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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With all of the male hatred on DCUM, I feel very sorry for your sons, husbands, fathers, brothers, etc.  M[b]ost men are not abusers[/b].[/quote]

Perhaps, but do you know about risk analysis, or cost/benefit based decisions? Those who are perpetrators of violence against women are out there in great numbers. It is safer for females to there for control whatever they can and decline male providers. "Male hatred" is an exaggeration but it is based on real experiences. Don't get all offended about facts. Would you let your daughter go to the USC medical clinic? You think he is unique? No. He is not unique. He just was finally turned in.

Be careful. I certainly wouldn't let my daughter see a male if at all possible. But they are very smart, smile, act proffessional, and count on you being unaware or trusting.

Female physician who has seen many years of awful, slightly sub-criminal behavior.

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Well Ms. Doctor did you do something or look the other way? [/quote]

Well, Mr. Aggressively Confrontational, of course. But unless you are in medicine, you won't understand the hostile environment. It's a place where very bad behavior is par for the course, absolutely normal, and permitted. It's a thing, look it up.

However this is not the point of the OP. Med student/Dr. in training is doing a public service announcement: anesthetized females very often endure multiple pelvic exams by (4-7-ish) residents, students, etc, without their knowledge or "informed consent". This is part of traditional medical training in the academic medical environment. There is no clinical indication for these exams. The point is for the trainee to learn the anatomy.

Also, "whistleblowers" have their own problems to deal with. The hostility and abuse that follows questioning, much less correcting an attending physcian is nearly insurmountable, as a trainee. It's bad no matter which way it goes.

Bolsin, S., Pal, R., Wilmshurst, P., & Pena, M. (2011). Whistleblowing and patient safety: the patient's or the profession's interests at stake?. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 104(7), 278-82. Retrieved from [url]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128871/#s2title[/url]
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