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Sense & Sexuality
Sexuality
By Miriam Grossman, M.D.
© Copyright 2008
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
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Welcome to campus, girls.
Don’t take this the wrong way, but I hope to
never see you in my ofice.
For more than ten years I’ve been a physician
at a campus counseling center, and hardly a day
has gone by without my meeting a young woman
like you. She’s working hard to fulill her dreams:
a college education, maybe grad school, a great
career, and—at some point—a home, husband,
and kids. But she’s in crisis, and there are lots of
tears as she shares her struggles and setbacks. I feel
terrible, but there’s not much I can do.
You see, by the time she comes into my ofice,
it’s after the fact. She’s already made decisions
she regrets. She’s already involved with the wrong
guy, or infected with genital warts or herpes.
She’s already lost a great relationship, missed an
opportunity, or failed a midterm. I’m her doctor, but
all I can do is sit there, listen, and hand her tissues.
The worst part? Many times the crisis was 100
percent preventable.
If only I’d known
… she says.
If only someone had told me.
I’ve written this for you—for young women
everywhere—so you won’t ever utter those words.
No, this is not a guide to “safer sex.” Those are
easily available elsewhere. What you’ll ind here is
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critical health information you’ve probably never
heard, facts that can help you avoid some of the
disappointments and troubles so many college
women experience.
Look, there are irritations you may face in
college that are out of your control: roommates
who endlessly hit “snooze”; weird dorm odors;
mandatory Friday morning lab; a computer
crash at the worst possible time. They may seem
disastrous, but someday, when you recall them,
you’ll laugh.
Then there are challenges you may face in
college, or later, that will never bring a smile.
Blisters or warts in private places. Meaningless,
regrettable sex. Pre-cancerous conditions. Age-
related infertility. These are huge issues that affect
women more often than men. They can throw your
life plans off track. They can stand between you and
your dreams.
The good news? It’s in your hands. You can
avoid joining the patients who stream into my
ofice saying,
if only I’d known
.
I want you to dream big, girls, because there’s
so much to look forward to. Just know this: you’ve
got to play it smart.
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