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Frances Grimstad

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Assistant Professor of Gynecology, Harvard University

The vagina is a muscular tube that can maintain itself and be beneficial to babies. magicmine/iStock via Getty Images Plus

March 17, 2022

From healthy births to sustainable management, 5 essential reads on the fascinating and complex vagina

Leah Samuel, The Conversation

As it debunks old myths and uncovers previously ignored facts, science is finding that the vagina is both complex and busy.

Although the medical establishment is now recognizing that sex is not binary, society as a whole has been slow to embrace the concept. Vera Livchak/Moment via Getty Images

February 4, 2022

Not everyone is male or female – the growing controversy over sex designation

Carl Streed Jr, Boston University and Frances Grimstad, Harvard University

Millions of people do not fit neatly into male or female sex designations at birth, and wrong identification can set them up for a lifetime of physical and mental harm.

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