Heart Disease, Autoimmunity, & the Clitoris: What Medicine Got Wrong with Meghan Rabbitt

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4.8 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Until just a few years ago, our understanding of nerve endings in the clitoris was based on research... in COWS. Women aren't small men. And spoiler alert: we're also not small cows. Meghan Rabbitt breaks down why the clitoris is way more than just a "button" and why we're still learning basic anatomy about our own bodies in 2025. Watch the full episode at https://youtu.be/fTJaGh4ueVk

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0:00.0	One of the things that has been historically broken is, first of all, we really haven't focused on women, right?
0:07.4	You know, we've considered women as small men. We haven't studied women in our own right.
0:13.3	And to continue this narrative of there's no difference between men and women is insulting and quite frankly outdated.
0:21.6	And sexist.
0:22.6	A common one that you've all heard of is fallopian tubes.
0:26.2	That was actually named after an old Italian priest many, many years ago, whose last name was fallopian.
0:32.3	And that's why we call them the fallopian tubes, ladies.
0:35.6	So talk to us a little bit about, you know, we were talking
0:38.3	about like women are not small men. So talk to us about how women are not cows. Yes. Most women do
0:45.2	not know that the clitoris is a structure that is way more than what we can see or feel. And if you
0:51.9	look at a picture of it next to a penis, the similarities are
0:56.0	striking. Women will accept like a staggering amount of suffering.
1:06.5	Hello, my friends. Welcome to another episode of Better with Dr. Stephanie. Tis me, your host, as always, Dr. Stephanie Estima. And today, you are going to experience something very special in this podcast. And I know that I say that a lot, but here is the deal. If you are new to the show, hi, welcome. This is going to be pretty much the perfect episode for you because this is going to be an
1:29.7	introduction to a lot of the main talking points of the podcast. We are going to be talking about
1:38.2	menopause and perimenopause, cardiovascular disease, autoimmunity, Alzheimer's risk and disease, why it's different for women
1:47.9	than it is for men. We're going to be talking about sex. All of the things that matter to women
1:55.0	are included in this conversation. Now, if you are a dark roast Betty, you have been here from the
2:01.4	beginning since 2019. This is going to be a one, and by the way, I love you for that. This is going
2:07.8	to be a really nice summary episode. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah. We talked with, like, I remember
2:13.8	this conversation. We talked about this with this person. So this is going to be like a trip
2:16.8	down memory lane for you. So this is going to be great for whether you are someone who's
2:21.7	been with the podcast from the beginning or you are a recent Betty. Both of you, I love you to death.
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