[HN Gopher] The Husband Stitch Isn't Just a Horrifying Childbirt...
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       The Husband Stitch Isn't Just a Horrifying Childbirth Myth
        
       Author : PuppyTailWags
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-10-20 21:02 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | drekipus wrote:
       | If we're going to say that this is a thing that happens then I'd
       | want to see some statistics, probably segmented by year /
       | cultures.
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       | My wife got stitched up after childbirth too tightly due to an
       | inexperienced FEMALE doctor. We were both conscious, both
       | present, my wife was lucid (and exhausted).
       | 
       | Now all sex is painful and there hasn't been actual penetration
       | for 7 months since the little one was born.
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       | No one from our caucasian circles have even heard about it.
       | 
       | > "The fact that there is even a practice called the husband
       | stitch is a perfect example of the intersection of the
       | objectification of women's bodies and healthcare"
       | 
       | There is no practise. The term was made up by a woman in the
       | original "expose".
       | 
       | Is there crooked doctors and dumb husbands? Sure. But it's not
       | some world wide conspiracy against women.
        
         | scarmig wrote:
         | "husband stitch" ngrams:
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         | https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=husband+stitch...
         | 
         | Appears that its use really took off with the story, but was
         | something known and at least sometimes practiced before then.
        
         | ZeroGravitas wrote:
         | > But it's not some world wide conspiracy against women.
         | 
         | Your first sentence indicates that you (correctly) think there
         | _is_ a world-wide conspiracy against women, it 's just not as
         | prevelant in some locations and recent history.
         | 
         | I'm amazed (and strangely optimistic) about the fact that
         | people could assume this is a myth. Optimistic in that it
         | suggests that they've grown up in a better world, just as
         | people would be amazed if you told them when it became legal to
         | marry outside your race, or illegal to be denied bank account
         | based on being a woman, etc. I'd prefer they were both appalled
         | and informed, but if we're only going to get one then appalled
         | is better.
        
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