The slow discovery of a woman’s body is breaking down previously held assumptions. →

We now know that the vagina is no passive receiver but a muscular organ lined with billions of microbes that have likely evolved with humans over millenniums. Recent research has shown that the egg is no patient damsel but a dynamic cell that undergoes brutal competition and draws flailing sperm into its orbit. The clitoris is no pea-size nub but a richly innervated structure that extends deep into the pelvis.

These discoveries suggest that the female body may be more resilient, dynamic and expansive than science has historically considered it. To rethink the ovary is to open the door to questioning a whole host of things that everybody knows are “true” about the female body. It is to reimagine how the female body works — and rethink what all bodies are capable of.

Read more: Ovaries Are Prone to ‘Exhaustion’ and ‘Fatigue.’ Or Are They? — By Rachel E. Gross — www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/opinion/ovaries-stem-cells-fertility.html?fbclid=IwAR2SnZZ6AnQ2Dqvnppk4inWCSd1EOiPm8usww6D31-qjRMHy2gR2aVn8MMY