Who Taught You That?! Sex, Culture, and the Stories We Tell featuring Gynogirl
What happens when culture, religion, shame, and a medical system that loves to say “it’s all in your head” collide with sexual health?
Dr. Sameena Rahman, the GynoGirl, joins Drs. Ashley Fuller and Meredith McClure for this episode of Labia Logic. These three docs get into the big stuff: pelvic pain, vulvar conditions, vaginismus, period shame, sexual dysfunction, and the very real ways women, especially women of color, are dismissed when they try to get help.
They also talk about Dr. Rahman’s upcoming book Brown Girls’ Disease: A Guide to Sexual Health and Empowerment Through a South Asian Lens, and unpack how cultural expectations, medical bias, religious messaging, and shame can shape the way patients experience their bodies and seek care.
Their conversation also covers why clinicians need to listen to the whole story, how vulvar disease can look different across skin tones, and why “just try harder” is not, in fact, a treatment plan.
So yes, we’re talking about vaginas, vulvas, bias, and Barbie movie pearl-clutching. As one does. Most importantly, this episode is a reminder that your body is not shameful, your pain is not imaginary, and saying the word “vagina” in public will not cause the earth to split open. Probably.
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About Our Guest
Dr. Sameena Rahman is a board-certified OB/GYN and certified Menopause Practitioner with over a decade of expertise in midlife care, sexual medicine, and concierge gynecology. After training and practicing at leading institutions including USC, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern, she founded The GSM Collective in downtown Chicago to deliver a more personalized, patient-first model of women’s healthcare.
She hosts the podcast Gynogirl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones, along with her YouTube series GynoGirl TV, and is the forthcoming author of Brown Girl’s Disease?—a bold, culturally grounded guide to sexual health and empowerment through a South Asian lens, launching in 2025.
More about the hosts of Labia Logic
Dr. Ashley Fuller is a Sexual Medicine Gynecologist and Vulvar Specialist in Seattle, WA.
Dr. Meredith McClure is a Menopause Specialist, Sexual Medicine Gynecologist, and Vulvar Specialist in Dallas, TX.
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This episode was produced by Audiotocracy Podcast Production.
