In a country like India, where menstruation largely still remains taboo, vaginismus is barely acknowledged in conversations about female sexual health. “It is simply a protective body response”, says Taru Jindal, a Mumbai-based gynecologist who runs an online vaginismus healing program with Bengaluru-based healthcare platform Proactive for Her. Pain is normalThe general notion that sex is accompanied by pain has been ingrained in women since childhood, in traditional households and many assume that pain is normal. Lack of awareness is one reason that vaginismus remains one of the most under-researched female sexual health disorders despite its prevalence. We need to initiate open dialogues around sexual health, inculcate age-specific sex education, and introduce government schemes that explain sexual health in regional languages, experts say.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2023 20:18 UTC