There were occasions when I was a teenager when things happened, which had I been sober, would definitely not have happened. I look back now and i think, what were those men thinking, taking home a young girl too pissed to do anything, let alone be a great lay? What is it about drunk, incapable women that these men find attractive? But then again, I think that a lot of peoples comments on this thread demonstrate it isn't about sex at all, it must be about power, because that isn't good sex, if you can't even tell the bloke that you're having a good time, and that you're enjoying it as much as he is, etc. In fact, you can't even tell him your name, how old you are, etc. And this is the problem I think our society needs to address. Why does this happen, why does it seem acceptable for men to be so predatory on a saturday night, picking up incapable women? I just don't understand it.
At one of the places I used to work (family planning clinic), we would routinely ask women if they have ever been (or currently are) a victim of domestic violence or sexual assualt / abuse. The amount of women who would say yes was shocking (much like this thread really). And those were just the women who could tell me about it.
NomdePlume: Obviously I don't know anything about your experience with the Locum GP, but I would say that from what you have said, that does sound like a routine pelvic exam which is ruling out PID. I'm not excusing the way he went about it, or the fact that you weren't offered a chaperone, etc, but from what you described, that is how it is usually performed. I often tell women they can remove their tampon in the room (although i give them a choice and certainly dont watch them doing it). I'm sorry it made you feel so awful, and I'm definitely not defending this GP's manner, etc, but I just wanted to say that I wouldn't have considered his reasoning, and the examination he did as inappropriate (but perhaps the way he went about it etc was not correct) IYSWIM?