A review by purpleviolin91
Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics by Lara Parker

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

At first I was really enjoying this memoir. Though I do NOT have endometriosis (though I thought I did) I have chronic pain and chronic pelvic pain. As you can tell by my 72 highlights there were so many relatable lines/passages. But a lot of the book was quite repetitive especially her fixation/obsession with sex. I totally get with pelvic pain how sex would be painful and having a relationship difficult because it would be hard for men to understand that but still. Then the last chapter was almost entirely about orgasms. She had a line that really bugged me that was something like “who wouldn’t want to have an orgasm”. Well believe it or not there are people who don’t or may have other priorities.  I get that for her it is a priority but not for everyone and not just those who have chronic pain. It’s a very judgmental statement. She talks in the book about how she doesn’t like how the media portrays sex and relationships and life well in a way she is adding to it with that statement.