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202. Who's Afraid of Vaginas? How Sexist "Taboos" Affect Women's Healthcare with Marina Gerner

Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

Self-improvement, Education, How To, Business

4.76.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Hey Financial Feminists I'm beyond excited to bring you an eye-opening conversation with Marina Gerner, the author of The Vagina Business. We’re discussing the shocking gender biases in healthcare — from the staggering lack of medical research focused on women's health to the uphill battles female entrepreneurs face when pitching women-centric innovations. This episode is packed with actionable insights on how we can support better research, champion women-owned businesses, and finally start talking openly about the topics that impact us most. Marina’s Links: Substack: https://marinagerner.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marinagerner/ Get Marina’s book: The Vagina Business: The Innovative Breakthroughs that Could Change Everything in Women's Health Read transcripts, learn more about our guests and sponsors, and get more resources at https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/202-whos-afraid-of-vaginas-how-sexist-taboos-affect-womens-healthcare-with-marina-gerner/ We’re dropping something special soon! Join our secret waitlist Not sure where to start on your financial journey? Take our FREE money personality quiz! https://herfirst100k.com/quiz Special thanks to our sponsors: Squarespace Go to www.squarespace.com/FFPOD to save 10% off your first website or domain purchase. Masterclass Get up to 50% off MasterClass this holiday at masterclass.com/FFPOD. Rocket Money Stop wasting money on things you don’t use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/FFPOD. Quince Get cozy in Quince's high-quality wardrobe essentials. Go to Quince.com/FFPOD for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month at Mintmobile.com/ffpod.

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0:00.0

When I researched the space, I realized that the last big innovation in the standard of care of birth was the epidural, which was popularized in the 1950s.

0:12.4

Which just tells you everything, right?

0:15.1

There's no other area of technology where we say, oh, look at this floppy disk. It's the most cutting edge thing we have.

0:25.9

Hi, financial feminists. I'm excited to see you. Welcome to the show. Thanks for being here.

0:30.6

If you are an oldie-but-a-goody, you know this already. But if you're new, my name is Tori. I'm a

0:34.5

money expert. I fight the patriarchy by making women rich. We've helped 5 million women save money, pay off debt, start investing and start businesses.

0:41.5

And if you want a free personalized money plan from me, you can go to her first hundredk.com

0:45.9

slash quiz. You're going to answer a few questions about where you're at in your financial

0:49.1

journey. And we're going to give you some step-by-step resources around how you can save money or pay off debt or

0:55.0

start investing or wherever you're at. So go to herfirst hundredk.com slash quiz. It's completely free.

1:00.3

It allows us to help you help yourself. If you're new to this show or if you maybe only listen to

1:05.1

a couple episodes, you might be wondering why we are not just purely a finance show. We like to say at her for Sender K

1:12.2

that we're more of a feminist company that talks about money. And we're here talking about the

1:16.9

everyday issues that impact women's finances. And that's not just about Roth IRAs or student loans.

1:22.1

It's also about anything that affects a woman's life because it also affects a woman's money.

1:27.3

So that's why we're

1:28.4

talking about vaginas today. That's why we brought on Marina Garner to talk about her new book,

1:32.6

The Vagina Business, which is the innovative breakthroughs that could change everything in women's

1:36.3

health. So women make over 80% of healthcare decisions in everyday life, fun fact, yet only 4%

1:42.6

of all medical research and development is focused on women's

1:45.6

health. Yay. So that's what we're talking about today. We're talking about gender bias and how

1:51.8

the health care industry has repeatedly excluded women from studies for decades and how this impacts

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