Anaesthetist sexually assaulted women during their c-sections

You’re correct that women aren’t safe anywhere. I actually think it’s so important for women, especially young woman, to be made aware of that. I was reading a sad article today on bbc about how lots of women had been sexually assaulted in their own homes by male ‘massage therapists’. Not victim blaming but I wish someone had taught those women never ever ever to invite a strange man home and be alone with him, it’s so sad that society lied to them about the need to stay safe. Like that woman who was murdered the other day walking home alone at night because she believed women should be able to walk home at night. Women will never be safe walking alone at night until all men have a frickin curfew and electronic tags!

Pretending women are safe alone with strange men just creates opportunities for perverts and increases the already huge number of sexual assault victims.

So depressing, but true.

But obviously we have to remember that "There is no evidence that predatory and abusive men have ever had to pretend to be anything else to carry out abusive and predatory behaviour."

I feel slightly sick that the staff knew what was happening and wanted to record it, so just put forward yet another woman as bait. I bet she wasn’t asked or warned, just offered up as a useful prop.

This is why women and their families must be allowed to insist on female caregivers for themselves and for their loved ones.

Non consenting vaginal examination does not happen in the UK. All the medical students in my teaching hospital have to obtain informed consent from each patient on the ward prior to going to theatre, and their right to refuse is made plain. This was instituted UK wide after it became public knowledge that unconscious women were being used to train students without consent, back in the 1980s.
I’m not defending the old practice, but it was never intended as abuse of women. Quite the contrary, it was believed that it would spare conscious women the discomfort and embarrassment of having potentially clumsy students fumbling about with their first attempts at a PV. Once they had learned the correct technique in theatre, they could be trusted to be gentle and skilful when working with conscious patients. I agree entirely that this was paternalistic and unacceptable, and the women should have been asked.
I suspect my colleagues at the time thought the women would just prefer not to know, and their operation was going to involve vaginal access anyway - eg D and C, vaginal hysterectomy, polypectomy.

Wtf why are women treated like this. Everywhere?!

My rather horrifying conclusion is that it's because women are not seen as fully human in the same way men are.

I do think it is slowly changing for the better in medicine though, especially in countries where more women are entering the medical professions.

Another American link but I wonder whether the dehumanisation and commodification of women through practices like non-consensual pelvic exams on unconscious patients is a contributing factor? Many countries seem to be actively teaching medical students that it's ok to use a woman's body without her consent.

I’ve just scrolled down to the BBC post. This is sickening.

A horrifying story, and a very sobering post.

Apparently doctors raping and assaulting sedated women is more common than realised

Those are just the ones who get caught. Presumably those who go to greater lengths to conceal their assaults get away with it.

Shows his power in that he's a repeat offender and it took the nurses setting up a hidden camera to out him - they knew he was doing something wrong but dare not challenge him.

I can't even get my head around how someone could do that with other people right there. He must have got off on the danger.

I'm brazilian and am shocked at was has happened. All women having either a vaginal birth or a c-section have a right to have someone of their chosing at the teathre. From what I've read and saw on the news the anaesthetic asked her partner to step ou of the teathre and he did. The nurse staff (they were all women) found it odd that he heavily sedated the woman and hid a camera in order to capture anything wrong. And the camera caught it all. He ejaculated in her mouth and did it all with other people in the room hiding behind the sheet next to women's head.

Other victimns are now going to the police and it turns out he is a serial abuser. His social media is filled with religious sayings and he posted that "you are all going to hear about me" in one of his many vain posts.

These things don't surprise me any more.

Beyond words, just sickening.

I've just read the description of what he did on Twitter, horrendous - it's really knocked me sick. Struggling to find words, just depraved - women aren't safe anywhere, even in a crowded theatre. Sick fuck needs putting down!

Apparently he put his p in her mouth, he was screened by the sheet at her mid section. As the anaesthetist he was standing by her head ostensibly monitoring her.

What shocks me is the hospital knew this was going on, they just had no evidence. So they moved this birth to a theatre where they would be able to record, and catch him in the act.

They basically set this up and allowed this to happen to this woman. If I was her, I would be suing them for millions.

Why I won't have a GA.

Honestly how awful is this world? What is wrong with some men?

No, women aren’t safe anywhere. An incapacitated woman should never be alone with a man in an institutional setting. Every man, whether doctor, janitor, or administrator, should need an escort to enter the space of an impaired woman. That may mean hiring fewer men, but women’s safety should not be compromised.

OMG that’s really revolting. Gosh, those poor mothers, having this happen, during what should be the most special time of their lives.