Interweaving physiology, history, and culture, new scientific theories explore the connection between the vagina and the female brain and consciousness, revealing the physical, political, and spiritual implications for women.

Does the vagina affect consciousness? : --Your incredible pelvic nerve ; -- Your dreamy autonomic nervous system ; -- Confidence, creativity, and the sense of interconnectedness ; -- Dopamine, opioids/endorphins, and oxytocin ; -- What we "know" about female sexuality is out of date -- History: conquest and control : -- The traumatized vagina ; -- The vagina began as sacred ; -- The Victorian vagina: medicalization and subjugation ; -- Modernism: the "liberated" vagina -- Who names the vagina? -- "The worst word there is" ; -- How funny was that? ; -- The pornographic vagina -- The goddess array : -- "The beloved is me" ; -- Radical pleasure, radical awakening: the vagina as liberator -- Conclusion: Reclaiming the goddess.