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I realize that this is an old thread and this post will probably go unnoticed but whatever... I feel sooooo much better finding out that I am not the only woman that feels raped or violated or whatever after getting a pelvic. I've been on birth control for 4 years and this is the first time they insisted on a Pap test and a pelvic. I've only ever been with my husband and he has only ever been with me meaning neither of us have ever been exposed to HPV which would cause cervical cancer in someone in my age group (22 years old). My husband and I are not ready to start a family so we have been using birth control (we don't want to use condoms). The doctor refused give me a Rx without an exam claiming his malpractice insurance will not allow him. I am 100% willing to sign a legal waiver stating I am aware of the risks if I were to have cancers and the effect that taking supplemental hormones can have. I did research in college on breast cancer cells so I am NOT ignorant. Even with my husband there I cried and shook the whole time but at no point did the doctor ask if I wanted him to stop. I felt soooo powerless and humilitated. Afterwards he asked me if we were still friends... I am pretty sure that certain rapists use the same line once they too have "finished". At this point I don't even want my husband to touch me, so much for needing that birth control.
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