1.0The Representation Projecthttps://therepproject.orgThe Representation Projecthttps://therepproject.org/author/the-representation-project/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="A9XTubqZpW"><a href="https://therepproject.org/reinventing-gynecology/">Reinventing Gynecology</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://therepproject.org/reinventing-gynecology/embed/#?secret=A9XTubqZpW" width="600" height="338" title="“Reinventing Gynecology” — The Representation Project" data-secret="A9XTubqZpW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://therepproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/OBGYN.png1280720Ironically, modern gynecology is credited with having a father, not a mother. American physician James Marion Sims “pioneered” the practice of gynecology in the 1840s by running experiments and surgeries on his female slaves, often without anesthesia. Though Sims claimed that the enslaved women were eager for his operations, their circumstances prove otherwise. This is gynecology’s history, and it is drenched with racism and cruelty.