When doctors are assholes - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/when-doctors-are-assholes en Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Are Doctors Insensitive/Ignorant To Body Image Issues Or Do We Expect Too Much?]]>

Is it the responsibility of doctors to watch their words to avoid upsetting patients? Or is their job simply to identify and communicate “facts” truthfully?

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/are-doctors-insensitive-ignorant-to-body-image-issues-or-do-we-expect-too-much http://www.xojane.com/issues/are-doctors-insensitive-ignorant-to-body-image-issues-or-do-we-expect-too-much Issues Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500 Isabel Foxen Duke <![CDATA[It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Got Fat Shamed By My Doctor And I Fucking Hated It (She Also Pinched My Vagina)]]>

Oh, what’s that you say? My vagina is 100% healthy? Then please, do shut up about my weight.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-to-me-contest-entry-i-got-fat-shamed-by-my-doctor-and-i-fucking-hated-it-she-also-pinched-my-vagina http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-to-me-contest-entry-i-got-fat-shamed-by-my-doctor-and-i-fucking-hated-it-she-also-pinched-my-vagina It Happened To Me Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500 IHTM CONTESTANT <![CDATA[PRAISE AND DISGUST: The Problem With Being Labeled “Scary Skinny”]]>

UGH, I’m getting all serious again. Sorry, but stomach flu just isn’t conducive to beauty writing. This will be brief!

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/scary-skinny http://www.xojane.com/issues/scary-skinny Issues Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:00:00 -0500 Gabi Rivera-Morales <![CDATA[Is There Anything Worse Than a Judgey Gynecologist?]]>

The first time one of my doctors made eye contact with my crotch, she made a face like she'd just forcibly swallowed down vomit. And she wasn't my only negative gynecologist experience.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/healthy/judgey-gynecologists-are-the-worst-xojaners-share-their-stories http://www.xojane.com/healthy/judgey-gynecologists-are-the-worst-xojaners-share-their-stories Healthy Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:00:00 -0500 Kate Conway