The disconnect between patient and doctor is pushed my medical schools in order to assure scientific nature of their work, however the reality is no matter the mindset of the doctor, they are still dealing with living breathing human beings. If this happened in any other circumstances, the person would be charged with a sexual assault. The purpose of rape is not sexual gratification, rather it is to display power with impunity and by examining women without their consent, the medical establishment is asserting authority over women. It cannot be reasonably argued that this is not rape. I can say without doubt that if this were to happen to me without my consent I would feel violated.
Should psychiatric hospital patients be permitted to have sex?
An interesting ethical debate. At what point does mental illness represent an inability to provide informed consent? How do you balance attempting to prevent unconsentual sexual activity/abuse, with the natural right of adults to have sexual relationships, as someone with a supervisory position? what are the ethics of making these decisions for other people?
I presume that I may be overthinking this Plain Dealer article.
anthropophagous
Archive Audio Images RSS FeedThis is just a collection of things I think are neat.
A general overview of 'things I think are neat':abandonment/the post-industrial midwest, anarchism (syndicalism, insurrectionalism, etc), race/ethnicity (esp. defining/constructing the boundaries of whiteness), gender, class (talking/thinking about class generally seems to be an underrated activity), health care (access to, the experience of obtaining, etc), art, science fiction, punk music, conservative talk radio and anthropology (which probably incorporates almost everything else about people).
