Comments on: Book review: The Body Scoop for Girls http://karenrayne.com/2010/01/20/book-review-the-body-scoop-for-girls/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:20:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: The Body Scoop for Girls & Book Giveaway http://karenrayne.com/2010/01/20/book-review-the-body-scoop-for-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-5323 The Body Scoop for Girls & Book Giveaway Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:44:11 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=779#comment-5323 [...] I agree that advocating dishonesty in a relationship doesn’t feel right. I appreciated the perspective Dr. Karen Rayne shared on her blog: Dr. Ashton is saying it’s okay (1) for girls to lie to their sex partners about their sexual and [...] [...] I agree that advocating dishonesty in a relationship doesn’t feel right. I appreciated the perspective Dr. Karen Rayne shared on her blog: Dr. Ashton is saying it’s okay (1) for girls to lie to their sex partners about their sexual and [...]

]]> By: femmes http://karenrayne.com/2010/01/20/book-review-the-body-scoop-for-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-5313 femmes Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:27:06 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=779#comment-5313 Alice (and Ruth) I disagree. Plenty of couples choose not to use condoms. It's a valid choice. It's completely unrealistic to expect everyone to use condoms. I understand wanting teenagers to use condoms for STI prevention, and I certainly think that women shouldn't be bullied into condomless sex by male partners, but COUPLES can make the informed choice to have sex without condoms. Hormonal birth control is designed to be effective against pregnancy all on its own. Anyway, ugh, I looked at Body Scoop for Girls for a bit and hated it as well. <i>seeing a gynecologist regularly - complete with stirrups, speculum, and regular pelvic exams.”</i> Well, I wonder what she would say about people in the UK, for example, who pretty much NEVER get pelvic exams (it's not a normal part of healthcare there) and don't routinely see gynecologists? (They get pap tests, done by nurses or GPs, no gynecologists, and that's it: no pelvic exams.) Are they not adults? I find it really sickening that a gynecologist is framing GYN care as a punishment for sex, too. Alice (and Ruth) I disagree. Plenty of couples choose not to use condoms. It’s a valid choice. It’s completely unrealistic to expect everyone to use condoms. I understand wanting teenagers to use condoms for STI prevention, and I certainly think that women shouldn’t be bullied into condomless sex by male partners, but COUPLES can make the informed choice to have sex without condoms. Hormonal birth control is designed to be effective against pregnancy all on its own.

Anyway, ugh, I looked at Body Scoop for Girls for a bit and hated it as well.

seeing a gynecologist regularly - complete with stirrups, speculum, and regular pelvic exams.”

Well, I wonder what she would say about people in the UK, for example, who pretty much NEVER get pelvic exams (it’s not a normal part of healthcare there) and don’t routinely see gynecologists? (They get pap tests, done by nurses or GPs, no gynecologists, and that’s it: no pelvic exams.) Are they not adults?

I find it really sickening that a gynecologist is framing GYN care as a punishment for sex, too.

]]> By: Ruth Rinehart http://karenrayne.com/2010/01/20/book-review-the-body-scoop-for-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-5312 Ruth Rinehart Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:46:44 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=779#comment-5312 perfect quote, Alice! perfect quote, Alice!

]]> By: Alice http://karenrayne.com/2010/01/20/book-review-the-body-scoop-for-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-5311 Alice Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:28:28 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=779#comment-5311 I still think Inga Muscio said it best. "Men who refuse to use condoms do not deserve to be fucked by anyone but other men who refuse to use condoms." I still think Inga Muscio said it best. “Men who refuse to use condoms do not deserve to be fucked by anyone but other men who refuse to use condoms.”

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