Eh. I’ve never dated anyone who flat out said ‘I think you’re hot’ or ‘I like your body’. In fact, I’ve had two men get up and actually leave when they saw me naked for the first time, so I don’t have the greatest track record here. Not everyone will find a partner who finds them physically attractive, and even my…

I couldn’t do it. It would be soul crushing.

I found the quotes about her initiating sex and THANKING him for it to be crushing. I am not sure my ego would be able to take that

Definitely not. That’s something that honestly I don’t know if our relationship could survive.

Graham Norton is the best!! I met this lady once who was a bartender in London and said he would throw his annual party for his employees as a thank you and that he is a very genuine and nice guy. He would always make sure the the bartenders at the bar were doing good. I LOVE him, personally I think his show was way…

The one I used to go to before having real insurance was located next to three military recruiters. They NEVER had protestors. I didn’t even mind the 45 minute drive to get there, because it was much more pleasant.

Sometimes. I live in the rural south and gynecological care was done away with at the county health center. You can still drive 30 miles to the free clinic, but that isn’t always easy for people on the edge.

Planned Parenthood was the only place I got decent gynecological care as a teenager/young adult in the late 1980s-early 1990s. I hate that people are afraid to go there now because of stupid political opposition not based on fact.

It’s awesome that you do that. I have wanted to be a PP escort for awhile, but I do not have the right personality. I would lose my temper, and the last thing anyone needs is me escalating things.

I had an elderly gentleman harrass me when I was going to Planned Parenthood for affordable birth control. He called at me, “Miss! Miss! Don’t get an abortion!” I was so furious that this man was randomly saying this to people who needed care, so even though I (obviously) wasn’t pregnant, I turned back to the man and…

You should leave without your child but with a really smug look, like you’re so proud of your billionth trimester abortion (not sure how old your child is)

I’m a rebellious sort, so I often go to PP with my kid. When the protestors say stuff, I say “you’re criticizing this child’s mother in front of him. For Shame!” and also “I’m here for routine medical care, which is 97% of what PP does, so go sit in your lawn chair.”

“Gals.”

I’m sorry the NP didn’t think to look at your epis. I’m a midwife. I look at the delivery note on all my pp visits to see if they had a laceration or epis and I inspect it thouroughly. (Also, I ask the pt about it) I’ve sent pts back to the ED to get further work done if it looks like it’s not healing properly.

It’s strange, it’s never even occurred to me to be embarassed about visits to a gyno, or doctor for similar issues - even when I was young. Maybe it’s because I’m just not easily embarassed in general (ha!) but I think it might also be because I come from a family of dr’s, midwives and GUM nurses - they’re doing a…

Honestly, I can really only afford gyno care at Planned Parenthood, and I’m afraid to go there because the protesters outside harrass me. They don’t understand.

For me, it was a two part thing. 1.) It took a very long time to get rid of the deeply ingrained “vaginas are dirty” idea that was part of my culture growing up. When being told to cover everything up forever, except for when with my husband, it was hard to voluntarily uncover for someone with whom I was not intimate.…

My mother avoided the doctor to the point where she was “bleeding for four years straight” before she saw someone. Years.

Any time I go to an OB/GYN, it seems like doctors are less and less likely to do an actual exam. Apparently I only need a pap smear once every three years (waaay different than the once a year recommendation I got at 18), and at my postpartum visit, the nurse practitioner didn’t even look at how my episiotomy was…

WOMEN: if you are having an ouchy in your no-no parts, please go see a “down there” doctor about your you-know-what. Your lady business is a serious matter and hoo-hah health is essential to the very survival of our species.