No, a lot of women have irregular periods, some women don’t have periods at all.
This question has nothing to do with wanting to know if you’re pregnant, it has everything to do with keeping track of women’s menstrual cycles, which is extremely creepy.
Okay, and what does the medical personnel do with that information? Do they track it in a secret global period database? Do they get together once a month to laugh about irregular periods?
No secret database—just your medical record. But doctors don’t always control why they ask or where that info ends up. For example, in some U.S. states, laws force them to report certain reproductive health details (like abortion complications) to government databases—even if the patient’s issue was unrelated. Add in insurance requirements, EHR hacks, and legal subpoenas, and suddenly your private health data isn’t so private.
That’s not even mentioning how governments in China or South Korea use that info.
So the medical personnel asks about the period, writes it down, and then completely ignores the answer for the rest of the examination? They just do X-Rays even if a patient says “I haven’t had my period in 3 months”?
No, a lot of women have irregular periods, some women don’t have periods at all. This question has nothing to do with wanting to know if you’re pregnant, it has everything to do with keeping track of women’s menstrual cycles, which is extremely creepy.
Okay, and what does the medical personnel do with that information? Do they track it in a secret global period database? Do they get together once a month to laugh about irregular periods?
No secret database—just your medical record. But doctors don’t always control why they ask or where that info ends up. For example, in some U.S. states, laws force them to report certain reproductive health details (like abortion complications) to government databases—even if the patient’s issue was unrelated. Add in insurance requirements, EHR hacks, and legal subpoenas, and suddenly your private health data isn’t so private.
That’s not even mentioning how governments in China or South Korea use that info.
So the medical personnel asks about the period, writes it down, and then completely ignores the answer for the rest of the examination? They just do X-Rays even if a patient says “I haven’t had my period in 3 months”?
They test regardless. That’s literally why we say this question is ridiculous.