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Gynecology Rules.

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Being a female of the species is pretty hard going stuff. The trials and tribulations are oft documented in friendly media magazines and newspapers. I've grown up with Girl Power, reading articles weighing up the pros and cons of first date sex, the arguments for and against career over motherhood, why skinny celebrities are the downfall of modern society juxtaposed with double page spreads on how to lose weight now, how to be happy, how to nab the perfect guy, why we don't need men, how to love ourselves, how to identify our flaws. The list goes on. One can digest these issues over the morning coffee and croissant and forget about most of them just as we stumble not only through the front door but through life, too. There is one issue though, that defies media coverage, and that is thus: what to do when one has got a sunburnt vagina. On typing "I've burnt my vagina" into Google I realise there are a lot of people a lot worse off than I but still, that changes not