fromthemindofatwentyorotherlycan:
What it’s like to be slut-shamed when buying birth control
Even when pharmacists do let people access contraception, whether emergency contraception or condoms or prescription birth control pills, the process isn’t always free of judgment. In a series of recent online discussions, people across the country have begun to share stories of the stigma they’ve experienced. As many have pointed out, this can be especially damaging to teens.
DO YOU SEE THIS? PHARMACY EMPLOYEES IN THE U.S. ARE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO THIS. THAT GOES FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE FRONT AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN WHITE COATS BEHIND THE CAGE.
If an employee in a pharmacy makes a snide comment – Front store workers, pharmacists, or Pharmacy Techs give you shit? Gently (Or not so gently) remind them that the waiver they signed upon being hired legally binds them from commenting on your purchase, as it is a violation of privacy laws. Doing so is grounds for INSTANT termination and hefty fines.
Pharmacy workers (white coats) are legally obligated to ASK if you need an explanation of how medication works and any side effects, any medication conflicts etc. If you decline, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED AT ALL TO MAKE SNIDE REMARKS OR FARTHER COMMENT ON YOUR PURCHASE. FRONT STORE EMPLOYEES CAN NOT AT ALL COMMENT IN ANY WAY, IN ANY STORE WITH A PHARMACY IN IT.
Know your rights. If this shit happens? Call them the fuck out and ask to speak to a manager. Get worked up. Cause a scene. Threaten a Lawsuit. If you see this happening to someone else, and they seem to be struggling, speak up for them.
As a Pharmacy worker, you bet your ass I’ll protect you and your privacy. IT’S MY JOB.
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I DONT CARE WHAT YOUR BLOG IS
THIS IS SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD SEE
The exact words you want to use to put the fear of God into a pharmacist who’s judging you openly and loudly are “HIPPA violation” because at that point they are sharing identifiable personal health information with the general public and the punishments for that start at a firing and massive fine and go up to permanent loss of license right quick
I am on birth control- a cheaper generic brand of the exact same one my doctor prescribed me- and am lucky enough my family doctor that wrote my prescription for it is a female.
I also happen to be Autistic and one of the things with Autistic ppl is we’re known to be short tempered and can not lie/ have a very hard time lying.
So if it had been me in these situations I literally would have bluntly said the truth- which I actually DID to my doctor. She was concerned I was having sexual relations.
I said “I am Asexual, and have absolutely no interest in ever having sex, that literally holds no appeal to me. I just want these pills to regulate my period so that I’m not randomly waking up to blood soaked bedsheets at random intervals.”
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