If we only knew what we had under our skirts! Learn the story - read this book' Eve Ensler, author of the Vagina Monologues Hardback reprinted within weeks of first publication and rights now sold in 9 countries 'A persuasive and exhaustive study of the history, culture and reproductive power of female genitalia.a mind-boggling smorgasbord of fanny facts.the author is a phenomenal researcher and movingly enthusiastic about her special subject. 'The Story of V reveals the ancient and newfound powers of the vagina.It is full of mystery and secrets and truth. In 1999, she was shortlisted for the prestigious Glaxo Science Writers Prize. Now a freelance science writer and broadcaster, she also holds a part-time research position at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

She has worked as a reporter, news editor and editor for numerous specialist publications, including European Chemical News and Pharmaceutical Business News, and is a former science and medical correspondent for The European. in chemistry from Birkbeck College, London. With a wide-ranging perspective that takes in prehistoric art, ancient history, linguistics, mythology, evolutionary theory, reproductive biology and medicine, Catherine Blackledge unveils the hidden marvels of the female form.Ĭath Blackledge has a Ph.D. But, as this book shows, science is at last beginning to reveal the true structure and function of female genitalia, and the dynamic nature of the vagina's role in both sexual pleasure and reproduction. In the past, medicine has misrepresented female sexual anatomy, reducing its remarkable complexities to the notion of a passive vessel. Why? In this dazzling smorgasbord of facts about female genitalia, Catherine Blackledge explores how the vagina has been conceived and misconceived over the centuries. Yet we know less about the vagina than we do about any other organ of the human body. It is the seat of female sexual pleasure, and the passage for both the creation and the birth of humankind. 'A meticulous guide not only to the vagina but to changing perceptions of womanhood' Observer Print The Story of V : Opening Pandora's Box

The Story of V by Catherine Blackledge