The women in this study reported many incidents by the medical community of receiving degrading and humiliating care. Lack of privacy and embarrassment were major concerns of the women during physical examinations. Two of the women reported that they did not want to take off their clothes in front of the male doctors. Nicole reflected on her radiation treatment, the dehumanizing environment, and how she was embarrassed during her radiation treatment that she had to remove all of her clothes and lay on a cold slab, exposing her body to several male doctors. Nicole reported