Thread by @DocMCohen

A thread about things male doctors have said to me about the #GenderPayGap and sexism in medicine.

"I do not think the FFS system discriminates against female physicians. I believe it discriminates against all physicians who are taking the time to practice medicine properly"

"If women are only working 4.7% less hours per day, then the only possible explanation for the majority of the 30% difference in FP pay and the 40% difference in specialist pay can be due to seeing less pts per day... There is no other way to explain this."

"I am a male FP. Many of the points in this article are false... My other female colleague, a surgeon, receives all the female breast surgery referrals. Her male colleagues are deprived of this part of their practice."

"The gap which exist is purely on account of the type and quantity of work women CHOOSE to do. It is completely untrue/false to claim otherwise!"

"I remain unconvinced that there is unequal pay for the same work based on the limited Cdn data at this time. Granted that there are more males in management, but I do not believe the comparison between management and non-management physicians is fair as the work is different."

"Maybe female physicians are encouraged to seek specialties that pay less per pt...This seems irrelevant when you consider that up until recently, the majority of physicians performing these procedures were men & men are still performing a large proportion of these procedures."

"There is NO gender pay gap. There is no hidden bias and there is no hidden training agenda. "

"My wife... enjoys taking her time with pts. She has the freedom to do lower paying jobs that she enjoys more because I earn a lot more... there are many MD couples that are similar... I don't think any of our wives consider themselves to be underpaid nor oppressed."

"Payment in a FFS practice is based on the number of pts seen and billing practices rather than the number of hrs work. So, a comparison of payment by gender with respect to the hrs work do not convincingly demonstrate to me that there is unequal pay for the same work."

"1980’s. No strident complaints... My study mate who was brilliant and capable became a trauma surgeon... A capable female MD who got on with the job & not obsessed with concerns surrounding the politics of medicine, which it appears is a very different agenda in the sad 2020’s."

"The implication in a FFS comparison like obstetrics vs urology/orthopedics is that somehow the procedural fees for urology/ortho went up,but obstetrics did not,as obstetrics became ‘feminized’ ….. that is untrue,and ridiculous (The OMA has that data)."

"Are you saying that males tend to go into specialties that pay more, and females tend to go into specialties that pay less? Two questions: 1) isn’t that a choice? 2) Isn’t this argument applicable to all areas of medicine regardless of gender?"

I'll end with one final, awesome quote:

"You are certainly someone who needs the last word. Sadly you said enough in your article."

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