sometimes I think about how far we still have to go with consent
my worst relatives try to sneak meat or meat products into my food despite the fact that I'm a vegetarian
my ex's brother gave his mother an edible without her knowledge and when she got freaked out and paranoid they laughed, and people I've told that go "yeah that's shitty but it's just weed"
when I go to the doctor and ask them to describe what they are going to do before touching me they get frustrated
when I ask a friends of a friend who is a small influencer to keep me out of frame in videos they film for social media in public they look at me like I've pissed in their cereal
idk man, we've got a long way to go.
#medical professionals doing this is fuckin wild#tbh in my field if you explain what you need the pt to do and why then most of the time they will help you which is a lot fucking easier!!!#i once watched someone manage to diffuse a very tense situation w a man who had a femur shaft break and was very agitated (obviously)#but the staff member explained exactly what was happening and why and how we were trying to reduce the pt’s pain#and GO FIGURE the pt fully cooperated and we got the exam done and it was mostly fine bc the pt trusted us#but i also watched a pa completely ignore their pt having a panic attack so yknow. it varies 💀
