The cover of the book states: “Buy this book if you have a vagina or if you spend any time at all in reasonably close proximity to one.” As someone who does not have a vagina, and spent a lot of time with my wife of nearly 50 years, this book is not very applicable to me.

There is a lot of health maintenance information.

There is a lot of corrections for common misinformation, and clarification that there is a lot we don’t know about the effectiveness (or harm) from various products. Dr. Jen Gunter comes across as very knowledgeable in this area.

Much of it is also more applicable to younger people than us.

I largely skipped over the chapters on STD. After that there are some chapters on common problems such as yeast infections, pain, and other topics relevant to many women.

… the burden of “well, it can’t hurt.” But they truly are a burden. Every time we make a woman jump through a useless hoop to get better, we add a burden, be it financial, or emotional, or the exasperation of doing so many things and yet realizing that you are running very hard but not getting anywhere. (Page 316 of 407)

The last chapters of the book contain some really good general information.

“Sorting the good from the bad online can be hard even for a doctor with access to the medical literature as well as trusted colleagues who are experts in other fields. Just fact-checking a Goop post that is squarely in my field of expertise, like a post on tampons, can take several hours.”
She then recommends:
“Before you research one more thing online, go to the National Library of Medicine and do the tutorial “Evaluating Internet Health Information.””
https://ods.od.nih.gov/HealthInformation/How_To_Evaluate_Health_Information_on_t...
https://medlineplus.gov/evaluatinghealthinformation.html ( )

This book was everything I hoped it'd be: a comprehensive, frank-talking discussion of the vagina, vulva, and the surrounding plumbing. How it works (and doesn't), the outlook of history, possible diseases and conditions, a breakdown of persistent myths--this book does a great job of taking much-maligned 'dirty' parts and making them fresh without need of some ridiculous April-fresh douche. This is a resource I can see myself referencing in the future. ( )

She has been called Twitter's resident gynecologist, the Internet's OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women's health...and she's here to give you the straight talk on the topics she knows best

Does eating sugar cause yeast infections?

Does pubic hair have a function?

Should you have a vulvovaginal care regimen?

Will your vagina shrivel up if you go without sex?

What's the truth about the HPV vaccine?

So many important questions, so much convincing, confusing, contradictory misinformation!

So how do you separate facts from fiction? OB-GYN Jen Gunter, an expert on women's health--and the internet's most popular go-to doc--comes to the rescue with a book that debunks the myths and educates and empowers women

Discover the truth!

Thank you Goodreads and Kensington Books for the chance to read this book!!

Let me tell you I am a woman in her mid-thirties and there were things in this book that even I didn’t know about or thought one thing or told another and this book says the completely different thing. But also showing the reasons and examples why some of the things we have learned is not exactly right. The book was very educational. Happy reading everyone!! ( )

I think I picked up one new interesting piece of information. This does not include a lot that isn't available elsewhere, however there is a lot of concentrated information, all together and reliable. This is set out more for reference than for reading through.

Lifestyle assumptions are for a different part of the population than mine.

I read the German translation. The translation is fairly smooth. The text has been edited to make it more useful for German readers. ( )

De vaginabijbel. Door Jen Gunter.

Wat een boek, wat een bijbel. Want een bijbel is het echt: dik en onmisbaar, het zou in elk huishouden aanwezig moeten zijn. Pluspunt: Gunter is al bijna 30 jaar gynaecoloog dus je kan er van op aan dat de info in dit boek ook klopt.

In deze bijbel lees je alles over de vulva en vagina en nog zo veel meer. Gunter heeft een missie en die missie is: alle mythes (veelal gecreëerd door het patriarchaat) rondom de vrouwelijke gezondheid de wereld uithelpen. Dit doet ze op een enthousiaste, aanstekelijke, duidelijke, begrijpbare, feministische en vaak humoristische manier.

In de vaginabijbel vind je echt alles dat je moet weten als je een vagina/vulva hebt. Gaande van anatomie en werking over verzorging, veroudering tot ziektes en fabeltjes. Daarnaast geeft ze ook antwoord op vragen over heel uiteenlopende onderwerpen zoals: vaginaal gebruik van cannabis, wasverzachter, een jade-ei, kegeloefeningen, anale penetratie, … Je kan het zo gek niet bedenken of het staat in dit boek.

Dat maakt de vaginabijbel echt tot een onmisbaar naslagwerk. Je hoeft het niet van voor naar achter te lezen. Je kan de delen die je nu al aangaan lezen, je kan op een bepaald onderwerp zoeken en dat deel al lezen; je kiest maar. Eens je dit boek in huis hebt kan je opzoeken wat je maar wil, wanneer je maar wil zodat je juist geïnformeerd zorg kan dragen voor jezelf. En moest er toch eens iets mis gaan, dan kan dit boek je helpen om met de juiste vragen en informatie naar je arts te gaan.

Jen Gunter heeft een missie en die missie ondersteun ik ten volle. Koop dit boek, lees het, deel het. En praat er over. Help elkaar. Door dit boek cadeau te doen aan je dochters, moeders, zussen, nichtjes, buurvrouwen,… Daan Borrel was al fan (lees zeker haar geweldige voorwoord in dit boek), ik ben het ondertussen ook, nu jij nog! ( )