulbs hug the #Vagina and the #Urethra,they're all made of erectile tissue.

90% of this organ is beneath the surface."#RachelGross

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-is-womens-sexual-health-so-understudied

Why is #WomensSexualHealth so understudied?

"After you finish #UrologyTraining,which is five years you can do a subspecialty fellowship.We have 27 fellowships in men's #SexualHealth.We have one that even acknowledges women's sexual health.It's the fellowship that I did,& I take care of all genders when I practice sexual medicine,but there's no funding there's no support and there's no ability for us to train people if we don't have the fellowships in place."#RachelRubin

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-is-womens-sexual-health-so-understudied

Why is #WomensSexualHealth so understudied?

"There are a lot of #Clitorises in the world of that absolutely need help and #MedicalCare because #SexualHealth is just health, right?

People's quality of life is really important. And we have to start talking about it and demanding that #EqualCare."#RachelRubin

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-is-womens-sexual-health-so-understudied