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A couple decades ago, I got a call from an ex-girlfriend who said she just tested positive for Chlamydia and recommended I get myself tested, just to be safe.
I went to my doctor, who had a bunch of questions about my sexual health before he administered the test. One of the questions he asked was, "do you use condoms?"
Of course, the answer was "yes," but for some reason, my mouth defaulted to the word, "no."
I was about to correct myself, but out of nowhere, the doctor screamed in my face, "Are you STUPID?!" I was so stunned by his sudden outburst, I froze on the spot.
He them proceeded to lecture me on proper sexual safety, half shouting at me. It was too late to fix the mistake; I felt like he'd think I was backpedaling to stay out of trouble at that point. I resigned myself to sitting through a lengthy, angry lecture.
By the way, I tested negative. My doctor was genuinely surprised. I was not.
That is an insane response from the doctor! I mean, is it bad to not use condoms? Yeah! But shout lecturing the patient is like. Not going to make them start using them, it's going to make them lie so they don't have that happen again!
For the record, this was while I was serving in the US military. I had a military doctor, and we were used to being yelled at when we made mistakes, so his reaction wasn't too surprising to me. What shocked me was that he was so calm and quiet before that moment. I didn't see it coming, and it took me a moment to process why I was suddenly being yelled at.
The idea that even the doctor yells at you in the military makes it sound like an unhinged place
I mean, it's a career where you sign up to maybe die at 18 by giving up all your autonomy. So... yes.