The Waves: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Host Kat Chow welcomes back
author and science journalist Rachel E. Gross to talk about the
misogynist origins of many names and diagnoses in the female
reproductive system. Gross is the author of Vagina Obscura: An
Anatomical Voyage and the New York Times column Body Language. In
Slate Plus: Rachel E. Gross’s thoughts on the documentary Every
Body about intersex people If you liked this episode, check out:
The Vagina et Al., an interview with Rachel E. Gross and Slate’s
Shannon Palus about Gross’s book Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical
Voyage Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with
editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send
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