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IN THIS CHAPTER

Touring the female anatomy

Understanding the “men” words

Promoting good breast health

On the subject of our genitals, we women face a conundrum (no, that’s not a new sexual term; it just means a puzzle). On the one hand, because our reproductive organs are for the most part hidden away, women in general don’t have the same type of familiar relationship that a man has with his apparatus. Some women even try their best to ignore their genitals. They touch themselves as little as possible and never really look between their legs.

On the other hand, these hidden organs have a way of making themselves known with a certain regularity so, try as we may, they are impossible to totally ignore. And women have good reasons not to ignore these organs:

 A woman’s reproductive system can suddenly turn her life upside down if she becomes pregnant. The fact that almost half of the nearly four million pregnancies that occur in the United States each year are unintended pregnancies is proof that too many women still don’t know everything they should about how their bodies work.

 Another reason for women and men to become better informed about the female anatomy is that understanding our bodies is certainly key to good sexual functioning, which is the primary purpose of this book.

  Understanding female anatomy is important for having a healthy outlook toward women. The idea that a woman’s genitals are in some foreign, dank place — the black hole of Calcutta is one name that’s been used for it — denigrates not only a woman’s genitals but her status as a human being as well.

Although these parts are private in our society because they relate to an individual, I can see no need to keep their general nature private as well.

So whether you are a female or a male, I’m going to make sure that you no longer face a mystery when you contemplate a woman’s genitals. Instead, I’m going to imprint a topographical map in your brain that you’ll never forget.