An interesting historical perspective.
I had a really interesting email from a reader who pointed me to this cartoon. The source of this cartoon described: the main joke [ which] was that it was not expected or approved behavior at the time for women to have their legs widely spread apart in public for any reason. In other words, the sailor is commenting on her manner of riding, rather than the direction she is going; and the pun on the place name “Stretchit” with “to stretch it”, implying that riding in such a way would stretch the woman’s vagina.
In case you cannot see it clearly, the woman is saying: “Pray is this the way to stretchit?” to which the sailor says: “Shiver my top-sails, my Lass, if I know a better way.”
“Bureaucratic obstacle to rebuilding young women’s lives”
Click this link below to read this article. Thanks to the mrkh-grrls support group once again for this referral.
Functional and anatomic results of amnion vaginoplasty in young women with MRKH syndrome.
If you are interested in the outcome of surgical intervention, this is the article for you.
Functional and anatomic results of amnion vaginoplasty in young women with MRKH syndrome
Sexuality following laparoscopic peritoneal vaginoplasty in women with MRKH syndrome.
Sexuality following laparoscopic peritoneal vaginoplasty in women with MRKH
*See P509 for relevant information.
Psychosocial and psychosexual aspects after reconstructive surgery in MRKH women.
See UP-3.103. The researchers concluded that those who underwent rectosygmoid vaginoplasty were able to function fairly normally sexually and psychosocially.
Psychosocial and psychosexual aspects after reconstructive surgery in patients with MRKH
Psychosexual and functional outcomes after creation of a neovagina with laparoscopic Davydov in patients with vaginal agenesis
This article examines the sexual function and satisfaction of MRKH women after surgery.
Congenital absence of the vagina – results of conservative treatment.
Congenital absence of the vagina – results of conservative treatment
McIndoe Revisited.
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijgo/vol6n2/vaginoplasty.xml
