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Title: Just HALF of women can locate the vagina on a diagram of the female reproductive system
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URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a ... emale-reproductive-system.html
Published: Sep 2, 2014
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Post Date: 2014-09-02 17:40:37 by Horse
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Just HALF of women can locate the vagina on a diagram of the female reproductive system

Women's cancer charity The Eve Appeal is promoting 'straight talking' about gynaecological health

Half of 26 to 35-year-olds couldn't identify a vagina on a picture of the female reproductive system, survey found

Fifth of women aged 16-25 couldn't name any of the symptoms of the five gynaecological cancers

Third of 16 to 25-year-olds had avoided going to their GP about gynaecological issues due to embarrassment

Every day in the UK around 55 women are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer, which affect the womb, cervix, ovaries, vagina and vulva

Half of 26 to 35-year-olds were unable to correctly identify a vagina on a medical diagram of the female reproductive system, a new survey has found.

In contrast, the majority of older women aged 66 to 75 were much better educated about their body parts.

The study, by women’s cancer charity The Eve Appeal, found that less than a quarter of 16 to 25-year-olds said they felt confident they were well informed about gynaecological health issues, compared to more than 42 per cent of women aged 66 to 75.

Half of 26 to 35-year-olds were unable to identify a vagina on a medical diagram of the female reproductive system, as part of a survey carried out by women's charity The Eve Appeal.

As Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Cancer month launches, The Eve Appeal are campaigning for young women to face up to embarrassment about gynaecological health, in order to prevent cancers.

Currently 55 women are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer every day in the UK.

Shockingly, the charity found one in five women aged 16 to 25 surveyed couldn't name one correct symptom of any of the five gynaecological cancers, which affect the womb, cervix, ovaries, vagina and vulva. KEY SYMPTOMS OF GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS

Consult your GP if you suffer any of the following symptoms:

Any unusual bleeding from the vagina particularly after sex or after menopause when your periods have stopped

Persistent vaginal discharge that is blood stained or smells unpleasant

A lump or growth in the vagina

A vaginal itch that won’t go away

A lump, mole or thickened, raised, red, white or dark patches on the skin of the vulva

Increased abdominal size/persistent bloating - not bloating that comes and goes Burning when you pass urine

Needing to pass urine more often than usual

Young women found it difficult to talk about their body parts.

Nearly 40 per cent of 16-25 year olds resort to using names such as ‘lady parts’ or ‘women’s bits’ to discuss gynaecological health and 65 per cent said they have a problem using the words ‘vagina’ or ‘vulva’.

Worryingly, more than one in 10 of 16 to 35-year-olds said they found it very hard to take to their GP about gynaecological health, and nearly a third admitted they had avoided going to the doctors altogether about gynaecological issues due to embarrassment.

These figures dramatically decrease amongst women in older age groups, debunking the popular conception that because society is more open these days young women can talk more freely about gynaecological health issues.

Helena Morrissey, chairman of The Eve Appeal said she wanted women to talk openly about gynaecological cancers.

She said: ‘At the Eve Appeal we know how important it is to promote straight talking about the signs and symptoms of gynaecological cancers to women of all ages, and this survey has highlighted just how far we still have to go to make this happen.

‘These cancers have some of the worst outcomes for women, with a 40 per cent mortality rate.

'Understanding the symptoms will save lives, which is why we are urging women this Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month to talk more openly about these life-saving issues.’

Every day in the UK 55 women are diagnosed with gynaecological cancer. These cancers have some of the worst outcomes for women, with a 40% mortality rate

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

Half of 26 to 35-year-olds were unable to correctly identify a vagina on a medical diagram of the female reproductive system, a new survey has found.

The researchers were asking too difficult a question. They should have asked "Where's the pussy?".

"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." - Frederic Bastiat

Southern Style  posted on  2014-09-02   18:46:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Southern Style (#1)

Where's the pussy?".

Or as James Bond called it, "Poosy."

"Have Brain, Will Travel

Turtle  posted on  2014-09-02   18:55:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Horse (#0)

Just HALF of women can locate the vagina on a diagram of the female reproductive system

There's a joke about reading roadmaps somewhere in this article.......

:)

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X-15  posted on  2014-09-02   18:57:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Turtle (#2)

Her name was Pussy Galore.

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“With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group."
-Alex Kurtagic

X-15  posted on  2014-09-02   18:58:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Horse (#0)

They can still have sex and reproduce though, so what's the big deal? How many men marry a woman for her brains? Sorry if this offends women, but unfortunately it is the truth, few men care if a woman is smart as long as she is a good person.

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2014-09-02   19:01:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Horse (#0)

Huh!

I can do this in total darkness...

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2014-09-02   19:07:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: RickyJ (#5)

How many men marry a woman for her brains?

A smart man will seek a woman who provides intellectual stimulation, scintillating conversation, is positive and good-humored, and general social compatibility in addition to appreciating how she looks.

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“With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group."
-Alex Kurtagic

X-15  posted on  2014-09-02   19:09:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: X-15 (#7)

A smart man will seek a woman who provides intellectual stimulation, scintillating conversation, is positive and good-humored, and general social compatibility in addition to appreciating how she looks.

If such a woman is not available you wouldn't take a woman that is good but not the brightest bulb in the chandelier? I would, because being a good person is much more important to me than what you know and don't know, or how smart you are.

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2014-09-02   19:13:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Lod (#6)

I can do this in total darkness...

The darkness didn't get me ... I just couldn't hold my breath long enough !!!

"I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces.". Étienne de La Boétie

noone222  posted on  2014-09-02   19:18:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: X-15 (#4)

Her name was Pussy Galore

I was about seven when my parents and their friends saw the movie and I had no idea what they were giggling about.

"Have Brain, Will Travel

Turtle  posted on  2014-09-02   19:31:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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