Yup, here's the thing that gets me. If thousands and thousands of women are telling you that a procedure hurts, "the cervix doesn't have pain receptors so you're not feeling pain" isn't actually a logical or helpful response.
They ARE feeling pain, or they wouldn't be saying so
They ARE feeling pain, or they wouldn't be saying so
https://twitter.com/remembrancermx/status/1468274450432884739
Maybe current medical science is wrong, and it DOES have pain receptors but they don't look like what we recognize.
Or, more likely, maybe the way doctors currently do these procedures is tripping pain receptors in some other tissue.
Or, more likely, maybe the way doctors currently do these procedures is tripping pain receptors in some other tissue.
(And sorry, I keep automatically thinking "people at gyno office" = "women" but there are also people who experience this who aren't women--sorry.)
In any case, if thousands and thousands of people are telling you that a medical procedure causes pain, THE MEDICAL PROCEDURE CAUSES PAIN.
Being like, "no it doesn't, you're not in pain" is pretty fucking contrary to "do no harm."
Being like, "no it doesn't, you're not in pain" is pretty fucking contrary to "do no harm."
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