Despite significant advancements in modern medicine, the production of medical knowledge and clinical practices continue to operate within an overtly patriarchal structure. Decision-making processes related to the female body and women’s health remain largely shaped by male actors, a pattern visible in both historical and contemporary contexts. The recent example of a male Turkish parliamentarian defining cesarean birth as “not a normal birth” and male football fans displaying banners reading “normal birth is the real normal” illustrates how medical discourse is intertwined with gender norms. The silence of institutional and societal actors in such cases once again demonstrates that modern medicine persists in conceptualizing the female body through normative and patriarchal frameworks.This article examines enduring patriarchal medical practices through the lens of feminist bioethics. First, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2024 decision to remove the “black box” warning from hormone therapy medications marks a significant shift for postmenopausal women’s health. This policy change necessitates a reevaluation of historically exaggerated risk narratives and scientifically questionable medical assumptions concerning women’s bodies.Second, the historical legacy of J. Marion Sims often referred to as the “father of modern gynecology” is analyzed, particularly his use of enslaved Black women in non-consensual experimental procedures that led to the development of the duck-bill speculum. Sims’s legacy is intertwined not only with unethical experimentation but also with the racialized and patriarchal biases embedded in the foundations of modern gynecology. In contrast, the “Lillum,” a new gynecological device developed by Dutch women engineers (Ariadna Izcara Gual and Tamara Hoveling), represents an alternative to male-designed instruments by prioritizing ergonomic design and sensitivity to the biological and emotional needs of women. Considering that approximately 35% of women experience fear regarding gynecological examinations, the Lillum constitutes not only a technological innovation but also a significant example of feminist biodesign.Overall, the male-centered production of knowledge in modern medicine necessitates a critical rethinking of scientific objectivity and the presumed neutrality of medical ethics. From this perspective, feminist bioethics emerges as both a critical analytical framework and a transformative knowledge domain aimed at reconstructing medical practices, instruments, and ethical standards.