How well do you actually know your own body? It sounds like a simple question. But after more than 30 years working in this field, I can tell you that most women were never taught nearly enough about their own sexual anatomy, how pleasure actually works, or how their bodies change with hormones, childbirth, perimenopause, menopause and aging. And that lack of information has consequences. This week on @languageoflovepodcast I’m joined by gynecologist, menopause and sexual medicine expert @mariasophoclesmd author of The Bedroom Gap, for a conversation about the things women should have been taught about their bodies a long time ago. We talk about what’s actually happening when sex starts to hurt or desire changes, why so many women assume these changes are something they just have to live with, and how dramatically women’s sexual health has been underserved by medicine. We also get into pleasure and anatomy, hormones, what changes as we age, and why knowing what’s normal for your ...