Are human vaginas or spayed females ultra lower maintenance compared to a fertile unspayed woman?

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[–] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Going in is a check for cancers and STDs. STDs because they can lead to cancers. Like HPV. Herpes is another one. Both can be carried around asymptomaticly. Men, more so, with HPV. There’s a threat to both health and fertility here, hence the concern.

By the numbers, less sex, less gyn visits are necessary. Post menopausal? You go only if you notice a problem.

So you have a cat. She’s spayed, lives with another spayed cat, and both are indoors only. Even as a human she wouldn’t be making those visits. That and preserving cat fertility isn’t a big concern.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    The post menopause comment is incorrect - still supposed to go in every year or two as cancer risk increases with age more than any other risk factor. I go every year, GYN provides pap smear, low dose hormone therapy that prevents most of the migraines I was having from menopause, and prescription for mammogram. Wish it could be every other year but she says no. I got the recommendation for this doctor originally from a lady who'd had a hysterectomy so even in that case you are supposed to go in and get checked.

    It's likely because so very much medical research is done only on men - being a female person is NOT a specialist situation logically as we are more than half the population, but in practice that's how it works. Some women go only to that well woman checkup and no other annual doctor visit.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    It’s likely individual. No symptoms or adverse effects, fewer visits. Or the insurance companies are fucking us. The mammogram is still yearly.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    Yeah we still have sex every day but post- menopause not having sex also causes atrophy, it's damned if you do, damned if you don't I guess. Annual GYN is one of the things that are covered by insurance - a not sarcastic Thanks, Obama win.

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