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Roxy MeanFem@roxy_witch_ · Oct 7, 2026

Thinking about the time I went to the ER with stomach pain (appendicitis). The male nurse wanted a urine sample to…

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A person shares two experiences of medical misogyny: a male nurse failing to understand how to collect a urine sample during menstruation, and the assumption that all women of childbearing age need pregnancy tests regardless of circumstance.

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    Thinking about the time I went to the ER with stomach pain (appendicitis). The male nurse wanted a urine sample to check for blood and I told him I was on my period, wearing a pad. He says that's okay and hands me a little wet wipe lmao. So I do the sample and bring it back 🧵

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    to the room and a female nurse came to collect it. I explained the situation to her, and she looked at the sample and ROARED with laughter. She was like, yeah they don't really get it and we're definitely not gonna be able to tell anything from that sample lol

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    Little side note of medical misogyny: I haven't had to do a pregnancy test in a hospital since my husband's vasectomy. Weird how him being fixed means I'm not pregnant, but a lesbian still needs to be tested