From At Your Cervix’s website:
“The documentary, At Your Cervix, enters U.S. medical and nursing schools and breaks the silence around the unethical ways in which medical and nursing students learn to perform pelvic exams. These practices—which include nursing students being required to perform exams on each other in front of faculty and medical students “practicing” on unconscious, unconsenting patients—lead directly to the reality that most women find pelvic exams to be humiliating and painful. The existence of these egregious practices are challenged in the film by highlighting an ethical and more effective way of teaching the pelvic exam that has existed for nearly 30 years: the work of the Gynecological Teaching Associates (GTA) of New York City, in which the “patient” herself is the teacher.”

“At Your Cervix aims to improve how pelvic exams are taught and the care women receive. The film raises the expectations women should have of their healthcare providers and hopes to create a culture where pelvic exams are pain-free. The woman, the provider, the patient, and the cervix itself tell the story, a story that will dramatically affect the quality of these oft-dreaded exams, a story that will transform breast and pelvic exams into opportunities women actually welcome to discover more about their bodies, and about their sexual and reproductive selves.”

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This sounds like a fascinating film. They’re currently in the editing and distribution phase of movie making. Their fundraising campaign can be found here.

I learned about this upcoming movie via Bust Magazine. If you don’t know about Bust I highly recommend them!

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