Taboos still very present
Pain during reports, drought or vaginal smells … One in three French people still find it difficult to evoke these subjects, even with a health professional. The number climbs to 41 % among 18-34 year oldseven though this generation grows with tenfold access to information. This is revealed by a Yougov study conducted for Livi, published on April 10, 2025.
This blockage is not without consequences: Almost one in two women has already postponed or canceled a gynecological meeting. Advanced patterns? The feeling that the problem is “not serious enough”, a lack of availability or time. But the brakes are often deeper: 34 % evoke the embarrassment, 27 % the fear of not being taken seriously, 25 % shame.
Among the youngest, these emotions take up even more space. 39 % of 18-34 year olds cite discomfort as the first brakeand 60 % recognize that it is more difficult to speak to a men’s doctor. Added to this is a rarely mentioned element: One woman in two keeps a negative memory of a previous consultation.
“Unsaid” which are not trivial
If these symptoms are killed, they are nonetheless serious. Pelvic pain, amenorrhea, unusual losses, drought or pain during reports can hide heavy pathologies: Endometriosis, adenomyosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, vaginal infections, fibroids or even menopause disorders.
This silence leads to sometimes critical diagnostic delays. As explained by Doctor Nicolas Leblanc, medical director of Livi: “Too many women live with gynecological discomfort in silence. It is a public health issue that is still underestimated. To delay management is to risk serious physical complications – including sterility. But it is also a psychological suffering: stress, loss of self -esteem, impact on intimate life “.
The doctor insists: the first contact must be Easy, benevolent and without judgmentessential condition for effective management. And for that, a discreet and reassuring tool is more and more essential.
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Teleconsultation, a first step simpler to break the silence?
The study shows: 72 % of women consider teleconsultation as a way to consult fasterAnd 66 % appreciate being able to choose their practitioner. For young women, often more comfortable behind a screen, 60 % see teleconsultation as a first step towards speechand more than half feel more free to tackle intimate subjects.
It is in this logic that Livi deployed a gynecological care path designed to streamline this first contact. For Dr. Nicolas Leblanc, the mission is clear: “Our ambition is not to replace the physical consultation, but to make this first step, often postponed “possible.