There is no doubt in the fact that sexual health is treated like a joke in India. While some people believe it is not even a concern, others are way too reluctant talking about it ’cause… #culture #sanskar! Hence, in a country like ours, if you happen to land yourself an STD or any genital-related disease, you are doomed. Why? Because most gynaecologists you would find here are the stuff of nightmares! Don’t believe us? Well, women on Twitter are talking about their horrifying experiences at the Ob-Gyn and they will tell you exactly what has been quietly going wrong all this time.
Starting a new trend with the hashtag ‘#ObGynTales, the Twitter handle ‘Genderlog’ motivated women to come out and speak up about their experiences with gynaecologists, who would often step over their boundaries. Soon, several women joined the discussion and spoke freely about their nightmarish experiences. From judging unmarried women for being sexually active before marriage to interfering in their personal lives, here are a few tweets where women explain what happens when behind closed doors at the ObGyn:
1. “Entertain”
#ObGynTales During routine checkup.
Doc: Are you married?
Me: No.
D: Sexually active?
M: Yes.
D: How many guys do you entertain at a time?— Saheli (@wistyloony) October 11, 2017
2. The unnecessary caesarean
Doc: C-sec on 16 Oct.
Me: But baby not due until Nov!
Doc: I’m travelling in Nov.
Me: But why c-sec? I want a vaginal birth.
Doc: Why?— frolitics (@frolitics) October 11, 2017
3. Because sex is the opposite of sanskar, beti…
ObGyn asks me if I’m sexually active. I say yes. She says, oh don’t say that just when I was thinking you were such a nice girl. #ObGybTales
— Pritha Sengupta (@prithasg88) October 11, 2017
4. Is having kids a woman’s sole purpose in life?
I was told years ago to freeze my eggs since they would soon be fried. I never did #ObgynTales.
— Aparna Jain (@Aparna) October 11, 2017
5. Gynae by profession, gossip-monger by passion
And if you are married and your husband is away – allegations of an affair are assumed if you have problems in the lady parts #ObGynTales
— Saba Danawala (@SabaDabbaDoo) October 11, 2017
6. Here’s another:
Do you have a sis
Are you jealous of her
What does your dad do
Where do you live
–Qs docs asked me as I sought endo treatment #ObGynTales— Arundhati Ghosh (@ArundhatiGhosh1) October 11, 2017
7. Because unmarried is synonymous with virginity?
ObGyn asks “are you married?” as a proxy for “are you sexually active?” #ObGynTales @genderlogindia
— Antara Telang (@AntaraT) October 11, 2017
8. When you gynae also doubles as a strict parent
Went to gynaec in pain, & received berating lecture on why I’m adopting ‘western values’ re: pre-marital sex #ObGynTales @genderlogindia
— Gopika Bashi (@gopikabashi) October 11, 2017
9. “I will complain to your parents.”
When I went to see a gynec alone before marriage to ask about birth control, she suspiciously asked- where are your parents?! #ObGynTales
— Pop Culture Vulture (@KardashianQues) October 11, 2017
10. “Hormones bigad gaye hai.” UGH!
Once this friend told me ‘mere toh saare hormones bigad gaye hai. Mera shaadi karna zaroori hai doctor ne bola ha’.#ObGynTales
— Manjari Singh (@manjarisingh123) October 11, 2017
11. Kurta = Symbol of abstinence
#ObGynTales Doctor expressed shock over the fact that I was seeing someone. “You don’t look like the kinds” (I was wearing a kurta)
— Neerja (@Neerja_Deodhar) October 11, 2017
12. ‘Cause before that, there’s NO NEED to worry about it, right?
“progressive” gynie: “we’ll worry about PCOS when it’s time for you to have kids” #ObGynTales
— (@badaboomtheory) October 11, 2017
13. 100 bucks say she’s a Prem Aggan fan
#ObGynTales that old, aunty-looking Gynie at a premier hospital looks at me and said, “If you want the pleasure you have to take the pain.”
— Naomi Barton (@naomi0_0barton) October 11, 2017
14. Patriarchy rules, bruh
#ObGynTales I list mom’s num as emergency contact coz she knows everything abt my periods. My clinic asks father/husband name at each visit
— Ayesha Minhaz (@ayesha_minhaz) October 11, 2017
15. Marriage is the solution to everything
Excruciating pain during periods makes you pass out? Don’t worry, will go away post marriage: Doc advice when I was 10 yrs old #ObGynTales
— Arundhati Ghosh (@ArundhatiGhosh1) October 11, 2017
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