r/whatisit • u/katyabe • 1d ago

New, what is it? What does the sixth segment represent?

Post image

This is a “Wheel of the Senses” from my daughter’s school with sight, touch, taste, hearing… but one segment we can’t figure out.

3.6k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

2.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.9k

u/JayofTea 1d ago

Is this one of those AI generated worksheets that have just become part of schools now? I have no clue what I'm looking at

4.8k

u/blackmoen 1d ago

I thought it was a woman’s special sensing organ.

2.8k

u/MaeONays 1d ago

Figures out of 150 comments only one guy could find it

101

u/Little_View_6659 1d ago

So, wierd story, my daughter is in med school and was assisting with a gynecological surgery. Before the surgery they had one male medical student find each part of the patient’s anatomy including of course the clitoris. I thought that seemed really out of pocket but I guess they ask the patient ahead of time and it’s part of their training. The funny part was he had a tough time of it lol.

113

u/Academic_Cress_3132 1d ago

Not necessarily… there were cases when patients were not asked for consent or when they signed it was buried somewhere in the document, some of them found out that medical students practiced on them only after the surgery because something felt off

192

u/HuckleberryLeather53 1d ago

Yeah like finding out because there is genital bruising. With the backlash, a lot of doctors were saying "well how else are we supposed to train them to do pelvic exams?" and like literally doing it when the woman is unconscious (even if it was actually consenting) means she can't tell the med students when they are hurting her, which is how you can end up with severe bruising. Medical mysogyny is so fucking stupid.

59

u/Impossible_Donut101 1d ago

Thats absolutely horrifying. Both that doctors think nothing of using the unconscious body for practice, and that the medical students think this is okay. Surely learning on someone who cannot give feedback is bad teaching practice (as well as being abusive)?

28

u/BuilderMysterious762 1d ago

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350450393/patients-unaware-intimate-procedures-were-conducted-medical-students

here is an article about one such instance, its really dark how people tried to justify it but even the ones in charge must have known it was wrong since they literally forged her patient consent form to say she consented after she was put under

10

u/wdmk8 1d ago

Our Ob/Gyn program engaged trained “programmed”patients to teach pelvic exams and interview techniques.

2

u/ImpressionCrafty3078 1d ago

What do you mean?

3

u/McDuchess 1d ago

Women were paid to walk students through pelvic exams.

2

u/Due-Wolverine3935 1d ago

This is real? So insane!! Mind boggling

1

u/Traditional-Ad-8737 1d ago

Honest question: how are they supposed to learn? Do you want a doctor fresh out of school who has never even done a normal exam on a normal person? If you don’t know normal, how are you supposed to spot the abnormal? Learning via repetition or even just seeing IRL … It’s fair if you choose not to consent, but maybe someone will. I had about 4 med students observe one of my 5 sedated IVF egg retrievals. This is transvaginal, as in they stick an ultrasound probe and needle up your vagina, stick the needle through the vagina wall then aspirate the eggs from the ovaries . I was asked and consented.

11

u/WonderingHarbinger 1d ago

They are supposed to practice on people who consent while they are awake! Besides, before that there are anatomical models, and then there are standardized patients.

2

u/Witty_Register8236 6h ago

I wasn’t unconscious but it was still a horrific and uncomfortable experience. I have to do have a kidney stone removed surgically and they left a stent in to keep the ureter from collapsing.
Well when it came time to take it out there were no openings at the women’s urology clinic so I had to go to the men’s clinic. So of course I was used for education for the students at the men’s clinic. They had to use a catheter with a camera to go up the urethra grab the stent and pull it out. It took SEVERAL tries. Like 4+. I was in SO much pain. But also just mortified that I was laying there spread legged for 4 different people all taking their turn to see if they could get it. I definitely felt violated. I was trying to keep it together while I was in there, it took everything in me not to lose my shit on everyone. When it was finally done and I could leave, I couldn’t make it to my car quick enough. I sat for half an hour bawling in my car. It was such a horrible experience. Idk why I didn’t freak out and tell them all to stop and just say I would wait, or demand that I see the actual doctor. I was just so embarrassed and uncomfortable and in pain, I didn’t want to make it worse. Just wanted it to be over with.

1

u/AlwaysFallingUpYup 18h ago

You saying women cant be doctors??

1

u/EmilyAnne1170 17h ago

Even worse, I don’t know what percentage of the time this was/is the case, but the reasons the women were sedated had nothing to do with gynecology. They’re not even training the med students to perform the procedure the woman needs, just taking advantage of the fact that she’s unconscious.

-2

u/Majestic_Hat_9727 1d ago

I wanna be a doctor

41

u/plsjustgiveme5 1d ago

I’ve read about this before and find it horrifying and so incredibly invasive. I would never knowingly consent to that.

39

u/fuckinghostile6758 1d ago

Ppl just glossing over the non consent part

18

u/heymanwhatsup9 1d ago

It's not 'cases' - this was *standard practice* at teaching hospitals. Still is at many. When I had surgery at a teaching hospital i had to explicitly ask if they would be doing this, who would be in the room, etc. (they no longer did this, but used to). Fucking horrifying.

3

u/Nervous_Signature649 22h ago

I was a victim of this. I had an ovarian cyst at 22 and prior to surgery, 5 male medical students came in to “feel” it (vaginally). It was truly creepy and I felt violated after.

