From G-spot misconceptions to non-consensual vaginal microbiome transplants - there's a whole lot of shocking gynaecological history that needs rewriting to improve our understanding of the female body, says rachelegross
when she developed an “obnoxious” vaginal infection that set her on a mission to better understand her own body. It may have started with her genitals, but in her new book,, Gross not only unravels many misunderstandings about the female body, but also rewrites the history of the science of gynaecology with women and LGBTQ+ researchers front and centre. She spoke toRachel E. Gross: I was doing a lot of coverage of women in the history of science.
And at the same time, there were all these questions about women’s bodies and bodies [of people] with a uterus and ovaries that weren’t being asked. I made the connection: the deceptively simple reason why these questions weren’t being asked was because women weren’t at the table.The darkest section of the book is aboutand the development of the speculum. It’s well known that he was a southern slaveholder who made his advancements on the bodies of enslaved Black women.
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