15 Minutes With: Rachel Rubin Talks Women's Sexual Health and Why Finding the Right Specialist Matters

“Sexual health is health.” That’s the mantra of Rachel Rubin, M.D., a board-certified urologist and sexual medicine specialist on a mission to change the way women think about their bodies and their healthcare. Whether through social media, her YouTube channel or podcast appearances, Rubin seizes any opportunity to push conversations that have long been ignored into the mainstream. Rubin’s ready for society to start openly discussing everything from vulvas to orgasms and wants women to enter their doctors’ offices prepared to advocate for themselves like never before. It’s important to her that women know where to go for pelvic floor pain, that testosterone is far from just a male hormone, and that our understanding of hormone therapy research has evolved far beyond the findings of the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study. We spoke with Rubin about how to overcome medical gaslighting, why women's sexual health has been overlooked for so long and how women can better advocate for themselves.This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.HealthyWomen: You've spoken openly about medical gaslighting in women's healthcare. How do women get around this?Rachel Rubin: ...