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OBGYN, metal speculum

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[Building with the word: Gynecology] [Doctor holds a metal speculum as he stands facing a woman’s legs in stirrups] Doctor: Alright, time to open up [Woman sitting with legs up in stirrups with a haunted look on her face looks away from the doctor] Woman: One night in 2006 I hit something with my car. I told myself it was an animal, but I know it was a person… I got scared and just kept driving. I drove all night and never looked back. [Doctor stands with speculum in hand and a shocked look of disbelief on his face.]

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  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
    14·
    5 days ago

    Okay, I get the joke, and TBF it’s a pretty solid one, but I do wish this could have been constructed a bit differently. Ideally handled from a female POV.

    Like… to me it’s been rather shocking to learn how many gynecologists sort of… lose their professionalism during such exams, sometimes being outright creeps, or at other times hurting the woman for no good reason, via clumsy / needlessly painful IUD insertion. On top of this basic scenario, it’s a naturally awkward situation for women, everywhere.

    I mean, even a colonoscopy up my ‘poop chute’ was never this intrusive. :S

    Eh… I guess this is just a worthless rant upon nothing much, but my dad was an MD, and made sure to take his four kids along to his examinations so that we could better-understand how this stuff worked… even if it got a little gory or awkward for everyone involved. But that was also kind of the point, I think…

    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      34·
      5 days ago

      Errr, your Dad was a doctor and took his kids to work …?

      How is that ethical?

      After you ranted about how shit gynaecologists are?

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        After you ranted about how shit gynaecologists are?

        That would be a drastic misreading of what I said above, as I did not nearly paint with such a broad brush. How about you read the comic again, read my comment again, and make an attempt to understand the relevant context?

        Errr, your Dad was a doctor and took his kids to work …?

        He took us kids individually (at least, I believe he took the other three), obtained permission from both his director and the patient involved, and I only ever did sit in on one patient checkup. I don’t know why I said “gory” above, as it wasn’t gory at all, but just a bit awkward for me. He would also have us hang out in his personal office sometimes, allowed to look around and check things out, as well as take us around the hospitals he worked at, and all of that was (presumably) to help us better get a taste of what modern medical tech and his specific job were like.

        I also want to point out that it’s SOP for many residents and trainees to be present for permissable examinations, and they may spend their whole shift doing that kind of thing. As a patient myself I’ve seen it at least a couple times, and like how it went with my dad, I was always asked to give my consent.

        This all happened many years ago, and my dad’s no longer alive to ask him about this stuff.

        Sorry, @jennar8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com, there was no trolling involved, and ultimately I’d say it did help me understand some things.

        • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          3·
          4 days ago

          You said many gynaecologists are creeps, that’s a broad brush, and hasn’t been my experience (the ones that weren’t good were more on the side of ignorant of women’s lived experiences).

          And, unless you were a doctor in training under your father’s supervision him taking you to work is still very weird and not normal (and if you were, there’s a conflict of interest in him doing his own kid’s training)

          • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            You said many gynaecologists are creeps

            Again, no… what I expressed was that I was surprised by “how many.” That’s not any specific number when speaking in Modern English.

            And I didn’t say merely “creeps,” but mentioned just as much the ones that don’t seem to care very much about a woman’s comfort. On top of that, there are plenty who seem to operate along the lines of ‘I know what’s best in terms of women’s choices,’ with an obvious one being those who refused to perform abortions upon otherwise strong reasons to do so.

            And all that’s based on the many, many testimonials and examples of women I’ve heard from or come across. Go to any popular womens forum and you’re likely to hear the same.

            Finally, I don’t appreciate your attempts to mischaracterise me upon all that, for whatever reasons you’re doing so.

              • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
                1·
                4 days ago

                Holy shit, do I have no idea what the fuck is wrong with you. Good thing we’ve got labels, tho.

                Feel free to have the last… toxic comment, though. Bye!

    • JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      13·
      5 days ago

      Sorry, your M.D. dad did WHAT? Took his 4 kids with him to work to show you examinations with his patients?! Not appropriate. How is that even allowed? Please tell us you’re trolling.

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    Every surgery, except one, in þe past decade my extended family has had has been laproscopic. Why hasn’t similar technology made inroads into gynecology exams?

    I know nada about þe field, but in an age where we have pill cameras for doing GI cancer screening and mail-order colon cancer screening, it seems as if some sort of telescreen device would have hit þe market already.