What surprised me about the video Period. End of Sentence. was how taboo periods are for India. They laugh or giggle when speaking about their menstruation. I also find it shocking what women have to use for replacement of a pad which is just sad and honestly something no women should experience. Every women should have access to sanitary feminine products. I also found it shocking the rules that men\/elderly places on periods and the lack of privacy they have when changing or talking about this topic. The fact women aren’t allowed in the temples because being on their period means they are dirty angers me because periods should not be seen as something dirty or taboo but should be seen as something beautiful because of its role in our beautiful bodies. Also , just the fact they didn’t know to use a pad actually shocked me. For the next readings ” A Birth Story ” & ” 12 Reasons It Should Be Illegal for Doctors Not to Treat Trans People ” , I wasn’t really shocked because medical malpractice and medical discrimination happens so often that its just sad that the government and news don’t talk about it enough. It’s depressing that it kind of just became something you get used too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The similarities I found in the film and the texts were how Women are conditioned to try to be okay with things that are messed up in the system. In the film it is how women should be okay with not having sanitary pads available to them. How they should be ok with men not giving them privacy or be ok with getting rules placed on them. In the texts it feels like you’re kind of just forced to be ok with things. ” A Birth Story ” the doctors and nurses ignored her many times making her feel dismissed and disrespected. While in the other text , yeah you can send these letters but theirs still a chance of “what if they don’t listen?”. So it just feels like you’re hopeless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The provided texts and films of this week provided me a deeper understanding of how medical oppression can affect everyone. You can be in the face of death but some people will think you’re exaggerating or because you are a specific skin color you can handle more pain. I feel like medical oppression can also go beyond gender and colors but even just things like weight. I had mentioned a few weeks back about how I face medical oppression all the time because of my weight. I am a plus size woman. Many times i’ve needed to get lab done , many nurses find my veins very quickly but other nurses have blamed me for them hurting my veins when doing lab ; all nurses telling me how “lose weight and no one would have to hurt you”. Even having doctors that ask for labs to be ran on me THREE times “just to make sure” when they get the results and see i’m perfectly healthy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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