GYN Education for Women
Alisa was recently featured on the Huffington Post Live along with Marcelle Pick, Karen Bokram, and Gina Ryder. They were interviewed by Nancy Redd and the discussion was about the need for GYN Education for Women.The topic: Lost in the sex-ed debate is the importance for girls to understand their bodies, cycle, and health. Can we have health education not tied to sexuality? GYN Education for Women vs. Sex EdClick Here to watch the ladies in action! This discussion came about as a result of a great article by Cathy Margolin - Ladies Need GYN Education More Than SEX EducationHere is an excerpt of that article:Rarely have I encountered a female patient who does not present with some sort of hormonal imbalance. Young women complain of PMS signs such as menstrual cramps, mood swings or breast tenderness. Middle-aged women complain of foggy brain, sluggishness, depression and weight gain around the middle. Fortunately, the majority of my patients are wonderfully observant regarding their symptoms, yet all seem to lack a basic gynecological/hormone education. I include myself in this observation, at least when I was a teenager.I was given that standard 7th Grade talk and short film but beyond that, I was on my own. There was no owner's manual on what my body or hormones were up to each month. Whatever was going on we didn't talk about, but honestly my mother didn't have a clue, either. It didn't help that I was the lone daughter in my family. But we've come a long way since the '70s, haven't we? I'm not so sure about that.From what I see in my Alternative Medicine practice, not much has changed in 40 years. Teens and many of my female friends bemoan their monthly cycle month after month because they lack an education on hormone health. Their standard answer for their monthly menstrual pain is the same bottle of pain killers that I once used or the birth control pill. I know too many women who are menopausal, suffering with hot flashes and have reached adulthood with sex education under their belts, but without a firm grasp on their our own gynecological and hormone health.Although every woman knows about birth control pills, they don't seem to have a concept of how these artificial hormones upset their natural hormonal balance. We have been raised ignorant and left with limited resources to solve our female issues. Most women do not know what to do for their difficulties except mask them with some form of a pill or a heating pad. Effective as these means are, I believe it is high time we treat the root and not just the symptoms. To do so we will need to change some bad habits and give our daughters (and ourselves) some 21st century sex education. Not on sex, but on all that occurs between our reproductive cycles.Click Here to read the full article.
