Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam
| dc.contributor.author | Kline, Wendy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-20T19:42:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-20T19:42:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-02-20 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Presentation slides for lecture delivered by Wendy Kline, PhD (Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine and Director of Medical Humanities Program, Purdue University) on February 20, 2024. Ever since the introduction of the pelvic exam as a gynecological procedure in the late nineteenth century, consumers and doctors have struggled to define the boundaries between preventive health and sexual impropriety. This talk suggests that the pelvic exam is more than just a medical procedure; it is a window into a deeper, more meaningful set of questions about gender, medicine, and power. From gynecological research on enslaved women’s bodies to practice on anesthetized patients, the pelvic exam as we know it today carries the burden of its history. By looking through that window, we can begin to understand why the pelvic exam remains both mysterious and contentious. Presentation recording available online: https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/m80h83t87d | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This event was sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/38565 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | History of Medicine | |
| dc.subject | Obstetrics | |
| dc.subject | Gynecology | |
| dc.subject | Gynecological Examination | |
| dc.subject | Pelvic Examination | |
| dc.subject | Women's Health | |
| dc.title | Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam | |
| dc.type | Presentation |