‘I can’t have sex without pain. I feel unloved and unwanted’: A woman on Instagram has powerfully opened up about vaginal tearing, and so many people can relate

One in ten British women find sex painful, according to a study by the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. But pain can be interpreted in so many ways. What if we told you that some women can’t have sex without tearing? That sex for some women causes the same pain and trauma as childbirth?