Vagina : a re-education / Lynn Enright.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781911630029
- ISBN: 1911630024
- Physical Description: 229 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Edition: Paperback edition
- Publisher: London : Allen & Unwin, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2019.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2019 by Allen & Unwin. This paperback edition published Great Britain in 2020 by Allen & Unwin" --Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- A sex re-education -- The facts (if we can call them that) -- The hymen, a useless symbol -- The clitoris, and how it's ignored -- The orgasm, and why everything's normal -- Appearances, and looking in the mirror -- Periods, and what makes them so awful -- Pain, as it applies to women -- Fertility, teaching it and talking about it -- Getting pregnant, and what comes next -- The vagina and menopause -- Does my vagina define me? |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Vagina. Sexual health. Generative organs, Female. Women > Health and hygiene. |
Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 612.628 E61v 2019 (Text) | 33126024169280 | New Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | 612.628 E61v 2019 (Text) | 33126024169306 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/02/2024 |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2020 July
Journalist Enright explores the systemic cultural, linguistic, and medical ways in which the vagina is ignored, minimized, and concealed in ways that prove detrimental to women's physical, psychological, sexual, and social well-being. Here, the author takes an expansive yet well-documented and carefully researched approach to disentangle myths and stereotypes from realities. Books such as Amanda Laird's
Copyright 2020 Library Journal.Heavy Flow have looked at the subject, but this title considers sex education, symbolic structures (e.g., the hymen), the clitoris, orgasms, fertility and pregnancy, with a significant amount of time spent exploring theory and practice. Enright reminds readers that "we are denied facts about our own bodies because female bodies have been ignored and overlooked by science." She shares her efforts to overcome shame and embarrassment in order to learn more about her own body. In the process, she identifies her own biases, and presents information that shows us how much we have to learn (or unlearn) about the vagina. Interviews with doctors who have been misguided and women who have been misdiagnosed provide additional insight.VERDICT A necessary resource on an often-stigmatized subject, this book will appeal to anyone looking to learn more about the vagina and women's health.âEmily Bowles, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison