Gynecologists say the darndest things [The More You Know]

Oh gynecologists– they’re so wacky. When a woman has to undergo the humbling and possibly humiliating examination of her girl parts, often gynos will try to break the tension with a joke, a funny story and sometimes they’re just plain rude. From UFIAs to complimenting one’s cervix to being lectured about the care and feeding of a vagina, the visit to a gyno can be a wacky, wacky experience indeed. Or so I’ve heard. Radar has collected some of these antics, which you can read here and we’ve got a sample below.

When I was in high school, I knew a guy whose dad was a gynecologist. And while me and my friends could agree that poontang was indeed the best invention ever, we also agreed that being a straight male gynecologist was probably a pretty crappy job. I mean, your job is to look at vaginas all day and when you get home, if your wife is in the mood and trying to get you to the bedroom, I imagine it would be like someone trying to feed you ice cream when all you do all day is eat ice cream. “Not now honey, I just wanna watch wrestling”

“I got ‘fitted’ for a diaphragm once and it was pretty weird. The assistant had me practice putting it in and taking it out … in front of her. She told me to fold it like a dumpling (which it did look like). It was ridiculously embarrassing.”
Lisa, 31, New York

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“A friend of mine went to our college’s health center to get a Pap smear. Her first Pap smear, as I recall. When she came back from her appointment, a few of us were milling about the dorm and, being obnoxious, asked her, ‘How’d it go?’

“She said, ‘Oh, it was fine. But the anal pap smear* part was a little weird.’

“At this point all of us just stared at her in disbelief because a) we’d never heard of an ‘anal pap smear,’ and b) the nonchalant way she brought it up indicated it was presented to her as ‘just another part’ of the lady visit.

“She said after the traditional exam was done, the (male) doc just asked her to flip over so he could proceed with the ‘anal pap.’ Needless to say, we found this all hilarious. She found it vaguely disturbing. The word ‘violated’ may have been thrown around. She did not go back to that doctor and, to this day (to my knowledge), she has not received another ‘anal pap smear.’ But really, how is that even a worthwhile prank for someone?”
Pauline, 26, New York