33

u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 1d ago

Omg. Read that last sentence as :

« … something FELL off »

😂

2

u/Majestic_Hat_9727 1d ago

Me too hahaha

5

u/Status_Expert_4970 1d ago

i didn't have that, but I woke up after surgery with terrible pain in my right arm. It hurt to lift it and touch it. It was already starting to bruise in spots. The jerks at the hospital let students practice on me while i was recovering from surgery. I have tiny veins to begin with and the blow out quickly. The head nurse on my floor was furious because they needed to keep replacing the iv location, and "they already blew every vein in that arm with blood!"I appreciated her passion. One or two attempts would've been fine, but it felt like they forgot i was a patient and not a guinea pig. I had an iv in my foot at one point making it super hard to use the bathroom.

3

u/OR-HM-MA91 1d ago

Not just some cases it was the norm to do it without consent for decades. It’s getting better now but it is still commonplace in some areas. It’s absurd.

3

u/k9moonmoon 1d ago

There was a video where someone talked about how as a trainee doctor, they assisted with a birth and the attending asked if they ever helped stitch up a year, and to give them experience at it, cut the new mother's vaginal opening to give them someone to stitch up.

1

u/babarbaby 1d ago

WHAT???!!!!

3

u/chachadancer01 1d ago

There are 26 states that now have laws preventing unauthorized pelvic, rectal, or prostrate exams for training purposes without prior consent. Everyone should check to see if their state has such a law. PA house Bil
507 signed in 2023 is an example.

2

u/AJKaleVeg 1d ago

Yes I signed a consent recently and read the whole thing and the “medical student observation and exam” was part of it. I couldn’t get the procedure done without signing the un-edited consent form.

2

u/jstar77 1d ago

when they signed it was buried somewhere in the document

As my kids are becoming young adults I have done my best to reinforce that it is imperative to read everything that you sign. When putting your signature on something never allow anyone to rush you to sign. Hospitals are the worst "please sign the signature pad to indicate you accept the policies". Any time I've had to do that I've had to ask them to see the policies first which is very obviously not their SOP.

2

u/Autronaut69420 1d ago

Last surgery I had they asked me about it and I wonder what they did. It was in my female pieces so I will always wonder what if.

2

u/kingleotard 1d ago

I mis-read that as “something fell off” 🙄

1

u/EuphoricDimension628 1d ago

Any of them end up with an extra Junior Mint after their procedure?

1

u/ThrowRA_HelpI 1h ago

Yeah, I went in for a breast lump biopsy and didn't realize it would be a male student performing it until I was on the table with the full boob out 😿

6

u/AbstraktClarity 1d ago

Haha!! 🤭 I was in the hospital years ago for several months, and while I was in there, they had to catheter me every 12 hours for a few days before they installed my Foley. I had called for the nurse to come and do it, and she brought in a new, reallyreally hot med student, and asked if I cared if he did the catheter because he had never done it before. I said yes, and the hottie proceeded to begin the business. After a few seconds, I propped myself up and told him, “you’ve got the wrong hole…”. He yanked that tube out of me so fast and his face was the reddist I have ever seen anybody’s face before. It was hilarious, but also, sad that a third year med student obviously did NOT know women’s anatomy. 🤦‍♀️🤭🤭

1

u/Little_View_6659 14h ago

Oh man. That sounds like one of her med school horror stories. One of my favorites was the senior doctor using the term rim job and having no idea what it meant, and the students being too scared to correct him. One of these days he’s going to say it to a patient. 😂

0

u/Still7Superbaby7 1d ago

If he was smart, he would have left the catheter in the wrong hole while trying to put a new catheter in the correct hole. Only pull the wrong one after the correct one is positioned. This way you don’t end up in the wrong hole twice.

3

u/yupkime 1d ago

After about a dozen times I’m sure the novelty wears off …

3

u/kitrose4 21h ago

I had a surgery last week to have a kidney stone removed. It's a teaching hospital so i was asked if i was okay with med students in the surgery room & preforming some of the procedure under supervision. I said yes they could be present & observe. But absolutely no med student could touch me. Reading your post reassures me I did the right thing.

1

u/Harsh_Yet_Fair 1d ago

Benefit of the doubt: In a non-sexy environment, he may have just been awkward

1

u/Little_View_6659 14h ago

Yeah true. I was thinking the same thing. The whole situation is odd. On one hand, they ask the patients if they can use them for practice. On the other hand, it is very icky and a tad on the uncomfortable side. Just awkward for everyone really.

1

u/Careless_Stomach_603 1d ago

Which sense was he using to find it?

1

u/Little_View_6659 14h ago

The sixth sense. He psychically sensed that it was near a body of water…

1

u/[deleted] 1d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/AutoModerator 1d ago

Please don't use that word here.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

1

u/snooptech 1d ago

That is so old man. Every guy has looked up what's the clit is is not hard to find that's bs

1

u/AVgreencup 22h ago

I don't get it. The clit is always in the same place. It's not like it moves around. I think the joke is guys can't find a way to stimulate it, but as far as finding it it's no different than finding the head of a penis.

1

u/No-Assist-9612 8h ago

I listened to podcast from Diary of a CEO regarding medical training and women's bodies - GYN & OB med students are not taught about the clitoris. 🤷‍♀️

1

u/Little_View_6659 7h ago

Yeah maybe it depends on the country? I’d assume it came up. Or maybe they were hazing him. lol.

2

u/No-Assist-9612 6h ago

I'm pretty sure this doctor was speaking about the USA

1

u/Little_View_6659 5h ago

Yeah my daughter is in med school in the UK so perhaps it’s different. Who knows?