{"id":3054,"date":"2015-09-11T09:34:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T09:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2024-02-22T18:10:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:10:14","slug":"young-women-dont-like-to-say-vagina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/young-women-dont-like-to-say-vagina\/","title":{"rendered":"Young women don&#8217;t like to say &#8220;vagina&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/ovarian.org.uk\/news-and-campaigning\/article\/young-women-too-self-conscious-to-seek-medical-help\/?Ref=DM&amp;utm_source=Family+Planning+Association&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=6073068_Sexual+Health+News%2c+17-21+August+2015&amp;utm_content=ovca-survey&amp;dm_i=61L,3M60C,6WEXEU,D01CG,1\">survey<\/a> by the charity ovarian cancer action has found that young women prefer to search google than to go to their doctor for a sexual health issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7748\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Women aged 18 to 24 are four times less likely to go to their doctor than those aged 55 to 64. &nbsp;The main reasons given were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Not wanting to say the word &#8220;vagina&#8221; (2 in 3 people questioned)<\/li><li>Not wanting to be intimately examined (nearly half of those questioned)<\/li><li>Too embarrassed to talk about it (just under half)<\/li><li>Not knowing the words to use (over 1 in 4)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from &#8220;vagina&#8221;, other words which people did not want to say were: &#8220;orgasm&#8221;, &#8220;labia&#8221; and &#8220;discharge&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most women report turning to Dr Google or asking their mum. &nbsp;Most older women say they go straight to their doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better2Know can help whatever your age. We can help you to get the right tests you need for your sexual health, vagina health and discharge concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are worried about discharge, a strange smell, itch or pain on urination, then we suggest you consider choosing our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/page\/comfort-screen\">comfort screen<\/a>. &nbsp;This tests for seven STIs some of which can occur naturally in a women but can be passed on through intercourse. &nbsp;To book your appointment please visit our main site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey by the charity ovarian cancer action has found that young women prefer to search google than to go to their doctor for a sexual health issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[14,19],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1445,1653,762,2005,568,661,655,570,563,797,1621,629],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7749,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions\/7749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}