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Ah yes, periods. A thing that famously only happens to adults. What the ever-loving fuck?
I’m not surprised that something on a topic that I consider “basic women’s health” is being blocked. Why, though? Is it too sexual (because vagina)? Is it too violent (because blood)? A teenager could have a million period-related questions without any part of it being “adult only.”
But I guess all of us should’ve thought about that when we decided to be born with female reproductive systems. So dangerous, so violent, so political.
Speaking of vaginas, I just learned that there’s a tool that obstetricians use to cut the vagina’s interior hole. Imagine that inside the vagina there’s the head of a penis as sort of end wall for the cavity. Well this inner organ gets warts, cancers and that sort of thing. So the doctors have a “hot wire” loop knife thing that they insert, heat up and roto-cut that little thing out.
And that’s a normal procedure. Its not like a thing done at the very last moment trying to save you. Nah nah. You got a vagina and they got a knife…a red hot knife… You willingly lay down, and they go carve it all out.
I’m so very sorry for any women who has had to go thru this. I hope things went well. And I hope some of us somewhere are thinking good thoughts about vaginas. I have two people at home with a vagina and I care about them very much. So if you guys could come up with something other than a knife that was a little more 2025, that would be good.
I can’t imagine having to go to the doc routinely to get circumcised or to get my penis head scrapped with a hot iron. That’s torture. At least women can’t see the inner parts of their vaginas all mutilated on a daily basis. I’d freak out if the doctor said to me that the left ball has to come off tomorrow. My respects to all women. You are not Turkey’s to get stuffed, scraped, unstuffed, etc. Its torture. I’m giving my partner a big hug today when I get home.
I haven’t experienced the tool you reference, but pap smears are a typical part of a gynecological exam. A pap smear involves scraping a sample from the cervix, usually using a tool called a cytobrush (there are pictures of it on that page.) It is… not a pleasant experience. It hurts to have it done, sometimes it causes bleeding, and (for me, at least) the pain can linger for hours.
My girlfriend has an IUD and has never once been offered pain medication during insertion. I’ve never used an IUD, but by her experience (and experiences I’ve heard from others), that pain can be so intense that you black out. But good luck finding a doctor that’ll give you even local anesthetic.
If guys had to have a contraceptive inserted into their dicks without anesthesia, I bet there would be an uproar about it. But for us vagina-havers? It’s just another pain we’re expected to suck up and deal with. It’s such bullshit.
Look at “Leep Procedure”. Sure it was supposed to be a simple search for the 3D lens sort of LEEP…but nahh! Vaginas! Vaginas got in the way with a leep of their own.
Just take a look see. They got all sorts of Leep instruments… Hot knifing a hemisphere or cone or bore from the cervix to chop out cancer or other undesirables. Like in the cave men times.
Ah yes, periods. A thing that famously only happens to adults. What the ever-loving fuck?
I’m not surprised that something on a topic that I consider “basic women’s health” is being blocked. Why, though? Is it too sexual (because vagina)? Is it too violent (because blood)? A teenager could have a million period-related questions without any part of it being “adult only.”
But I guess all of us should’ve thought about that when we decided to be born with female reproductive systems. So dangerous, so violent, so political.
Speaking of vaginas, I just learned that there’s a tool that obstetricians use to cut the vagina’s interior hole. Imagine that inside the vagina there’s the head of a penis as sort of end wall for the cavity. Well this inner organ gets warts, cancers and that sort of thing. So the doctors have a “hot wire” loop knife thing that they insert, heat up and roto-cut that little thing out.
And that’s a normal procedure. Its not like a thing done at the very last moment trying to save you. Nah nah. You got a vagina and they got a knife…a red hot knife… You willingly lay down, and they go carve it all out.
I’m so very sorry for any women who has had to go thru this. I hope things went well. And I hope some of us somewhere are thinking good thoughts about vaginas. I have two people at home with a vagina and I care about them very much. So if you guys could come up with something other than a knife that was a little more 2025, that would be good.
I can’t imagine having to go to the doc routinely to get circumcised or to get my penis head scrapped with a hot iron. That’s torture. At least women can’t see the inner parts of their vaginas all mutilated on a daily basis. I’d freak out if the doctor said to me that the left ball has to come off tomorrow. My respects to all women. You are not Turkey’s to get stuffed, scraped, unstuffed, etc. Its torture. I’m giving my partner a big hug today when I get home.
Anyway, yes, vaginas.
I haven’t experienced the tool you reference, but pap smears are a typical part of a gynecological exam. A pap smear involves scraping a sample from the cervix, usually using a tool called a cytobrush (there are pictures of it on that page.) It is… not a pleasant experience. It hurts to have it done, sometimes it causes bleeding, and (for me, at least) the pain can linger for hours.
My girlfriend has an IUD and has never once been offered pain medication during insertion. I’ve never used an IUD, but by her experience (and experiences I’ve heard from others), that pain can be so intense that you black out. But good luck finding a doctor that’ll give you even local anesthetic.
If guys had to have a contraceptive inserted into their dicks without anesthesia, I bet there would be an uproar about it. But for us vagina-havers? It’s just another pain we’re expected to suck up and deal with. It’s such bullshit.
Look at “Leep Procedure”. Sure it was supposed to be a simple search for the 3D lens sort of LEEP…but nahh! Vaginas! Vaginas got in the way with a leep of their own.
Just take a look see. They got all sorts of Leep instruments… Hot knifing a hemisphere or cone or bore from the cervix to chop out cancer or other undesirables. Like in the cave men times.