Hi, I’m just wondering why women have to go through a pelvic exam in order to get birth control. I’m no doctor, but I am a 2nd year med school student. As far as I know, most forms of birth control have side effects related to strokes and blood clots. Both of these health risks can be reduced by taking a patients blood pressure and recommending changes in diet, alcohol consumption and nicotine reduction.
Also, why is there never any mention of the CSA blood test? Why are doctors insisting on using a 50 year old method of scraping away tissue riddled with false negative results when there is a proven (less invasive) blood test? It’s just absolutely beyond me why women feel as if they NEED to have this exam done. I’ve talked to women and have heard them say “if I don’t go, I’ll get cervical cancer”.
That language in general only supports the fact that women today are brainwashed. The basic message is; if I don’t spread my legs for the stranger in the white coat, I’ll die. That’s absolutely ludicrous. There have been studies linking the pelvic exam as actually CAUSING cervical cancer. Breast cancer screening in general pumps out so much radiation that it’s actually doing more harm than good.
It seems as though women believe that the number 1 killer of the fairer sex is cervical cancer followed quite closely by breast cancer. Wrong. Heart complications are the leading cause of death amongst women…yet have you ever heard of a year exam to monitor a woman’s heart? Didn’t think so. So, why does it seem as if doctors hold Birth Control hostage at the expense of a pelvic exam? Because, as one of my teachers/doctors told me birth control is “about as harmful as aspirin”.
I so often see young women post questions on this site about their fear of the exam…and the more experienced users always reply with something along the lines of “it’s normal, everyone does it”. What a great mentality. If a woman even complains about the exam being morally wrong, she’s promptly told to “grow up” or “seek counseling”.
The fact of the matter is that pelvic exams are just plain stupid, and to criticize other women because they are against it is just being blindly defensive of your societal brainwashing. A while back, women who suffered from depression or anxiety were said to suffer from hysteria. The cure for this (according to many knowledgeable gynos) was to stimulate the clitoris to climax; basically induce an orgasm by hand. So, the doctor would set about his business of putting a women in stirrups and fingering her and massaging her clitoris until she orgasmed. The vibrator (which was invented by a doctor) blossomed from this idea. I bet the young women in that time who were against the procedure were told to “grow up” or “seek counseling” too, though.
Maybe women shouldn’t believe everything a man in a white coat tells them, huh?
While I don’t deny that the screening has saved lives, I must point out a little metaphor that I once heard; even a broke clock is right twice a day. Meaning that, yes yearly paps CAN prevent cancer…but it’s far less frequent that you may think. There are studies saying HPV doesn’t even cause cervical cancer, and that most women KNOW when something is wrong and don’t really need a yearly to tell them so.
Oral cancer has killed over 40,000 people in a past 5 years…but I don’t think you’d insist on your dentist performing a biopsy as long as you’re there. Hell, the next time you’re getting a routine checkup, get some preventative care for blood cancer…that kills thousands of people a year too.
In short, you CAN argue that paps have saved lives, but a hypochondriac can argue that taking EVERY preventative care measure is a better idea. I don’t see many people jumping onto that bandwagon though.
Lastly, I find it pretty funny that men don’t need prostate exams to get viagra…
Best reply by Marvellous Maiden:
I agree.I haven’t had a pelvic in nearly 9 yrs.I am not sexually active,so since I’m at no risk for STD’s,I don’t see the need for one.
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