Word: vaginas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...view of one psychiatric expert, Holly Ramona exhibited the telltale symptoms of sexual abuse. She dreamed repeatedly of a snake crawling up her vagina, refused gynecological examinations, and feared men with pointy canine teeth -- the kind of teeth that reminded her of her father, whom she had accused of sexually abusing her. She had an aversion to whole bananas, melted cheese and mayonnaise -- items, it was claimed, that reflected her trauma over having to perform oral sex on her father...
...exhibit also contains works which are more ambiguous, such as Amy Wilson's photograph of "Gynecare," in which a woman holds up a mirror to reflect the medical instruments protruding from a patient's vagina. In fact, an explicitly genital theme dominates thee exhibit, as manifested by Leone MacDonald's depiction of sexual organs in "Clitoris," "Vagina," and "Labia" with simple lines made with a branding iron...
...plenty of thought and research, into a full-blown thesis. Profet's reasoning begins with the observation that potentially harmful bacteria can catch a ride into the womb and Fallopian tubes by attaching themselves to sperm. The microbes can come from the male or get picked up in the vagina during sex. Menstruation eliminates the threatening intruders in two ways: the sloughed-off uterine lining carries the microbes off, and the blood itself is rich in immune cells ready to gobble up any alien invaders...
...have enough to fight about in the bedroom, they will soon be able to squabble over who should wear the condom. Last week the Food and Drug Administration announced that it was preparing to approve a female condom -- a plastic pouch that lines the inside of the vagina. Named Reality by its U.S. manufacturer, Wisconsin Pharmacal, the product is similar to male condoms in that it is designed to prevent both pregnancy and the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases...
...already available under the name Femidom in Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway and Switzerland, and will go on sale this month in France. The version made by Wisconsin Pharmacal is a 7-in.-long polyurethane sheath with a ring on each end. The inner ring is inserted into the vagina, much like a diaphragm, while the other ring remains outside...