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Newslaundry
Science
Soujanya Padikkal

Pain in vaginal penetration or vaginismus: A chapter missed in sex education

“Is it a disease? Does it have a cure?” 

Confusion washes over Esther as she is informed about the reason behind her struggle with sex – a sexual health condition called vaginismus. The protagonist in the Netflix show Unorthodox is unable to consummate her marriage and finds herself under enormous societal pressure. But she has no real information to navigate her inability to perform penetrative vaginal sex.

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