CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault
Did you know that it takes only 3.5 years to sail around the world but up to 10 years to get an endometriosis diagnosis? That three out of four women experience pain during intercourse at some point in their lives? Or that nearly half of all women aged 18 to 35 have trouble reaching orgasm with a partner, and most women don't score their sexual satisfaction as very high?
These statistics are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the vast spectrum of issues that women face with regards to their reproductive and sexual health.
And did you know that women, like myself, who try to talk about this -- and even things like birth and breastfeeding, on social media platforms have been censored while overtly sexual ads for male issues are overtly promoted?
Unfortunately, this pervasive culture of censorship silences crucial information from being shared among women and hinders progress towards achieving equity and wellbeing around important women's health issues.
Enter Jackie Rotman, founder and CEO of the Center for Intimacy Justice. Jackie is an inspiring activist and creative whose work on social media equity has been instrumental in changing policies so that women's voices can be heard and women's health needs can be more openly discussed on Meta (Facebook, Instagram).
Join me for this latest On Health episode where Jackie and I discuss:
Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in to your body, yourself, and this podcast! Please share the love by sending this to someone in your life who could benefit from the kinds of things we talk about in this space. Make sure to follow your host on Instagram @dr.avivaromm and go to avivaromm.com to join the conversation. Follow Jackie @jackierotman1 and check out The Center for Intimacy Justice
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109 Seed Cycling? Here's Why You Don't Need To
108 Transformation and Wholeness in Healing Trauma
107 Frontiers of Microbiome Research
106 Four Ways to Bust Through Happiness Anxiety
105 Making Peace with the Changing Vaccination Landscape
104 Natural Approaches to HPV and Cervical Health
103 Abnormal Pap or Positive HPV? What the Results Really Mean and What to Do Next
102 Everything You Need to Know About the Pap Test, HPV, and Pelvic Exams
101 Beyond the Vaccinations Debate: What to Do If Your Child Gets the Measles
100 Clean Beauty Matters with Tara Foley
99 What a Healthy Vagina Should Smell Like & The Dangerous Douche Story You Should Know
98 The Post Birth Control Pill Hormone Reset
97 How These Women Are Saving Black Mothers Lives
96 Herbs for Detoxification - What Really Works
95 Cesarean Section - How Many is too Many with Dr. Marleen Temmerman
94 Do You Have A Migraine Personality with Joanna Kempner
93 Five Ways Vitex Can Help Your Hormones
92 Herbs for Easier Labor and Birth
91 Detoxification - Does It Matter What You Eat?
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