This vascular surgery paper on #MedBikini is a symptom of a much bigger problem in medicine.
We often wonder why gender disparities, pay gap, and sexual harrasment exist in medicine. Medicine likes to focus their energy on policing women.
We often wonder why gender disparities, pay gap, and sexual harrasment exist in medicine. Medicine likes to focus their energy on policing women.
https://twitter.com/DrChowdharyMD/status/1286475918823825415
While this publication is about posting bikini pictures among other things on SoMe, what doesn’t get published, yet has a huge impact, is the other ways medicine polices women’s attire.
You want an interview? Take off your #hijab
You want to be a surgeon? Take off your #hijab
You want an interview? Take off your #hijab
You want to be a surgeon? Take off your #hijab
The problem here does not lie with #bikini or #hijab.
The problem in medicine that this paper so clearly illustrates is the need for medicine to control women.
It’s about controlling women’s choices.
The problem is misogyny in medicine.
The problem in medicine that this paper so clearly illustrates is the need for medicine to control women.
It’s about controlling women’s choices.
The problem is misogyny in medicine.
While #Med continues to tout #DiversityandInclusion, what we actually experience on the daily is active exclusion.
Nothing will change until we face this reality.
The reason we continue to have #racsim and #misogyny in #Med is because we still have our heads in the sand.
Nothing will change until we face this reality.
The reason we continue to have #racsim and #misogyny in #Med is because we still have our heads in the sand.
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