‘Oh, it’ll all be okay, once you get married.’

‘Come with your mother the next time, does she know you’re doing all this?’

‘Oh you’re unmarried? We can’t test you for PCOD.’

All these are statements some ‘sanskaari’ gynaecologists have told women in real life. So many unmarried women are wary of going to see a gynaecologist for their health, only because of the fear of how their life will be judged. And when “morals” come in the way of medicine, it can have serious consequences.

Here are some 'advice' that gynaecologists have given to women in real life. And here’s what Indian unmarried women have to say to the them.