"Lady" is not equal to "Woman"

[Claire Oh Nette]

70. ICD/tase

And implanted cardiac defibrillator delivers two types of therapy. Pacing, and a shock equivalent to cardiac inversion to reset dangerous arrythmias. My ICD shocked me six times in seven minutes after the encounter with the old man.

I apologized, and he called me, a stranger and a grown woman, "Good girl." My heart rate increased above 170 beats per minute.
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I said to the cardiologist on call, "This must be what it's like to be tased."

He responded, You were tased. Six times. Same thing.

My body reacted from the ICD shock exactly like someone being tased.

It's the good girl language. Woman is fine. Lady is fine. Girl, from strangers, in a condescending, demeaning, put you in your place way is not.

It was confusing as it happened, as well.