“For medical students, performing unauthorized exams can leave a sense of discomfort that fades with time. But for the patients, the scars can run deeper, sometimes rupturing their sense of trust in health care providers. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Phoebe Friesen, a biomedical ethicist at McGill University, drew attention to the issue in 2018 with articles in Bioethics<\/a> and Slate<\/a>, which elicited stories from other women with the hashtag #MeTooPelvic. Dr. Friesen learned about the subject while leading a bioethics seminar at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where she heard a narrative from some students that amounted to, \u201cI can put my hand in this woman\u2019s vagina because it helps with my training.\u201d . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n READ MORE of this article by Emma Goldberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n