It’s more common in the U.S. and other countries where women’s reproductive rights have been eroded/never existed.
There’s a few reasons, and none of them have to do with women’s health. How do I know? I’m a woman in Canada who’s been to the hospital a lot for both pre-existing conditions and unrelated emergencies, I never get asked this question.
First, the comic making light of how women’s problems are dismissed and blamed on hormones, when multiple medical and psychological studies over the last century indicate women are no more emotional than men, and menstruation doesn’t effect mood outside of unusual conditions.
Second, it’s about reproductive rights. How women’s immediate health problems are ignored in favor of protecting an unborn child they may or may not want. It’s further infantilizing because doctors ask about the last period, which indicates nothing, instead of just asking about pregnancy.
There’s a few reasons, and none of them have to do with women’s health. How do I know? I’m a woman in Canada who’s been to the hospital a lot for both pre-existing conditions and unrelated emergencies, I never get asked this question.
I go to most of wife’s appointments, it’s one of the first questions she’s asked at every appointment. This is in Canada as well. Treatments and diagnosis change if you’re pregnant or not. It’s a standard question that’s asked and would be asked to start the proper triage. And things can change from the last appt 3 months ago, so they need to know asap if prescriptions need to change.
Have you considered this could be the reason she gets asked if she’s pregnant?
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As in, not an emergency. In an emergency the first imperative is to stop the immediate health threats, in this case the gunshot wound. The doctor doesn’t need to know about menstrual health do his ABCs.
Also, as someone with extensive experience with Canadian healthcare, and I’ve held certifications up to OFA 3 (not a big deal, but it did qualify me to intubate, immobilize, take a health record, etc.) I’ve been to emergency rooms in four different provinces and I’ve been on enough different meds to fill a small pharmacy.
At most I get asked if I could be pregnant, but that comes after my immediate conditions have been managed and we start discussing meds.
I think either your wife has a shitty doctor, the doctor actually asks if she’s pregnant and you’re deliberately misquoting to support your argument, or she’s seeing her regular doctor for a checkup - where menstrual health is a reasonable thing to ask about and/or has a related medical condition regarding her period.
And completely missing the point of the comic, which is about how the immediate health issue is being dismissed for the reasons I already stated.
It’s more common in the U.S. and other countries where women’s reproductive rights have been eroded/never existed.
There’s a few reasons, and none of them have to do with women’s health. How do I know? I’m a woman in Canada who’s been to the hospital a lot for both pre-existing conditions and unrelated emergencies, I never get asked this question.
First, the comic making light of how women’s problems are dismissed and blamed on hormones, when multiple medical and psychological studies over the last century indicate women are no more emotional than men, and menstruation doesn’t effect mood outside of unusual conditions.
Second, it’s about reproductive rights. How women’s immediate health problems are ignored in favor of protecting an unborn child they may or may not want. It’s further infantilizing because doctors ask about the last period, which indicates nothing, instead of just asking about pregnancy.
I go to most of wife’s appointments, it’s one of the first questions she’s asked at every appointment. This is in Canada as well. Treatments and diagnosis change if you’re pregnant or not. It’s a standard question that’s asked and would be asked to start the proper triage. And things can change from the last appt 3 months ago, so they need to know asap if prescriptions need to change.
Have you considered this could be the reason she gets asked if she’s pregnant?
As in, not an emergency. In an emergency the first imperative is to stop the immediate health threats, in this case the gunshot wound. The doctor doesn’t need to know about menstrual health do his ABCs.
Also, as someone with extensive experience with Canadian healthcare, and I’ve held certifications up to OFA 3 (not a big deal, but it did qualify me to intubate, immobilize, take a health record, etc.) I’ve been to emergency rooms in four different provinces and I’ve been on enough different meds to fill a small pharmacy. At most I get asked if I could be pregnant, but that comes after my immediate conditions have been managed and we start discussing meds.
I think either your wife has a shitty doctor, the doctor actually asks if she’s pregnant and you’re deliberately misquoting to support your argument, or she’s seeing her regular doctor for a checkup - where menstrual health is a reasonable thing to ask about and/or has a related medical condition regarding her period.
And completely missing the point of the comic, which is about how the immediate health issue is being dismissed for the reasons I already stated.