Sarah Silverman had a "sh***y time" at her mammogram appointment, after she claimed her male doctor touched her without gloves on.
Sarah Silverman
The 48-year-old comedian took to Instagram to share the details of her awkward mammogram appointment, when she said a male doctor "dragged his fingers" across her chest without gloves on, and made her feel uncomfortable.
In a lengthy caption, she wrote: "I had a sh***y time at my mammogram appt today. I have to get an ultrasound after my mammograms because I have dense breasts (insert joke here) and this radiologist - the same man I had last year - I do not like him and here is why:
"He opened my gown and put gel on my breasts and smeared it around with his bare hands. Then he started talking to me about my chest X-ray (I also got a chest X-Ray) and was pontificating with my boobs just out and covered in gel and cold and finally I said "Hey-can we either talk about this when I'm dressed or WHILE your doing the ultrasound? I'm not comfortable with my breasts out just shooting the s**t with you"
"Okay so - he smears the gel on with his hands and NO GLOVES on and when he glides the ultrasound wand thing over my breasts he drags his fingers on them and it f***ing bothers me. Again, AS I TOLD HIM LAST YEAR, I said "Hey! Do you need to be touching me with your fingers?" He said "No". And he pulled them off of me. Then he added "I do that for balance." I said "Well I believe in you and I think you can do with without your fingers on me". (sic)"
The 'Wreck-It Ralph' star insists she doesn't think the incident was sexual in any way, but says it is her doctor's responsibility to "be aware" how "vulnerable" women are when getting mammogram scans.
She continued: "Look, I truly don't think he was getting off on it, BUT it is his job to be aware that this is vulnerable for a woman. Wear f***ing GLOVES - this isn't a date. For him to be so arrogant that he didn't even internalize the problem when I said something to him about it last year is obnoxious and probably a subconscious power thing if we're getting deep.
"That was my last mammogram with this dude. Or any dude.
"Look. I'm a grown woman and I'm fine. But this guy does this with everyone and I know that personally it took many years into adulthood before I spoke up for myself. It's uncomfortable and too easy to think it's all in your head. And arrogant f***s like this doctor take advantage of women's socialized instinct to not speak up. (sic)"
Sarah concluded her post by telling women to "speak up" when things don't seem right, no matter what the situation.
She wrote: "All this to say speak up. Trust that thing in your gut that tells you this shit ain't right."
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