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The 'Husband Stitch' Leaves Women in Pain and Without Answers [2018] (www.vice.com)
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[–] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (1 child)

“Hey, ma’am, sorry to say, but I fucked up big time and I stitched up your vagina a bit too far. I’m terribly sorry, I can either fix it right now or, if any complications arise, please come see me again and we’ll have it fixed.” No issue. Mistakes happen.

Doctors don't admit mistakes like that.

Most husband stitches are done intentionally.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Then it's a crime and will be pursued as such.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Possibly because the “husband stitch” isn’t officially defined medically, there are no clinical studies of it. Searches on PubMed and ScienceDirect (two large research databases) yield just one paper, which investigates Brazil’s high episiotomy rate (94 percent in 2004). Doctors interviewed by the research team openly refer to the use of the “ponto do marido”—husband stitch—as “intended to make the vaginal opening even tighter after delivery.”

    Just one paragraph from the article that blows that suggestion right out of the water.

    This isn't women not reporting to the right authorities causing the issues. It's systemic misogyny.

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