Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cervical Cancer, Hair Removal, Labiaplasty

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Scale scores: average (3) on a (4) point scale. (1) =strongly disagree, (4) =strongly agree. Some/total hair removal is associated with younger age. No hair removal is associated with older age. 118 mds reported 5901 virginity examinations in the past year. 4045 concerned sexual assault and 1856 (9/md) for social reasons . 93% of mds felt exams were traumatic and 58% of mds said exams conducted against patient"s wishes. Trend for reduced prevalence: often uncorrelated with intervention efforts to create alternative rites of passage. Traumatic, can present immediate health problems, can create urinary and menstrual problems, dangerous for childhood, painful and dangerous for sex. 41% type 1 or 2, 42% type 3, 16% unknown. Lower fsfi arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction in fgm group. Patient satisfaction with labiaplasty (overall satisfaction 98%, etc. ) Outlet: lubrication, deep: endometriosis, menopause, vaginismus, vulvar vesibulitis, pelvic inflammatory disease.