American journalist and writer Naomi Wolf, author of the cult "Beauty Myth", dedicated her new book to... the vagina. Wolf's research turned into a fascinating journey into the inner world of a woman, full of unexpected discoveries.

The way the vagina is treated in different cultures - with respect or disdain, attentively or dismissively - demonstrates the attitude towards women as such.

For adherents of Tantra, the vagina is the path to enlightenment, for medieval church fathers it was the gates of hell, and for modern mass culture, permeated with pornography, it is simply one of many means of entertainment.

But to understand what the vagina really is, you can only know that there is a close connection between it and the brain. This is proven by scientific research devoted to the biochemical processes that the vagina launches in the brain.

It is the vagina that determines a woman's creative potential, her level of self-confidence and even her character. In essence, it is an integral part of the female psyche.

Knowing this connection, one can finally better understand female sexuality and individuality, and for women, this means understanding and appreciating themselves.

“Before I began my research, many things about the vagina in the context of history and society’s perception were unclear to me, such as why many female writers and artists had their most productive creative period after sexual awakening, or why women tend to become addicted to love, or why heterosexual women are so often existentially torn between two types of men — the “bad boys” and the good, positive ones.”