I hear men (who are otherwise not #sexist) say, "I would be uncomfortable with a female doctor" & it makes me so mad, because it never occurred to me to choose a doctor based on #gender. Like, why have I put up with crappy male doctors all my life? #WomensHealth
To be fair, I've had good male doctors. General practitioners, OBGYNs, hematologists, neurologists. But when they're bad, it's almost exclusively because they are men and I'm a woman. #WomensHealth
One time, a male doctor misdiagnosed my kidney stone as mittelschmerz (pain during ovulation), because when a woman has pain in her side, it must be related to her lady parts. This was 10 years ago & I'm still bitter about it. #WomensHealth
Recently, a male doctor seemed annoyed that I am #breastfeeding, because it meant he couldn't prescribe a certain medication for me. #WomensHealth
My OB was sick for one of my prenatal appointments and a male doctor in the practice saw me instead. I felt like he wasn't listening to me and spent most of the time looking at my husband while answering my questions. #WomensHealth
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