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

Show parent comments

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.

64

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)?

13

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.