Womanhood: The Bare Reality

“We need to talk…” Hearing that, anyone would get nervous, but as doctor Anita Mitra believes, we really do need to have a serious conversation about women’s anatomy, contraception, sex life, and healthy female habits. Because no matter how unappealing these topics are, you must by no means leave them out. You’ll learn everything about your body in order, from the first menstruation to menopause, along the way getting a wealth of useful information about organs, systems, and diseases—safe and unsafe methods of treating them; which discharge should be considered abnormal; whether heavy periods are a warning symptom; and whether it’s worth trusting common medical myths. In our age, when the internet is flooded with websites and blogs with low-quality information, when women’s forums are full of gynecological illiteracy and everyone who isn’t lazy tries to teach others how to live, we need a reliable source of data about women’s health confirmed by practice. And… here it is! If you’re looking for a scientific basis for physiological events that, on top of that, you were afraid to tell your doctor about, start by listening to this fun audiobook (and then still see a gynecologist!). Anita Mitra is a London obstetrician-gynecologist and a candidate of medical sciences. Before becoming a doctor, she studied anti-cancer mechanisms of phytonutrients. Her scientific interests include precancerous and cancerous cervical conditions, as well as the consequences of treating cervical precancerous conditions for reproductive function.