By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer
Content warning: References of sexual activities.
The wrinkling of paper underneath you as you sit atop the patient’s table. A cold stethoscope against your skin. The question, “are you sexually active?” These are all part of a regular doctor’s appointment, but one can be exclusionary if it’s being asked by someone who has a narrow and heteronormative understanding of sex.
In the wide spectrum of human intimacy and relationships, what counts as sexually active?
It seems the definition is different for everyone, and this reality is not reflected in a doctor’s checklist. For health-care to be truly inclusive, doctors should be more specific about what they mean when they ask, “are you sexually active?”
Doctors ask about sexual activity ultimately with the...
By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer
Content warning: References of sexual activities.
The wrinkling of paper underneath you as you sit atop the patient’s table. A cold stethoscope against your skin. The question, “are you sexually active?” These are all part of a regular doctor’s appointment, but one can be exclusionary if it’s being asked by someone who has a narrow and heteronormative understanding of sex.
In the wide spectrum of human intimacy and relationships, what counts as sexually active?
It seems the definition is different for everyone, and this reality is not reflected in a doctor’s checklist. For health-care to be truly inclusive, doctors should be more specific about what they mean when they ask, “are you sexually active?”
Doctors ask about sexual activity ultimately with the...
By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer
Content warning: References of sexual activities.
The wrinkling of paper underneath you as you sit atop the patient’s table. A cold stethoscope against your skin. The question, “are you sexually active?” These are all part of a regular doctor’s appointment, but one can be exclusionary if it’s being asked by someone who has a narrow and heteronormative understanding of sex.
In the wide spectrum of human intimacy and relationships, what counts as sexually active?
It seems the definition is different for everyone, and this reality is not reflected in a doctor’s checklist. For health-care to be truly inclusive, doctors should be more specific about what they mean when they ask, “are you sexually active?”
Doctors ask about sexual activity ultimately with the...
