Closing the Gender Gap in Medical Research
The treatment of female pain still carries overtones of 19th-century misogyny. It’s time to push back against gender-biased diagnosing and start taking women seriously.
Stephanie Auteri
Steph Auteri has written about sexuality for Playgirl, Jezebel, Salon, Narratively, Brain, Child, and other publications. She also regularly collaborates with sexuality educators, researchers, and therapists.
Was It Rape?
The only way past the victim-blaming and conspiracy theories is a proper lexicon for talking about rape. But competing definitions encourage skepticism—and silence.