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[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@theworstkirst @HormoneHangover 🤣

IT'S FRENCH!

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@hell_line0 Agreed, yes ...

But it isn't *just* about that part of the cycle - the Luteal Phase is a wrecker of athletic performance in itself.

Not really rigorously studied or talked about (let alone wrt athletic performance)

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@muhummzy @ThePureDrop @CyborgPeds @Vidor1 Why does a doctor need to know whether a female patient is "trustworhy" specifically by using this "you think you could be pregnant?" gotcha?

Why does that make her especially untrustworthy? Does she need to be trustworthy?

What's the equivalent for males, specifically?

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@guy_withdumbhat @confirmedterfs @memeticsisyphus That's a *hilarious* comment considering black women - by males, male physicians - were assumed not to feel pain and therefore didn't need pain relief for medical procedures.

Women still get told their pain experience level is "incorrect" or inconsequential. Today.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@RadRadDoc @queerBengali Firstly, that test takes about 5 minutes.

I've had it tick in in my portal before walking back to the exam room.

Secondly; all of a sudden the whole "don't trust the patient" business evaporated from your argument and scenario 😂

And again; unrelated scenario to the issue

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@RadRadDoc @queerBengali ... your scenario is not the type of scenario women in general are talking about the question "is there a chance you could be pregnant" within the medical establishment.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@RadRadDoc @queerBengali This patient in your scenario either went to their PCP or emergency services with abdominal pain.

In that scenario they'd get a pregnancy test either way.

So the question is still moot.

And in any case;

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@CyborgPeds @furnaceop42 This hardly serves as an explanation to the poster.

Ok... so part of the job is to ask questions. Those questions should be medically pertinent.

There's a lot of talk about MDs not being able to trust patients here - patients also have to trust the MD

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@type1typea @queerBengali Sure is.

And inevitably it turns out (from the comments) that men think "morality testing" women within the medical establishment - specifically and selectively - is somehow not a misogynistic holdover practice.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@ZaaMulan @HPluckrose Procedures get reset all the time due to leftover discriminatory practices from a (hopefully) bygone era.

They cover their a$$es legally by testing in any case, right?

Take out the question; it has no medical function.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@ZaaMulan @HPluckrose Who's asking?

Your PCP/reproductive specialist with whom you would want to touch base with this on?

Or; or a technician at satellite Healthcare center where you're getting your knee xray done?

Just because it's "routine" doesn't mean it can't be moot or misplaced

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@type1typea @CyborgPeds Exactly.

And if the morality test is so very pivotal for medical reasons; how is this tested in the male patients?

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@RadRadDoc @queerBengali What are they checking by asking?

Because the test, which they'll do in any case, will tell medical personnel the answer anyway.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@type1typea @queerBengali No...

They obviously still test.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@queerBengali @type1typea Yeah... that would make sense if it works like that. But it doesn't.

They test anyway.

So the question still stands; why ask the question at all. Just test if it's needed.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@CyborgPeds @Inki_FairyTales @Papote_T ...certainly you can sign to legally acknowledge the veracity of your answers for medical tests or prescribed pharmaceuticals in US like anywhere else.

Some kinds you can't, some you can.

Whether it's (absolutely) legally effective is a different issue.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@encoDEAD_ @CyborgPeds Most of those women are just making the point that there's zero reason to ask.

The question is the antequated and unnessary part... not the testing.

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@muhummzy @ThePureDrop @CyborgPeds @Vidor1 If it's only a pivotal parameter to ascertain within the female patient group - you need an additional explanation why that is.

Or it's simply discrimination (or leftover sexism, albeit it grandfathered into the system)

[Izzy L @izzytrainer]

@muhummzy @ThePureDrop @CyborgPeds @Vidor1 Trustworthy for what?

If that's something really pivotal to ascertain; whether a patient is smart enough to know how pregnancy happens or if the patient is out to deceive you - then it's a pivotal parameters across the target population.

So what's the test for males for this?