Re: Surgery on Clitoris as child
From: clare (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:28:50 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Merle:
I think I speak for a lot of the women who read your post when I say I
really feel for you or anyone who has suffered trama and pain as a
child.
At Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Merle wrote:
>
>I am a 51 yr. old woman with 3 kids. I am presently dealing with
>sexual abuse trauma from my childhood. One episode stands out. When I
>was 4 years old, my mother took me and my 10 year old sister to an
>OB/GYN for the same surgery. My sister was constantly masturbating
>which concerned my mother. The Dr. cut the skin that surrounds the
>clitoris to reveal lumps of smegma that were caught there which were
>"bothering" my sister. They did the same thing to me to prevent the
>problem with me. We had to rub ourselves with vasoline for weeks until
>the cut skin healed. This was very traumatic and painful. I cannot
>find any reference in any GYN book to this kind of procedure. This
>happened in 1954. Was this a normal procedure or was it an abnormal one
>that my mother thought was necessary? Where can I find more information
>about this kind of treatment?
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csheedy
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