41 min

The Retrievals: Why is female pain so often ignored‪?‬ Crime Story

    • True Crime

The women in this story came to a fertility clinic at Yale hoping to become pregnant. They arrived expecting the utmost in care. But when a surgical procedure caused them excruciating pain, their doctors dismissed it.

Susan Burton is the host of The Retrievals, a podcast that exposes what was actually going on behind the scenes. In this episode, we discuss the shocking source of the patients’ pain and ask why we still tolerate and misinterpret women’s pain.

For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.

This episode's transcript can be found here.

The women in this story came to a fertility clinic at Yale hoping to become pregnant. They arrived expecting the utmost in care. But when a surgical procedure caused them excruciating pain, their doctors dismissed it.

Susan Burton is the host of The Retrievals, a podcast that exposes what was actually going on behind the scenes. In this episode, we discuss the shocking source of the patients’ pain and ask why we still tolerate and misinterpret women’s pain.

For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.

This episode's transcript can be found here.

41 min

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