'Vagina Bible' Tackles Health And Politics In A Guide To Female Physiology
Hey, women: Dr. Jen Gunter wants you to understand your own vagina.
The California gynecologist is on a quest to help women get the facts about their own bodies. It isn't always easy. In an era of political attacks on women's reproductive choices and at a time when Internet wellness gurus are hawking dubious pelvic treatments, getting women evidence-based information about their health can be a challenge, she says.
But Gunter isn't backing down.
"I'm really just trying to give women information so they can make informed choices," Gunter tells NPR. "Misinformation is the opposite of feminism. Making an empowered decision requires accurate information."
Gunter started her blog, almost 10 years ago, writing on topics that range from abortion politics to the risks to women who eat the placenta after childbirth (). She rose to Internet fame as she took on the very public task of touted by Gwyneth Paltrow and her wellness empire, Goop — including designed to be inserted into the vagina and a treatment known as "vaginal steaming." Gunter now writes a about women's health for the .
