Catherine quoted, in response to Mack: "600,000 doctors [that's a lot of docs!)] are putting on rubber gloves and they're poking at the miseries made of love. They say they're learning how to spot the battered wives, among all the women bleeding through their lives."
Me now: to me, this has always meant that doctors and other health care providers, like nurse practitioners and physician assistants, have finally become aware enough of the reality of domestic violence that they are taking special care not to ignore tell-tale signs, and even to ask questions, where it seems appropriate, in the course of routine physical examinations. And, as someone else pointed out, they would almost certainly be wearing gloves when conducting such exams. My two cents! Mary P.
