Why is having sex and inserting tampons painful for some? Vaginismus explained
Yahoo: Sheryl Kingsberg, professor at the School of Medicine, discussed how vaginismus often goes unreported, underdiagnosed and untreated. “In my practice, many women come from rigid cultural or religious backgrounds where they’re raised with the expectation that anything to do with their vagina is off-limits,” said Kingsberg. “Then they get married, and now they’re supposed to have frequent intercourse in order to reproduce.”