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On Touching Naked Bodies (In the Clinic)
- kevin 11y agoThere's a NSFW image for this article. Not vulgar, but head's up. Learned a new word while reading this: auscultation. And while she doesn't quite use it like this in the article, I realize that sometimes I auscultate when I listen to people's problems instead of truly empathizing. This is also beautifully written. One of my favorite parts: I am learning to worship strangers, and I want, so badly, the space—the moment—to seek multiple truths, like an artist or a writer—the truth of diagnosis, the truth of personhood. I want to seek out clinical truths with a steady hand and observant eye. But I also want to listen for spiritual truths and emotional truths; I want to expose my heart and be vulnerable enough to feel for and with patients. Bihar sounds like she'll make an incredibly thoughtful doctor.
- sheepdestroyer 11y agoIf NSFW means that images of naked body in a non sexual context are not acceptable, then you need to recognise that your culture is perverse. American puritanism is sadly becoming the norm worldwide and that is a dangerous cultural aggression. Somewhat relevant : see how someone had to sue Facebook in order to have his account reinstated after having posted "L'Origine du Monde" on his wall : http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2016/01/06/03015-20160106ARTFIG00290--l-origine-du-monde-la-bete-noire-juridique-de-facebook.php http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2016/01/06/03015-201...
- douglance 11y agoPretentious af.