Google Trends: Erectile Dysfunction and Vulvodynia

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To be transparent. I learned about Vulvodynia fairly recently and was blown away about how few of my male friends who also knew about it.

But yeah, I would say a lack of knowledge and a common view that female discomfort/pain during sex can be seen as just "bad sex".

According to Wikipedia, as many as 15% of all females are affected by this, yet both research and treatment are very lacking.

We really need to start talking about this.

Oh the irony: https://i.imgur.com/RSz14qH.png

What is the cause of this trend?

Most likely TV advertising for medications that alleviate the condition. Pfizer ran a particularly cheesy campaign for Viagra with all the footage tinted blue (like the pill) and all the visual elements being very thin metaphors for, well, you know.

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