Read My Lips (36 page)

CHAPTER 2

1. E. G. Stewart and P. Spencer,
The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health
(New York: Bantam Books, 2002).

2. C. Sonne, “Genital Allergy,”
Sexually Transmitted Infections
80 (2004): 4–7.

3. B. Reed, D. W. Gorenflo, B. W. Gillespie, C. L. Pierson, and P. Zazove, “Sexual Behaviors and Other Risk Factors for Candida Vulvovaginitis,”
Journal of Women’s Health and Gender Based Medicine
9, no. 6 (2000): 645–56.

4. J. Todd, “Toxic Shock Syndrome—Evolution of an Emerging Disease,”
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
697 (2011): 175–81.

5. A. E. Hochwalt, M. B. Jones, and S. J. Meyer, “Clinical Safety Assessment of an Ultra Absorbency Menstrual Tampon,”
Journal of Women’s Health
19, no. 2 (2010): 273–78.

6. “Tampons and Asbestos, Dioxin and Toxic Shock Syndrome,” 2009,
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/PatientAlerts/ucm070003htm
.

7. M. Guida, A. D. S. Sardo, S. Bramante, S. Sparice, G. Acunzo, G. A. Tommaselli, C. Di Carlo, M. Pellicano, E. Greco, and C. Nappi, “Effects of Two Types of Hormonal Contraception—Oral Versus Intravaginal—on the Sexual Life of Women and Their Partners,”
Human Reproduction
20, no. 4 (2005): 1100–1106.

8. S. D. Fihn, R. H. Latham, P. Roberts, K. Running, and W. E. Stamm, “Association between Diaphragm Use and Urinary Tract Infection,”
Journal of the American Medical Association
254 (1985): 240–45.

9. A. K. Leung, W. L. Robson, and J. Tay-Uyboco, “The Incidence of Labial Fusion in Children,”
Journal Pediatric Child Health
29 (1993): 235–36.

10. D. Muram, “Treatment of Prepubertal Girls with Labial Adhesions,”
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
12, no. 2 (1999): 67–70.

11. L. M. Kumetz, E. H. Quint, S. Fisseha, and Y. R. Smith, “Estrogen Treatment Success in Recurrent and Persistent Labial Agglutination,”
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
19, no. 6 (2006): 381.

12. M. J. Nurzia, K. M. Eickhorst, M. K. Ankem, and J. G. Barone, “The Surgical Treatment of Labial Adhesions in Pre-pubertal Girls,”
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
16, no. 1 (2003): 21.

13. J. Someshwar, R. Lutfi, and L. S. Nield, “The Missing ‘Bratz’ Doll: A Case of Vaginal Foreign Body,”
Pediatric Emergency Care
23, no. 12 (2007): 897–98.

14. J. Huppert, S. Griffeth, L. Breech, and P. Hillard, “Vaginal Burn Injury Due to Alkaline Batteries,”
Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology
22, no. 5 (2009): 133–36.

15. K. Y. Yanoh and Y. Yonemura, “Severe Vaginal Ulcerations Secondary to Insertion of an Alkaline Battery,”
Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care
58, no. 2 (2005): 410–12.

16. Centers for Disease Control and Infection, “Bacterial Vaginosis: CDC Fact Sheet,” 2010.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/bv/stdfact-bacterial-vaginosis.htm
. Accessed February 28, 2011.

CHAPTER 3

1. D. Herbenick, M. Reece, V. Schick, S. A. Sanders, B. Dodge, and J. D. Fortenberry, “Sexual Behavior in the United States: Results from a National Probability Sample of Males and Females Ages 14 to 94,”
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
7 supp. 5 (2010): 255–65.

2. H. E. O’Connell, J. M. Hutson, C. R. Anderson, and R. J. Plenter, “Anatomical Relationship Between Urethra and Clitoris,”
The Journal of Urology
159, no. 6 (1998): 1892.

3. H. E. O’Connell and J. O. L. Delancey, “Clitoral Anatomy in Nulliparous, Healthy, Premenopausal Volunteers Using Unenhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging,”
The Journal of Urology
173, no. 6 (2005): 2060.

4. S. Ramsey, G. Oades, C. Sweeney, and M. Fraser, “Pubic Hair and Sexuality: A Review,”
Journal of Sexual Medicine
6, no. 8 (2009): 2102–10.

5. R. Levin, “The Ins and Outs of Vaginal Lubrication,”
Sexual and Relationship Therapy
18, no. 4 (2003): 509–13.

6. E. G. Stewart and P. Spencer,
The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health
(New York: Bantam Books, 2002).

7. D. Herbenick, M. Reece, V. Schick, S. A. Sanders, B. Dodge, and J. D. Fortenberry, “An Event-Level Analysis of the Sexual Characteristics and Composition among Adults Ages 18 to 59: Results from a National Probability Sample in the United States,”
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
7 supp. 5 (2010): 346–61.

