Sex education — both the Netflix show and the class in school — often leaves out important information about our bodies and sexual and vaginal health. We’re expected to figure it out on our own, often through watching bad porn, googling, and experiences with partners that we wish we could erase from our memories. Doctors and nurses can help, but even if you have a great ob-gyn, asking about how to pick out your first sex toy can be, um, awkward.
So, we turned to Dr. Jen Gunter, an ob-gyn, women’s health writer (for her own site and places like the New York Times), prolific tweeter, and author of the upcoming book The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine, for answers. She gave it to us straight up, from intel on Kegels to treating UTIs, and if there’s such a thing as a “normal” vagina.
Dr. Jen Gunter answers your biggest vaginal questions.