#reproductive tract
British women are still clueless about their bodies because reproductive education is so poor
With public conversations about periods, pregnancy and the menopause at an all time high, it can sometimes feel like we’ve never been more aware of women’s health issues. But data exclusively seen by i suggests women are still worryingly clueless about their own bodies – and it could have serious consequences health consequences.
According to a YouGov survey carried out by gynaecological cancer charity The Eve Appeal, just 51 per cent of women can correctly label all five parts of their gynaecological anatomy on a diagram. Revisiting survey questions first put to the public in 2014, the Eve Appeal found some, but very little, improvement in women’s ability to identify the ovaries, womb, cervix, vagina and vulva on an anatomical diagram.
