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64 points

Not sure if it was ever actually done or just urban legend but there used to be something called “the husband stitch” where an OBGYN would add another stitch while repairing an episiotomy (when a woman tears a bit giving childbirth) supposedly to make her vagina tighter. A lot of things there don’t add up, but that’s what the joke is about.

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5 points

Why do people think it’s an urban legend when women describe how they’ve been medically and sexually abused? 😐

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2 points

Why is your comment so adversarial when previous commenter literally said they weren’t sure?

That’s not the same as dismissing women’s accounts so please don’t equate them

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I didn’t mean them specifically. I assume the reason they’re not sure is because they’ve heard people call it a myth before, as have I. And I think it’s shitty that people do that.

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52 points
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Worth the read.

If someone was wondering, there is nothing NSFW in that post.

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10 points

Jesus fucking Christ. There are some real monsters practicing medicine.

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103 points

Oh, it’s real. This was offered for my sister-in-law.

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16 points

Yikes.

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Not too long ago, this was also “offered” in the case of my sister.
The extra yucky part is it was offered to her husband without even her knowledge or consent.

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24 points

Husband stitch that doctor’s mouth so they never make that suggestion again. Men should not be allowed near OB.

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