This episode highlights some hilarious, bizarre, and downright disturbing myths about vaginas and women’s bodies! Thankfully, nobody (well, almost nobody) believes these crazy ideas anymore, but they do help us understand the sexual history of our country and the way it regards women today. These crazy myths have been pulled from a Huffington Post article by Amanda Scherker, which allows me to point out how the history and legacy of these myths that is embedded in our culture today.

Would you ever have guessed that once women were thought of as having a “cold” genital region and an almost absent sex drive (also check out my overview of the history of the vibrator)? What about periods? Could they have been considered life-threatening dangers to men (what does that mean about period sex today?)?

I also briefly mention the fantastic book, Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier, which reminds us that women aren’t Adams’ rib, after all! Check out today’s episode!

Don’t forget that the first O Woman! Podcast contest/drawing has begun! To enter simply like the O Woman! Podcast Facebook page and tell someone about the show! Either through emailing a link or talking with a friend about it… This part is on your honor, ya’ll!

Complete these 2 simple tasks and you are automatically entered in the contest! Winners will be decided on December 25 and January 1, based on the pool of contestants as of midnight on December 24 and December 31, respectively!

The prizes are two $15 gift cards to Adam & Eve’s adult store and gift shop. Get your new year started off right with the perfect vibrator, lingerie, or fuzzy handcuffs (whatever you’d like)!

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