Post by Optimus on Mar 4, 2019 0:28:02 GMT -5
Ran across this story yesterday:
gizmodo.com/the-fake-sex-doctor-who-conned-the-media-into-publicizi-1832711205
Apparently, this guy has been featured on a slew of major media outlets as an expert in a range of issues related to psychiatric and medical research and treatment of sexual health and sexual disorders.
He claims to have an MD/PhD from Harvard and to have done research at Columbia. He's even published a few studies, like this gem: "Similar mechanisms of traumatic rectal injuries in patients who had anal sex with animals to those who were butt-fisted by human sexual partner."
Yep. Butt-fisting right there in the title.
But it's all a lie. He's apparently a total fraud. He's not even a professional bullshit artist; he's a straight up con man:
It's a feature-length read, but a good one. Equal parts bizarre and fascinating.
gizmodo.com/the-fake-sex-doctor-who-conned-the-media-into-publicizi-1832711205
Apparently, this guy has been featured on a slew of major media outlets as an expert in a range of issues related to psychiatric and medical research and treatment of sexual health and sexual disorders.
He claims to have an MD/PhD from Harvard and to have done research at Columbia. He's even published a few studies, like this gem: "Similar mechanisms of traumatic rectal injuries in patients who had anal sex with animals to those who were butt-fisted by human sexual partner."
Yep. Butt-fisting right there in the title.
But it's all a lie. He's apparently a total fraud. He's not even a professional bullshit artist; he's a straight up con man:
If you look up Dr. Damian Jacob Markiewicz Sendler online, you might think he has a MD and a PhD from Harvard Medical School. He presents himself as the chief of sexology at a non-profit health research foundation based in New York. His website states he’s one of the youngest elected members of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and that Barack Obama gave him a President’s Gold Service Award for his contributions in medicine and mental health.
Based on the information available online, Sendler could be one of the most accomplished 28-year-olds in medicine.
But he’s not. Those are all lies.
Sendler is a serial fabulist. The accomplished doctor character Sendler has created has appeared in numerous media outlets—Vice, Playboy, Savage Lovecast, Huffington Post, Insider, Bustle, Thrive Global, Women’s Health, and Forbes, among others. Many of these platforms have published Sendler’s lies and publicized his bizarre and irresponsible studies on necrophilia, zoophilia, lethal erotic asphyxiation, and sexual assault. And until recently, he was soliciting patients through his website where he offered online psychotherapy and sex therapy.
After weeks of interviewing and corresponding with dozens of sources at universities and hospitals, I’ve finally parsed fact from fiction. And after interviewing Sendler for several hours, I figured out how he’s gotten away with it—until now.
Based on the information available online, Sendler could be one of the most accomplished 28-year-olds in medicine.
But he’s not. Those are all lies.
Sendler is a serial fabulist. The accomplished doctor character Sendler has created has appeared in numerous media outlets—Vice, Playboy, Savage Lovecast, Huffington Post, Insider, Bustle, Thrive Global, Women’s Health, and Forbes, among others. Many of these platforms have published Sendler’s lies and publicized his bizarre and irresponsible studies on necrophilia, zoophilia, lethal erotic asphyxiation, and sexual assault. And until recently, he was soliciting patients through his website where he offered online psychotherapy and sex therapy.
After weeks of interviewing and corresponding with dozens of sources at universities and hospitals, I’ve finally parsed fact from fiction. And after interviewing Sendler for several hours, I figured out how he’s gotten away with it—until now.
It's a feature-length read, but a good one. Equal parts bizarre and fascinating.