8. D. Herbenick, M. Reece, D. Hensel, S. Sanders, K. Jozkowski, and J. D. Fortenberry, “Association of Lubricant Use with Women’s Sexual Pleasure, Sexual Satisfaction, and Genital Symptoms: A Prospective Daily Diary Study Journal of Sexual Medicine,”
Journal of Sexual Medicine
8, no. 1 (2011): 202–12.

9. C. M. Meston, R. J. Levin, M. L. Sipski, E. M. Hull, and J. R. Heiman, “Women’s Orgasm,”
Annual Review of Sex Research
15 (2004): 173–257.

10. B. R. Komisaruk, C. Beyer, and B. Whipple,
The Science of Orgasm
(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006).

11. E. W. Eichel, J. D. Eichel, and S. Kule, “The Technique of Coital Alignment and Its Relation to Female Orgasmic Response and Simultaneous Orgasm,”
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
14, no. 2 (1988): 129–41.

12. E. W. Eichel and P. Nobile,
The Perfect Fit: How to Achieve Mutual Fulfillment and Monogamous Passion through the New Intercourse
(New York: D. I. Fine, 1992).

13. D. F. Hurlbert and C. Apt, “The Coital Alignment Technique and Directed Masturbation: A Comparative Study on Female Orgasm,”
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
21, no. 1 (1995): 21.

14. A. Pierce, “The Coital Alignment Technique (CAT): An Overview of Studies,”
Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
26, no. 3 (2000): 257–68.

15. M. Reece, D. Herbenick, S. A. Sanders, B. Dodge, A. Ghassemi, and J. D. Fortenberry, “Prevalence and Characteristics of Vibrator Use by Men in the United States,”
Journal of Sexual Medicine
6 (2009): 1867–74.

CHAPTER 4

1. M. Reynolds, D. L. Herbenick, and J. H. Bancroft, “The Nature of Childhood Sexual Experiences: Two Studies 50 Years Apart,” in
Sexual Development in Childhood
, ed. J. Bancroft (Bloomington: Indiana Indiana University Press, 2003).

2. B. Schuhrke, “Young Children’s Curiosity about Other People’s Genitals,”
Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality
12 (2000): 27–48.

3. C. Handler,
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
(New York: Grand Central Pub., 2010).

4. R. Bramwell, “Invisible Labia: The Representation of Female External Genitals in Women’s Magazines,”
Sexual & Relationship Therapy
17, no. 2 (2002): 187–90.

5. V. Schick, B. N. Rima, and S. K. Calabrese, “Evulvalution: The Portrayal of Women’s External Genitalia and Physique across Time and the Current Barbie Doll Ideals,”
The Journal of Sex Research
48 (2011): 74–81.

6. G. Edgren,
The Playboy Book: Forty Years
(London: Mitchell Beazley, 1994).

7. J. R. Petersen,
The Century of Sex: Playboy’s History of the Sexual Revolution, 1900–1999
(New York: Grove Press, 1999).

8. J. Robertson,
50 Years of the Playboy Bunny
(San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2010).

9. M. Voracek and M. Fisher, “Shapely Centrefolds? Temporal Change in Body Measures: Trend Analysis,”
British Medical Journal
325, no. 7378 (2002): 1447–48.

10. H. Howarth, V. Sommer, and F. M. Jordan, “Visual Depictions of Female Genitalia Differ Depending on Source,”
Medical Humanities
36, no. 2 (2010): 75.

11. N. Karras,
Petals
(San Diego, CA: Crystal River Publishing, 2003).

12. J. Blank,
Femalia
(San Francisco, CA: Down There Press, 1993).

13. V. Schick, S. Calabrese, and B. Rima, “Does (Labia) Size Really Matter? The Distorting Impact of Exposure to Unrealistic Labia Minora Images on Women’s Perceived Labia Size: Implications for Genital Discontent and Sexuality,” Annual Meeting of Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2008.

14. V. Schick, S. K. Calabrese, B. N. Rima, and A. N. Zucker, “Genital Appearance Dissatisfaction: Implications for Women’s Genital Image Self-Consciousness, Sexual Esteem, Sexual Satisfaction, and Sexual Risk,”
Psychology of Women Quarterly
34 (2010): 394–404.

15. E. G. Stewart and P. Spencer,
The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health
(New York: Bantam Books, 2002).

16. M. B. Oscarsson and E. Benzein, “Women’s Experience of Pelvic Examination: An Interview Study,”
Obstetrics and Gynecology
23 (2002): 17–25.

17.
Embarrassing Bodies
,
http://www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com
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18. J. Ashton,
Hygeia Gynecology
,
http://www.drjenniferashton.com/labiaplasty.asp
. Accessed February 26, 2011.

