Live From ISSWSH: WE Believe YOU! Let's Talk Medical Gaslighting
If you’ve ever left an appointment thinking, “Wait…is this all in my head?” then this episode of Labia Logic is your group chat in podcast form. Recorded from a hotel room bed (strictly for lighting reasons), Dr. Ashley Fuller and Dr. Meredith McClure are on the topic of the all-too-common experience of medical gaslighting and why feeling dismissed is way more common than it should be.
Ashley and Meredith are broadcasting from the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) conference, and the conversation reveals how clinicians learn, collaborate, and (sometimes) unlearn outdated ideas. They are (un)covering it all: vulvar pain, hormones, and libido.
Ashley and Meredith emphasize that lack of education, not lack of symptoms, often leads to dismissive care. And they’re explaining why a multidisciplinary, whole-person approach is changing the game.
Know this: your symptoms are real, patient autonomy matters, and “just relax and have a glass of wine” is not a treatment plan. WE believe YOU!
More about the hosts of Labia Logic
Dr. Ashley Fuller is a Sexual Medicine Gynecologist and Vulvar Specialist in Seattle, WA.
Dr. Meredith McClure is a Menopause Specialist, Sexual Medicine Gynecologist, and Vulvar Specialist in Dallas, TX.
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