Tag Archives: urogynecologist

Gynecology’s Outrageously Dirty Secret:  Medicalized Female Genital Mutilation

Posted on July 22, 2026 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

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 →

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ChristianaCare Didn’t Care: How a Hospital Harmed Me Over and Over and the State of Delaware Condoned It

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

When I entered a ChristianaCare facility seven years ago today, I asked for help with severe Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the particularly persistent kind of PTSD that results from chronic abuse and neglect, particularly during development. I had no idea … Continue reading →

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The Distribution of Predators in Healthcare

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

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 →

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