27th May 2010 / Comments (6)
Unclean! Unclean!
Woman's Realm: 7th October 1967
There's nothing wrong with the main article here, but a couple of the questions here throw up some real facepalm moments. Firstly, there's the woman who not only thinks cancer is an infectious disease, but also hasn't bothered to ask her OWN MOTHER what's wrong with her, and then there's the poor girl who's convinced that she's miraculously got VD without any sexual contact.
Yes, this is now over 40 years old, but that first woman was from my mother's generation, which I think shows how much progress we've made as a society where the Big C is concerned. As for the confused girl: well, I'm not so sure. There's enough people out there who'd rather keep teenagers in that state of ignorance, sadly, and then blame them when they don't cope with the complex and sometimes dangerous world of adult sexuality.
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Is that Dr Philip Lawson at the top there?
Heh! Maybe it's Dr. Phil relaxing at the weekend :)
Tut, everyone knows you can get VD off of toilet seats and you never tell anyone what you're going to hospital for, especially if it's c**cer.
Not to be boring and unfunny, but post-intercourse bleeding can be a symptom of gynaecological cancers. Dr Phil knowns his onions.
I wasn't questioning the advice of Dr Phil! Every response here is perfectly sensible: it's the people asking some of the questions here that I'm commenting on.
Interesting answer to the second "Your Questions Answered". He's somewhat non-descript in his answer - maybe that a woman having intercourse for no good reason is what needs to be treated?
By Bagpuss
May 27, 2010 @ 8:44 am / #
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