Tag Archives: consent
Basic IPNB Concepts and Terms
Interpersonal Neurobiology Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), also called Relational Neuroscience, is an interdisciplinary framework for understanding how our brains, bodies, relationships, and environments influence human development and well-being. IPNB looks at people in context. We develop through relationships, and our capacity … Continue reading →
Gynecology’s Outrageously Dirty Secret: Medicalized Female Genital Mutilation
Modern gynecology grew from violent roots. J. Marion Sims, celebrated by some as the “father of gynecology,” performed repeated surgeries on enslaved Black women in the 1840s without anesthesia or consent. He justified it by falsely claiming they didn’t feel … Continue reading →
Why So Many People Can’t Believe and Support Trauma Survivors
Recently, I encountered significant opposition after I posted about the sexual assault I experienced by a member of the US Coast Guard (USCG). The event felt like a set-up, and it seemed like a pattern. But the USCG declined accountability. … Continue reading →
The Distribution of Predators in Healthcare
Six years ago today, I became a victim of medicalized sexual violence at the hands of a gynecologist who used his position of power to assault me while I was unconscious, removing healthy tissue without my consent. I reported his … Continue reading →