A student would place a condom over the probe and then apply generous
amounts of lubrication to the probe. In some cases, the student would have to sexually
“stimulate” Plaintiffs in order to facilitate inserting the probe into Plaintiffs’ vaginas.
WTFTWFTWTFWTFWTFWTFWTF
Condom? Sexual stimulation? This is NOT a medical transvaginal ultrasound. I’ve had one.
Ludicrous! Outrageous! and indefensible!
See: modern American politics and journalism
Oddly enough, they considered doing digital prostate exams on the male students in front of an audience but they decided that would be undignified.
Given that of course this indignity can by definition, only be visited upon female students, it is obviously discriminatory…in addition to being a horrible thing to pressure students into doing even if there wasn’t a built-in discriminatory aspect to it. Whoever came up with this ridiculous policy, and whoever enforced it, should immediately be fired, stripped of whatever medical licenses and teaching credentials they might have, and if possible, brought up on criminal charges.
See also: American justice system.
Why would anyone consent to do this? I’m trying to understand why the first request of the first female student to participate in this wasn’t met with a loud “HELL NO!” No school should require this but what’s so special about a community college that anyone would go through this just to maintain their status there?
I know it has to do with the power differential, but I can’t imagine agreeing to this.
Ewwwww
Good thing there’s already laws against this kind of thing.
Disagree slightly here. Yeah it’s discriminatory, but it’s not illegal discrimination. To be precise, it’s not the discrimination that’s illegal. Presumably they do need to demonstrate this procedure to students. If they’d hired truly voluntary outside subjects, and not subjected them to humiliation, abuse, and outright assault that seems to have occurred, I think it might be legal. Even though all subjects would still be female. (Just as all subjects for prostate exams would have to be male.)
Keep telling yourself that.
It’s not like your “style” has gone unnoticed previously, It’s clear that you find yourself highly amusing.
Sounds like a proxy rape disguised as legitimate medical or training procedure.
I agree with Jafafa Hotts. I know that humor is your thing Eustace, but that is pretty insensitive.
No doubt in my mind that there are many other women who have been assaulted in the same fashion. How many litigants do you need for a class action suit?
I’d be insisting on it - “If I have to submit to an ultrasound, I’ll be doing your digital prostate exam at the same time. Deal?”