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Uncircumcised men cause up to 37% of vaginal infections + Cervical mucus is beautiful

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Uncircumcised Men Are Responsible for up to 37% of Vaginal Infections
https://www.gilmorehealth.com/uncircumci...nfections/

According to a US study, between a quarter and a third of vaginal infections are caused directly by men, depending on whether they are circumcised or not.



Women who use pornography show an approach bias for erotic stimuli, study finds
https://www.psypost.org/2020/08/women-wh...inds-57592

EXCERPT: The researchers found that women who used pornography tended to be faster to approach than to avoid erotic images during the computerized task. But this approach bias was not observed with regard to neutral images. “Our findings show that pornography use can result in behavioral changes and automatic processing similar to what is observed with substance addictions. Additionally, our findings challenge the assumption that pornography use is largely a male phenomenon — rather, our study provides evidence that many females use pornography as well, and that like men, some women experience problems related to their use,” Sklenarik and Astur told PsyPost... (MORE - details)



Your Cervical Mucus Is Beautiful
https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/c...us-health/

INTRO: When Pilar Vigil peers through her microscope at the sight above, she feels like she’s swimming through a moonlit kelp garden. “It’s like going under the sea,” says Vigil, an OBGYN and a professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. “You see all these little stars and seaweed-like appearances.” 

But this field of fractals is no underwater scene. It’s a microscopic view of mucus from the human cervix. These shapes are created during a “fern test,” named after the distinct fern leaf structures present in cervical mucus around ovulation. In addition to being beautiful, cervical mucus is functionally important. It lines the cervix, vagina, and vulva, creating a protective barrier between a woman’s body and the environment. The mucus also plays a major role in fostering healthy bacteria, protecting from pathogens, helping sperm reach the reproductive tract, and even signaling disease and pregnancy issues to clinicians.

“It’s a gatekeeper,” explains Katharina Ribbeck, a biochemist at MIT who studies all kinds of mucus, including cervical mucus. “It lets the right things in and [keeps] the wrong things out.” (MORE)


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