Meghan Trainor, on her recent podcast Workin’ On It, opened up about her struggles with intercourse due to an underlying condition called Vaginismus. The Grammy winner who gave birth to her first child in 2021, revealed the psychosexual condition that causes her vagina to contract due to penetrative stimulation. This in turn induces vaginal spasms leading to painful intercourse. Given the ongoing stigma associated with sexual conditions, Trainor’s candid confession has come as a win for women who are suffering silently.

Women living with Vaginismus often fall prey to the false belief that they are alone in this conundrum. The absence of healthy discussions around sex has made it difficult to identify, investigate and institutionalise the medical support needed to cure reproductive and sexual health problems. Those who suffer, continue to do so in silence. In order to avoid shame and social backlash, women don’t seek help and hence, their medical condition goes unreported and untreated.