My wife went in to have her IUD replaced a few years ago and the then-new doctor asked her, confusingly, why she needed one as she had her tubes tied.
Which came as a surprise to her.
As it turns out, after her second child from her first marriage, her then-husband instructed her doctor at the time to have her tubes tied when she was recovering from delivery. Not that she wanted any more kids with him, because he’s thoroughly unpleasant, but holy smokes that there’s doctors who seem to believe in the “wimmin are the husband’s property!” is horrifying.
Here’s the flipside of this kind of story.
My wife went in to have her IUD replaced a few years ago and the then-new doctor asked her, confusingly, why she needed one as she had her tubes tied.
Which came as a surprise to her.
As it turns out, after her second child from her first marriage, her then-husband instructed her doctor at the time to have her tubes tied when she was recovering from delivery. Not that she wanted any more kids with him, because he’s thoroughly unpleasant, but holy smokes that there’s doctors who seem to believe in the “wimmin are the husband’s property!” is horrifying.
Reminds me of the husband stitch, usually also done without the consent or knowledge of the person actually getting the fucking surgery.