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"Doctor! I'm bleeding right here and now!"
*writing down* "last period: today"
The overwhelming amount of people that don’t understand why this is a medically necessary thing to ask, somehow has to correlate with the complete lack of nuanced debate to be found here.
I’ll break it down simply;
IF A WOMAN IS PREGNANT- X-RAYS CAN DAMAGE A FETUS. IF A WOMA DOESN'T KNOW SHES PREGNANT- A MENSTRUAL CYCLE CAN INDICATE THAT A TEST MAY BE WISE BEFORE POTENTIALLY KILLING HER UNBORN FETUS.
also:
CERTAIN MEDICATIONS CAN KILL OR SEVERELY DAMAGE THE HEALTH OF AN UNBORN FETUS.
therefore we can summarize by saying:
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE TRAINED TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS PRIOR TO PERFORMING POTENTIALLY HARMFUL PROCEDURES OR ADMINISTERING POTENTIALLY HARMFUL MEDICATIONS.
Now, is it safe to assume we understand why they don’t ask men this question?
It's like the "is it plugged in?" thing. There is a reason it keeps getting asked.
Ever notice how stupid people sound when they can only understand things literally?
As a woman who absolutely hates the "when was the date of your last period?" question, if the only reason they want to know the answer to that question is to determine whether or not we are pregnant, why don't they just have us pee in a cup?
Asking me when my last period was in order for them to determine whether or not I may be pregnant, is kind of like [insert some scenario where the obvious solution to a question is simple but you go about it in a backwards upside down complicated way].
It pretty blantantly shows that there is a greater concern for the potential existence of something which may potentially become a person, than there is for the actual person having an actual medical emergency.
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NO
As WalrusDragonOnABike so perfectly put it:
Its satirizing the tendency for doctors to be more dismissive of women having pain than men, for example. This would be more of a problem with non-visible causes of pain, especially ones that predominantly effect women such as chronic migraines. This comic extrapolates this to comedic effect by using a gunshot wound instead.
AND
I love how a 4 panel comic about dismissal of women’s medical concerns is getting multiple commentors who want to dismiss those problems because a 4 panel comic doesn’t explicitly go into the a specific nuance they are focused on. Plenty of people get the punchline just fine without it.
It's not about pregnancy. It's about dismissing pain and blaming symptoms on hormones.
I have more sources. They're bookmarked. Does anyone need them or do we get it yet?
So it’s just badly written then
But yea it seems like your interpretation is correct, though the extreme amount of exaggeration in the comic made it less understandable
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I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T QUITE GRASP WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT MORE CLEARLY?
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Now, is it safe to assume we understand why they don’t ask men this question?
Because of patriarchy? 👉👈
look, I'm not asking to be coddled. as a man I don't need anyone to ask me anything...but it would be nice every once in a while of someone just asked how my last period was.
it costs nothing to be kind.
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If the concern is medications or procedures harmful to a potential pregnancy, why not just ask if they are or have a possibility in being pregnant? Have the woman sign a waiver or some shit if they are that concerned. Some women have PCOS, some women have their ovaries removed, some women have tubal ligation, some women are going through menopause, some women have implantation bleeding. Fact is, periods are confusing and this question doctors ask is invasive, dismissive to other real health concerns, and purely stupid. Anyone that interested in my menstrual cycle is creepy as fuck.
PSA: Don't scroll down to the comments.
^ Enjoy funny comic ^
Omg. This is so accurate.
Went to the ER a few years ago; they asked if I was pregnant and I said no as I had been dating another cis woman for the 4 years prior.
They still gave me a pregnancy test.
If you aren't going to believe me anyway just give me the damn test and don't bother me with the question.
People lie to doctors near fucking constantly. They're required to ask the questions no matter what due to things like malpractice, the insurance company that owns the hospital and other stupid s***.
So not only are they required to ask you, they're also likely required to give you the test regardless of your answer. Because they have to assume you're lying.
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Because there’s no way X-Rays and specific types of medication could possibly hurt an unborn baby. All hospitals should just assume women are not able to be pregnant- or, essentially the same as men- and just treat them accordingly. I mean, it’s not like this shit isn’t taught in med school.
Imagine the outrage if hospitals stopped asking and just treated women with procedures and medications that are fatal to the unborn.
Apology in advance for the nuanced take.
I don’t understand why folks like you are melting down.
The message is clearly that the doctor was ignoring immediate problems.
Why ignore that and get on your soap box? The comic didn’t imply that question should never be asked.
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As an emt I can say that is what we are told to ask from the start but most of the time it is based around any abdominal pain in a woman from 8 to 80
I only had one instructor out of my maybe 10 or so said to check to make sure the patient can physically get pregnant before you assume that is the issues
They also said you need to assume they are until conclusively proven otherwise even if directly told multiple times they aren't
I only had one instructor out of my maybe 10 or so said to check to make sure the patient can physically get pregnant before you assume that is the issues
I know at least one woman who physically couldn't get pregnant until she got pregnant.
She hat ovary cancer and they removed one and a half ovaries. It was determined that the remaining ovary was too damaged to still produce any eggs. She had eggs frozen before the operation, and she and her husband used all of them up in IVF, none worked.
They then gave up and adopted a kid, and a few years later a second one. Right after they adopted the second one as a newborn, she got pregnant. Apparently, they stopped using contraception because couldn't get pregnant anyway. Now they have two kids under the age of 1.
She totally would have told any medical professional that she physically couldn't get pregnant, until she did.
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