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Jun 2018
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Vagina Dialogues: Challenging Stigmas ar...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Communication taboos surround many aspects of women’s health and wellbeing, from menstruation to menopause to sexual pleasure. This presentation will briefly discuss the historical and socio-cultural roots of such stigmas before outlining the latest research on how these taboos come to negatively impact girls’ and women’s health. Dr Weckesser will focus on ... Show More
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