The Vagina Monologues

Yeast Infections A vaginal yeast infection is a fungal infection that causes irritation, increased discharge, strong odors, and an intense itchiness of the vulva, and vagina. It's a type of vaginitis, or inflammation of the vagina, and infections occur when there are too many of the bacteria and yeast that normally live in the vagina. If you have recurrent yeast infections, four or more within a year, you might need a maintenance plan and a longer treatment course. Why Do You Have Recurring…

According to the Kinsey Institute for Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, the average age at which teens lose their virginity is between 16.9 and 17.4 years old. Despite this statistic, there are still people who do not experience sex until later in life. Because people begin having sex at such varying times, two distinct groups of teens can be formed. Insiders, or those who have sexual experience, and outsiders, who have yet to engage in sexual activity. In Junot Diaz’s instruction manual “How to…

but some of the most common reasons are religious purposes, to save the females virginity until marriage, and also because of the culture. People believe that having the procedure done will help females resist sexual acts before marriage. When the vagina opening is narrowed, it is believed that females would fear pain and will not participate in premarital intercourse. The culture that practices Female Genital Mutilation believes that a woman who has had the procedure is “clean”. There has been…

had vaginal intercourse can have it as well. Bacterial vaginalis is a simple infection of a women’s pH balance being off. This is due to a women having more harmful bacteria than good bacteria in her vagina [4]. A woman’s body is known to fight off certain bacteria especially in areas such as the vagina. With this, a woman’s normal balance is off due to the bacteria. Bacterial vaginosis is normally found in women around the ages of 15-44 [4]. Statistics shows that one of three women in the…

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a cultural practice that removes part or all of the female external genitalia. FGM/C can also be an injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons (“FGM”). FGM/C usually is performed on a female child between the ages of four and eight years old (Costello 2). In other cases this procedure is done during the 1st week of life, at prepuberty or just before marriage (Costello 2). FGM/C is dehumanizing and should be stopped. Culturally it may…

Vaginal infections What are vaginal infections? Vaginal infections are typically due to bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection of the vagina. These infectious organisms often include Gardnerella vaginalis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Candida, and Trichomonas. Patients usually develop symptoms such as vaginal itching, burning, discharge, malodor, redness, spotting, and occasionally pelvic pain. Some may experience pain during intercourse (dyspareunia). Vaginal infections often occur in women…

What many people realize and don’t understand is that being born with an Intersex condition is not easy as everyone thinks or sounds. People paint a picture of what an intersex person looks like and what their genitals looks like in their mind. Even people in the LGBT community often times paints a rosy picture of what life is like for an Intersex person. The reality is, that it’s not easy being an intersex person and it sure ain’t easy having to deal with your Intersex condition. Many people…

on how advance the disease is how the physician terminates how to treat it. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) What is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? Pelvic Inflammatory Disease is an infection in a woman’s reproductive organs, affecting the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries, most complications are often caused by sexually transmitted…

Sex Sex feels good, yes, and it is good for your body. But you have to watch out who you 're having sex with. Do you think that having sex with a toxic person will enhance your spirit? Heck no! They may be nice to you temporarily while having sex, but when they 're done and you 're glowing, they 're back to their old toxic ways. This will mess up your mind because sex is a spiritual dance between two human beings, so you 're absorbing the other person 's energy. The worse thing about absorbing…

In 1994, the Surgeon General of the United States was dismissed from her position for suggesting that schools engage students in the explicit discussion about masturbation. When looking back, putting aside personal or religious beliefs concerning the topic, it would appear that masturbation would serve as a countermeasure against teenage pregnancy and the transmission of sex-related diseases, but when politics enters the discussion, everything rational gets tossed out the window (Canino, J. T.,…