If the urethral swab procedure requires so little then yeah, no reason it shouldn't be offered. Thanks for the information.
I still think if a woman's clinic is going to treat transwomen they should be trained in the risk factors enough to suggest screenings/discuss what and why in a supportive way. Just like they should be trained in the risk factors to suggest/discuss the need for for colon cancer screening for all women -especially over a certain age - even if the service is not offered there. Such information is also lacking in many places.
And throat culture testing should be routinely included too.
I question the quality of care an intersex woman is going to get from a place that refers to the as women with DSDs. But then again I routinely question the care that older women, post-menopausal women, and women with conditions like PCOS or endometriosis (if said are ever diagnosed) receive. It seems like care other than to keep the baby making apparatus functioning ( in progressive cases "functioning on pause" and respecting the decision as to when) or to preserve breasts (there are sexist reasons why breast cancer awareness trumps awareness of other cancers in women) is given secondary consideration in the field of "women's health." Even a lot std literature aimed toward women is more aimed at protecting the baby-making apparatus and any potential babies than it is at women's bodies and general well-being, even when the dire "may cause infertility" only affects some women, whereas more general health issues affect all women.
When I say plumbing can make a difference in care received I mean it can. Not that it *should*.
I'm not arguing for exclusion of transwomen. As I said, offering some services is better than offering none. However, offering services without acknowledging that they are incomplete is irresponsible and harmful. Not just for transwomen, but I didn't want to bring up disparity in care among cis-women with plumbing that functions differently because that seemed a bit of a disrail. But perhaps it's not since best care for woman shouldn't be centered so around the idea that a woman is a life support system for a uterus -which it still seems to be even in cases where the woman's decision with what happens with her uterus is respected. Kinda of sad that respecting those decisions is all it takes to be considered "progressive" women's care.
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Re: the ignorant peasant wonders yet further..
Date: 2009-06-25 08:04 pm (UTC)I still think if a woman's clinic is going to treat transwomen they should be trained in the risk factors enough to suggest screenings/discuss what and why in a supportive way. Just like they should be trained in the risk factors to suggest/discuss the need for for colon cancer screening for all women -especially over a certain age - even if the service is not offered there. Such information is also lacking in many places.
And throat culture testing should be routinely included too.
I question the quality of care an intersex woman is going to get from a place that refers to the as women with DSDs. But then again I routinely question the care that older women, post-menopausal women, and women with conditions like PCOS or endometriosis (if said are ever diagnosed) receive. It seems like care other than to keep the baby making apparatus functioning ( in progressive cases "functioning on pause" and respecting the decision as to when) or to preserve breasts (there are sexist reasons why breast cancer awareness trumps awareness of other cancers in women) is given secondary consideration in the field of "women's health." Even a lot std literature aimed toward women is more aimed at protecting the baby-making apparatus and any potential babies than it is at women's bodies and general well-being, even when the dire "may cause infertility" only affects some women, whereas more general health issues affect all women.
When I say plumbing can make a difference in care received I mean it can. Not that it *should*.
I'm not arguing for exclusion of transwomen. As I said, offering some services is better than offering none. However, offering services without acknowledging that they are incomplete is irresponsible and harmful. Not just for transwomen, but I didn't want to bring up disparity in care among cis-women with plumbing that functions differently because that seemed a bit of a disrail. But perhaps it's not since best care for woman shouldn't be centered so around the idea that a woman is a life support system for a uterus -which it still seems to be even in cases where the woman's decision with what happens with her uterus is respected. Kinda of sad that respecting those decisions is all it takes to be considered "progressive" women's care.