19. M. P. Goodman, “Female Cosmetic Genital Surgery,”
Obstetrics and Gynecology
113, no. 2 (2009): 154–59.

20. V. Braun, “Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery: A Critical Review of Current Knowledge and Contemporary Debates,”
Journal of Womens Health
19, no. 7 (2010): 1393–1407.

21. V. Braun, “In Search of (Better) Sexual Pleasure: Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery,”
Sexualities
8, no. 4 (2005): 407–24.

22. V. Braun, “Selling the Perfect Vulva,” in
Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer
, eds. C. J. Heyes and M. R. Jones (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2009).

23. V. Braun and L. Tiefer, “The ‘Designer Vagina’ and the Pathologisation of Female Genital Diversity: Interventions for Change,”
Radical Psychology
8, no. 1 (2009).

24. M. Farage and H. Maibach, “Lifetime Changes in the Vulva and Vagina,”
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
273, no. 4 (2006): 195–202.

25. T. Lewis, “The Lengths We Go for Beauty,”
Newsweek
, July 19, 2010.

26. F. J. Green, “From Clitoridectomies to Designer Vaginas: The Medical Construction of Heteronormative Female Bodies and Sexuality through Female Genital Cutting,”
Sexualities Evolution & Gender
7, no. 2 (2005): 153–87.

27. S. Moore, H. Gridley, K. Taylor, and K. Johnson, “Women’s Views about Intimate Examinations and Sexually Inappropriate Practices by Their General Practitioners,”
Psychology and Health
15 (2000): 71–84.

28. R. K. Reinholtz and C. L. Muehlenhard, “Genital Perceptions and Sexual Activity in a College Population,”
The Journal of Sex Research
32, no. 2 (1995): 155–65.

CHAPTER 5

1. B. S. Czerwinski, “Clinical Studies—Variation in Feminine Hygiene Practices as a Function of Age,”
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
29, no. 6 (2000).

2. S. J. Emans, E. R. Woods, E. N. Allred, and E. Grace, “Hymenal Findings in Adolescent Women: Impact of Tampon Use and Consensual Sexual Activity,”
The Journal of Pediatrics
125, no. 1 (1994): 153–60.

3. K. Stewart, M. Powell, and R. Greer, “An Alternative to Conventional Sanitary Protection: Would Women Use a Menstrual Cup?”
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
29, no. 1 (2009): 49–52.

4. D. Merskin, “Adolescence, Advertising, and the Ideology of Menstruation,”
Sex Roles
40 (1999): 941.

5. M. Simes and D. H. Berg, “Surreptitious Learning: Menarche and Menstrual Product Advertisements,”
Health Care for Women International
22, no. 5 (2001): 455–69.

6. M. A. Ott, S. Ofner, and J. D. Fortenberry, “Beyond Douching: Use of Feminine Hygiene Products and STI Risk among Young Women,”
Journal of Sexual Medicine
6, no. 5 (2009): 1335–40.

7. R. B. Ness, S. L. Hillier, H. E. Richter, D. E. Soper, C. Stamm, D. C. Bass, R. L. Sweet, and S. Aral, “Why Women Douche and Why They May or May Not Stop,”
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
30, no. 1 (2003): 71–74.

8. J. L. Martino and S. H. Vermund, “Vaginal Douching: Evidence for Risks or Benefits to Women’s Health,”
Epidemiologic Reviews
24, no. 3 (2002): 109–24.

9. Instructions, My New Pink Button.

10. W. R. Anderson, D. J. Summerton, D. M. Sharma, and S. A. Holmes, “The Urologist’s Guide to Genital Piercing,”
BJU International
91, no. 3 (2003): 245–51.

CHAPTER 6

1. M. Kilmer, “Genital Phobia and Depilation,”
Journal of Hellenic Studies
102 (1982): 104–12.

2. A. Hollander, “The Clothed Image: Picture and Performance,”
New Literary History
1971, no. 2 (1971): 477–93.

3. S. Moalem,
How Sex Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel, and Act the Way We Do
(New York: Harper, 2009).

4. S. Ramsey, G. Oades, C. Sweeney, and M. Fraser, “Pubic Hair and Sexuality: A Review,”
Journal of Sexual Medicine
6, no. 8 (2009): 2102–10.

5. J. Chicago,
The Dinner Party: A Symbol of Our Heritage
(Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979).

6. E. Ensler,
The Vagina Monologues
(New York: Villard, 2001).

7. B. Dodson,
Viva la Vulva!
(New York Betty Dodson, 1998).

8. E. G. Stewart and P. Spencer,
The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health
(New York: Bantam Books, 2002).

9. N. R. Armstrong and J. D. Wilson, “Did the ‘Brazilian’ Kill the Pubic Louse?
Sexually Transmitted Infections
82, no. 3 (2006).

10. M. Pale, Sculptures. 2007;
http://mimosapale.com/?s=sculptures
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