Women

It may be of interest that women are affected by similar disorders (interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia and vulvo-vestibulitis(1)) that may co-involve Skene’s glands (also known as the lesser vestibular or paraurethral glands), which are the vestigial female homologue of the prostate. Not all women have these as I said above they are vestigial. Causes are unclear, but vestibulitis mat be related to contraceptives.
Curio: many men have a vestigial uterus the utriculum.

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(1) Vulvodynia: Toward Understanding a Pain Syndrome Workshop, April 14-15, 2003, Bethesda, USA