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Could Faking the Big O Delay Finding Mr. Right?
In this day and age, women have won the right to vote, to burn our bras, and to climb the corporate ladder. Why do we still find it a challenge to be honest in the bedroom? And could this duplicity potentially lead us astray when looking for Mr. Right?
In this day and age, women have won the right to vote, to burn our bras, and to climb the corporate ladder. Why do we still find it a challenge to be honest in the bedroom? And could this duplicity potentially lead us astray when looking for Mr. Right?

My Better Half: An Inside Look at Couples Fighting Fibroids
Every day uterine fibroids take a physical, mental, and emotional toll on hundreds of thousands of women. But there’s another side to this epidemic. Next to these women stand countless spouses and partners who also live with the helplessness and frustration of watching their loved ones suffer. How this affects intimate relationships often goes unmentioned.
Every day uterine fibroids take a physical, mental, and emotional toll on hundreds of thousands of women. But there’s another side to this epidemic. Next to these women stand countless spouses and partners who also live with the helplessness and frustration of watching their loved ones suffer. How this affects intimate relationships often goes unmentioned.

Who Am I Without My Uterus?
A uterus can embody many things. For some women, it provides a sense of self, gender identity, and sexual prowess. For others, it signifies fertility and can even dictate a woman’s cultural desirability. And still, hysterectomy continues to be one of the most common gynecological surgeries performed worldwide. But women are speaking out. Stories of psychological, social, and cultural stigmas experienced by hysterectomized women are surfacing—many of which reveal the residual costs that have left some to question who they are now and how they can relate to the world around them post-hysterectomy.
A uterus can embody many things. For some women, it provides a sense of self, gender identity, and sexual prowess. For others, it signifies fertility and can even dictate a woman’s cultural desirability. And still, hysterectomy continues to be one of the most common gynecological surgeries performed worldwide. But women are speaking out. Stories of psychological, social, and cultural stigmas experienced by hysterectomized women are surfacing—many of which reveal the residual costs that have left some to question who they are now and how they can relate to the world around them post-hysterectomy.