National Television

[Guest guest]

If national television was more than ready to discuss vulvodynia

it would have been a major topic on newsmagazines like 20/20 by

now and not just the talk shows. As for the talk shows, if they

were really ready to have an indepth conversation about this

issue Oprah wouldn't have felt uncomfortable hearing the word in

1999 and would have made sure to devote more time to the subject

when it was brought up on that show (to find out more about what

happened go back to around Feb 14, 1999).

As for Private Practice the audience that it would have reached

is very small but you are right that's a start but they had to

do it the way they did because national television is not ready

for a serious discussion about vulvodynia and it won't be. The

reason it won't be is because of the taboo nature of the subject

even though I agree it needs to be done.

The way to start getting the word out on a national level is to

do what the endometriosis organizations did: fight for a

National Endometriosis Awareness Month. So we need to do

something similar. Then I think it will make it a bit easier

for the doors to start opening. The same type of thing had to

occur with Breast Cancer.

Kristy

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