Also known as painful intercourse syndrome, vulvodynia is an often-oversimplified diagnosis for a very complicated and debilitating syndrome. Pudendal neuralgia is inflammation of the pudendal nerve. This condition causes burning or stabbing pain in the genitals, urethra or anus. The pain often gets worse over the course of a day and is exacerbated by sitting. Both conditions make sex incredibly painful. Sex should not cause you persistent pain. It can get better. You’re not alone.
February 13, 2009
V Day
I'm off to the beach for a sexless Valentine's Day. I can't have any fun for 2 weeks. I really couldn't have picked a worse time. My fiance's birthday was Tuesday and Saturday is that stupid overrated love holiday.
Frankly, I think it should be call V Day and I think it should be a day to raise awareness about the mysterious snatch.
Every year at my college the women's group performed the Vagina Monologues on Valentine's Day weekend. My senior year I got on board and performed My Short Skirt in the production. It was a lot of fun.
So on Saturday, instead of whispering sweet nothings into your honey's ear. Take a moment to talk to someone you know about your muff and, more importantly, your pelvic pain. It's time to give V Day a whole new meaning.
I hate the word and I never used it in my blog, but let's shout it out. Vagina!
Here's an excerpt from the Introduction to Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues:
Woman 1:
I bet you're worried.
Woman 2:
We were worried.
Woman 3:
We were worried about vaginas.
Woman 1:
We were worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them. We were worried about our own vaginas. They needed a context of other vaginas- a community, a culture of vaginas. There's so much darkness and secrecy surrounding them - like the Bermuda triangle. Nobody every reports back from there.
Happy V Day, Ladies.
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2 comments:
See you got the right idea, I really like this idea - recognizing Valentine's day as a day not just about, romance but also about acknowledging vaginas & vulvas. I can really get on board with the V-Day Project.
It bothers me more than just a little when I hear people putting it down. "Oh blah blah blah it's about vaginas there's more important things to talk about haha it can't talk that's so obscene."
I don't think they "Get it," you know what I'm sayin'? It's not just about the vulvas either, it's about a something greater than ourselves, since it encompasses ending violence against women, too. How is that a bad thing? I mean it's like the perfect alternative and supplement to Valentine's Day!
I actually did have a vagina talk yesterday. And the day before. And talked about how I'm so tired of being tightlipped (ha!!) about all this. I'm thinking of coming out of the vagina closet a bit more.
I am completely inspired by your post awhile back about coming out and sharing your name and all that stuff.
Maybe I'll even put my vagiary on my blogger profile.
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