COLUMNISTS COMMENT
In medicine, conversations about vaginas have been remarkably narrow. Usually, they only occur after the vaginal delivery of a child, when healthcare professionals access the cervix for screening or when the body of the uterus is examined for other medical procedures. And when vaginal health is reviewed, it's usually focused on infections such as sexually transmitted diseases and cancerous lesions.
But the vagina is a dynamic organ. Take, for example, the many biological changes that occur