Husband Stitch
The husband stitch or husband's stitch,[1] also known as the daddy stitch,[2] husband's knot and vaginal tuck,[3] is a purported surgical procedure in which one or more sutures than necessary are used to repair a woman's perineum after it has been torn or cut during childbirth.Vorlage:Efn The claimed purpose is to tighten the opening of the vagina and thereby enhance the pleasure of her male sex partner during penetrative intercourse.[4] Evidence for benefits is lacking.[1]
Medical perspective
While repair of the perineum may be medically necessary, an extra stitch is not, and may cause discomfort or pain.[2][5] Use of the term in the medical literature can be traced to Transactions of the Texas State Medical Association in 1885.Vorlage:Efn There is also a reference to it in What Women Want to Know (1958), a book co-written by an American gynaecologist.Vorlage:Efn
It appears that no studies exist to determine whether the procedure occurs and how many women have been affected.[6] Some medical practitioners view reports about the procedure as an urban legend. One writer suggests that it might be a joke made by men to relieve tension after their partners have given birth.[2]
Popular culture
A short story by Carmen Maria Machado, "The Husband Stitch", first published in 2014 by Granta, describes a woman undergoing the procedure.[7]
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References
External links
- V. Braun, S. Wilkinson: Socio-cultural representations of the vagina. In: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 19. Jahrgang, Nr. 1, 4. August 2010, doi:10.1080/02646830020032374.
- Fiona J. Green: From clitoridectomies to ‘designer vaginas’: The medical construction of heteronormative female bodies and sexuality through female genital cutting. In: Sexualities, Evolution & Gender. 7. Jahrgang, Nr. 2, August 2005, S. 170, doi:10.1080/14616660500200223 (researchgate.net [PDF]).
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- ↑ a b Sheila Kitzinger: The Year After Childbirth. 1st Auflage. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1994, ISBN 978-0-19-217784-1, S. 71.
- ↑ a b c Lauren Vinopal: Who’s Afraid of the ‘Husband Stitch’? New Moms Everywhere. In: Fatherly. 17. August 2017.
- ↑ Referenzfehler: Ungültiges
<ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen Dobbeleir. - ↑ Virginia Braun, Celia Kitzinger: The perfectible vagina: Size matters. In: Culture, Health & Sexuality. 3. Jahrgang, Nr. 3, Januar 2001, S. 263–277, doi:10.1080/13691050152484704.
- ↑ Chelsea Ritschel: The 'Husband Stitch' During Episiotomy Repair is a Disturbing Reality for Many New Mothers In: The Independent, 29 January 2018
- ↑ Carrie Murphy: The Husband Stitch Isn’t Just a Horrifying Childbirth Myth In: Healthline, 24 January 2018
- ↑ Carmen Maria Machado: The Husband Stitch. In: Granta. 28. Oktober 2014.