Sex\nScience Sunday<\/a> podcast. She knows her stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDr. Gunter is an obstetrician and\ngynecologist who has been practicing medicine for nearly 30 years.\nShe appears on television, writes books (her experience having\ntriplets led her to writing one of the first extensive books on the\nsubject of premature births- The Preemie Primer), writes articles for\nmany magazines and is a New York Times columnist. Besides her\nknowledge of women’s health, she is also an expert in pain\nmanagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is Canadian-Ameican, and this\njumped almost instantly to the top of the Canadian best seller list.\nI read that Twitter blocked her publisher’s ads for the book for use\nof inappropriate language (probably the \u201coffensive\u201d word\n\u201cvagina\u201d), creating a big backlash that probably did not hurt\nsales. Twitter finally had to relent. I am adding this to my very\nlong list of reasons I despise Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This 420 page book is extensive,\ndetailed, and covers every topic I could think of and many, many\nmore. You should read it once through and then keep it as a reference\nbook that you will go back to time and time again. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is strongly science based, bringing\nyou up to date on what we know about vaginas. Surprisingly, we don’t\nknow everything yet. For example, the phenomena of female ejaculation\nstill poses some mysteries. While many take a stance one side or the\nother, she tells us what we know and what we don’t know. She is\ncorrect that gushing fountain-like orgasms in porn are fake. I have\nhad maybe a dozen women squirt on my hand during manual stimulation.\nIt never smells like urine. It is always clear. The truth is that the\nbladder is the most likely source, but there are still unanswered\nquestions, and she makes that clear. That is one of the many reasons\nthis is such a gushing review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you think of a bible as a source of\ntruth, this is that, at least as much as we know to date. She is not\ndogmatic, and understands that people have different feelings about\nthings (such as in her detailed section on shaving). When she is\ngiving her opinion she makes that clear but also discusses other ways\npeople might approach things. She understands that people have\ndifferent risk\/benefit approaches that might differ from hers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As would be expected, this is science\nheavy, but explained in clear terms and surprisingly easy to read.\nHaving slogged through a lot of biological science texts, this was a\npleasure to read. I especially like her \u201cBottom Line\u201d at the end\nof each chapter that summarizes the contents and key information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like to think that I am well-read and\nknowledgeable about the vagina, at least as much as one can be\nwithout having one. Here it seems I can turn to almost any page and\nlearn something I did not know. I could spend a lot of time\ndescribing in detail the contents of the book, but let me save you\ntime better spent reading this book. If you have a question about\nanything vagina related, its in there. She even covers topics related\nto transgendered men and women. Its all here. Just get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did share this with my wife, Kris,\nwho used to work for an Ob-Gyn. Since she has a vagina of her own, I\nwanted to get her take. She was also impressed and thought this book\nwas well-written and indispensable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After I write a review, I check other\nreviews to see if maybe I left out something important. Every single\nreview I read is saying basically the same thing- this a great book\nthat has long been needed and every woman should have it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am a huge fan of Dr. Gunter, and in\nmy world she is a rock star. Here is my recommendation. Order her\nbook, and then while you are waiting for it to arrive, visit her blog\nat drjengunter.com. Maybe even better, run to your local independent\nbookstore and get a copy. You can always read her blog later. It is\nalso available in Kindle and Audible versions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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