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Behind the Bastards
In 1868, a gynecologist named Charles West, in his book 'Lectures on the Diseases of Women', condemned a surgeon who had removed a 53-year-old woman's clitoris without her consent, highlighting the issue of unnecessary genital mutilation in medicine during the time.
It will, I imagine, scarcely be contended that proceedings which we should reprobate if practiced on the one sex change their character when perpetrated on the other.
— Episode: Part Two: Kellogg: The Great American Cu...
Episode: Part Two: Kellogg: The Great American Cum Doctor
In 1868, a gynecologist named Charles West, in his book 'Lectures on the Diseases of Women', condemned a surgeon who had removed a 53-year-old woman's clitoris without her consent, highlighting the issue of unnecessary genital mutilation in medicine during the time.
It will, I imagine, scarcely be contended that proceedings which we should reprobate if practiced on the one sex change their character when perpetrated on the other.
Episode: Part Two: Kellogg: The Great American Cum Doctor
Published in 1868, a gynecologist condemned the practice of clitoridectomy without a patient's consent, suggesting it would be reprehensible if performed on a man.
It will, I imagine, scarcely be contended that proceedings which we should reprobate if practiced on the one sex change their character when perpetrated on the other.
Episode: Part Two: Kellogg: The Great American Cum Doctor
It was mentioned in the context of a 19th-century gynecologist condemning the practice of clitoridectomy, which Kellogg later continued to advocate for throughout his career.
It will, I imagine, scarcely be contended that proceedings which we should reprobate if practiced on the one sex change their character when perpetrated on the other.