http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:02:39 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/25/181136.php#comment-734882 Thank you for posting this. I too have decided to never have another pelvic exam. I've always felt that the demands for pelvic exams and pap tests are more for the purpose of humiliating women than for our health. I recall the abuse of having to have a pelvic exam in order to get birth control. It still makes me sick to think of it. Google the horrifying history of J. Marion Sims, the 'father of modern gynecology' (he imprisoned women, repeatedly forced operations on them without anesthesia, and murdered the newborns with whom he had forcibly impregnated his prisoners, all 'in the name of research' and also take a look at a book called Public Privates: Performing Gynecology from Both Ends of the Speculum (Paperback) by Terri Kapsalis. 734882@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:02:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/25/181136.php#comment-631088 I'm 19 and I really seriously do not want one, I fear pain(last time, even though that wasn't "the test", pretty much hurt me and as much as I tried I couldn't relax to try and make it easier). I'm also freaked out about being exposed to a stranger (even if she is a female) that I only see but a few times a year when I fall ill...But becuase of the medical history on my Mom's side I have no choice. Now that ladies, is a cause for it, if your medical history has problems relating to it, even if you're a virgin I think it's a good idea (even though I despise saying this) to have one JUST AS A PROCAUTION...I'm cringing even as I write, I can not believe I just said this...Good luck to the rest of you, it does suck and it didn't help that I was told it would be done...MANY times... 631088@blogcritics.org Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:45:41 EDT