@MxVerda
Oh my God, that is incredibly violating. How fucking dare that person make a decision about her body? This is one of those types of things that I suspect happen much more than people realize. Even if you're not famous, you may not want to make something so intimate public.

Men who think they can decide what someone else's body should be like are a scourge.

@artemis @MxVerda I know at least a half a dozen women who experienced this after giving birth. Some doctors felt it was required after an episiotomy and that an episiotomy was always required for vaginal childbirth.

@MxVerda @artemis fortunately I had an amazing midwife for both births, but in the 80s midwives with hospital privileges were few and far between.