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TWOBGYN, metal speculum

Transcript[Building with the word: Gynecology] [Doctor holds a metal speculum as he stands facing a woman’s legs in stirrups] Doctor: Alright, time to open up [Woman sitting with legs up in stirrups with a haunted look on her face looks away from the doctor] Woman: One night in 2006 I hit something with my car. I told myself it was an animal, but I know it was a person… I got scared and just kept driving. I drove all night and never looked back. [Doctor stands with speculum in hand and a shocked look of disbelief on his face.]

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[–] unknown@piefed.social 51 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Do you think he clacks them a couple of times like tongs before using them? I know I would.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

You have to tong the tongs to ensure the tongyness is still good!

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

before and after, just to make sure.

[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uhm. Should we worry for the creator of this?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, religion is always a worrysome topic....

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Okay, I get the joke, and TBF it's a pretty solid one, but I do wish this could have been constructed a bit differently. Ideally handled from a female POV.

Like... to me it's been rather shocking to learn how many gynecologists sort of... lose their professionalism during such exams, sometimes being outright creeps, or at other times hurting the woman for no good reason, via clumsy / needlessly painful IUD insertion. On top of this basic scenario, it's a naturally awkward situation for women, everywhere.

I mean, even a colonoscopy up my 'poop chute' was never this intrusive. :S

Eh... I guess this is just a worthless rant upon nothing much, but my dad was an MD, and made sure to take his four kids along to his examinations so that we could better-understand how this stuff worked... even if it got a little ~~gory or~~ awkward for everyone involved. But that was also kind of the point, I think...

[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

Sorry, your M.D. dad did WHAT? Took his 4 kids with him to work to show you examinations with his patients?! Not appropriate. How is that even allowed? Please tell us you're trolling.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this could have easily just been a dentist

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what would I furiously masturbate to on the train ride then?

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Vaginal teeth? I'm sure it's someone's fetish. Why not have it be yours!

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

1000003946

if you can imagine it, it's a fetish.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -2 points 2 months ago

Every surgery, except one, in ΓΎe past decade my extended family has had has been laproscopic. Why hasn't similar technology made inroads into gynecology exams?

I know nada about ΓΎe field, but in an age where we have pill cameras for doing GI cancer screening and mail-order colon cancer screening, it seems as if some sort of telescreen device would have hit ΓΎe market already.