I didn't know the medical community was beginning to question the use of pelvic exams. I've hated going ever since my mother took me to the gynecologist when I was 12 because I thought I had an infection. I was totally unprepared for the pelvic exam and when I cried, the assisting said, cheerily, "well if you don't like that you probably wouldn't like sex too much!" And this wasn't back in the 50s or something -- it was only about 15 years ago. Looking back on it I still feel angry that she said that too me. It was insensitive, judgmental, and unprofessional.
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I didn't know the medical community was beginning to question the use of pelvic exams. I've hated going ever since my mother took me to the gynecologist when I was 12 because I thought I had an infection. I was totally unprepared for the pelvic exam and when I cried, the assisting said, cheerily, "well if you don't like that you probably wouldn't like sex too much!" And this wasn't back in the 50s or something -- it was only about 15 years ago. Looking back on it I still feel angry that she said that too me. It was insensitive, judgmental, and unprofessional.
February 19, 2013 - 4:04pmThis Comment
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