That intrathecal thread has certainly opened a lot of discussions!
When I was taking psych in college, one of the things we learned about were coping mechanisms. One of them being sublimating, where people take socially unacceptable traits and choose a career that makes them acceptable, ie; the voyuer takes up photography, the violent take up boxing, and the misogynist takes up gynecology or obstetrics.
The OB cutting my client against her wishes (posted in the intrathecal thread) did so with such glee it was sickening. I have no doubt in my mind that if he wasn't legally and in a socially acceptable way cutting women's privates up, he would no doubt be doing so in other dark and evil ways. Becoming an OB/GYN gives him an avenue for indulging in a perversion of his, and he can convince everyone, including himself, that cutting up vaginas is a good and right thing to do.
I see or hear about subtle forms of this often. Almost every woman I know detests having a pap smear done. When they come into my care, and I do a pap for them, they are amazed that it didn't hurt. Most tell me that their GYN (usually male) made it so traumatic for them that they put it off for years.
Vaginal exams that are rough and painful, interviews that take place with the woman naked and on a table with only a paper sheet to cover herself, having a woman remove her clothing before she even meets the doctor, these are all designed to make her more vulnerable and weak.
I even read a paper published in a ACOG journal about how to make a woman more compliant and less vocal by using the above mentioned techniques and others, like sitting behind a huge desk in a chair designed to make the doctor look bigger, while she sits in a small and uncomfortable chair. This is designed to bring back memories of being a child in the presence of an authority figure (think principals office) and to make her more likely to obey.
Thoughts?
When I was taking psych in college, one of the things we learned about were coping mechanisms. One of them being sublimating, where people take socially unacceptable traits and choose a career that makes them acceptable, ie; the voyuer takes up photography, the violent take up boxing, and the misogynist takes up gynecology or obstetrics.
The OB cutting my client against her wishes (posted in the intrathecal thread) did so with such glee it was sickening. I have no doubt in my mind that if he wasn't legally and in a socially acceptable way cutting women's privates up, he would no doubt be doing so in other dark and evil ways. Becoming an OB/GYN gives him an avenue for indulging in a perversion of his, and he can convince everyone, including himself, that cutting up vaginas is a good and right thing to do.
I see or hear about subtle forms of this often. Almost every woman I know detests having a pap smear done. When they come into my care, and I do a pap for them, they are amazed that it didn't hurt. Most tell me that their GYN (usually male) made it so traumatic for them that they put it off for years.
Vaginal exams that are rough and painful, interviews that take place with the woman naked and on a table with only a paper sheet to cover herself, having a woman remove her clothing before she even meets the doctor, these are all designed to make her more vulnerable and weak.
I even read a paper published in a ACOG journal about how to make a woman more compliant and less vocal by using the above mentioned techniques and others, like sitting behind a huge desk in a chair designed to make the doctor look bigger, while she sits in a small and uncomfortable chair. This is designed to bring back memories of being a child in the presence of an authority figure (think principals office) and to make her more likely to obey.
Thoughts?
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for "caving" and getting it.
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