In light of the Boston police Union leader child abuse, this is very plausible, even probable. I have 2x, on behalf of someone else, reported, via Title IX - the woman or gay man was not feeling safe enuf to report. Yes, there is blowback when one reports. But we can’t be silent.
https://twitter.com/shades_dirty/status/1382159562980143105
I am a mandated reporter as a #pediatrician. I *must* report for my patients or face legal consequences. Am same for staff, students, trainees. But in #EmergencyMedicine who do I call if a child may be unsafe at home? Sometimes, cops. Are cops safe?
boston.com/news/local-new…
boston.com/news/local-new…
I have seen #mentalhealth and entire life paths destroyed by abusers preying on children like: This happened to too many people I know. I have seen institutions intimidate, mislabel, bury stories of the victims. (Some predators wait until 18th birthday.)
nytimes.com/2017/08/07/nyr…
nytimes.com/2017/08/07/nyr…
“Not all men” or “Not all faculty” or “Not all cops”?
Too many are silent, complicit. You may not abuse but you are part of a silencing culture of intimidation of victims if you choose not to know, look away, question if a child’s story true.
amny.com/news/why-i-did…
Too many are silent, complicit. You may not abuse but you are part of a silencing culture of intimidation of victims if you choose not to know, look away, question if a child’s story true.
amny.com/news/why-i-did…
I have seen TOO much as a practicing #pediatrics #emergencyroom doctor in my 15 years of clinical practice. I have heard too much from peers & staff.
By: The uncle. The coach. The scout leader. Etc.
A culture of #transparency & #accountability needed
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20118864/
By: The uncle. The coach. The scout leader. Etc.
A culture of #transparency & #accountability needed
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20118864/
It makes EVERYONE safer when we #believewomen #believesurvivors (not all victims are women)
Like #nashvillebombing
Many public terror or mass violence acts are by those with a history of domestic violence, animal abuse, elder abuse, abuse/killing of a mother or female figure.
Like #nashvillebombing
Many public terror or mass violence acts are by those with a history of domestic violence, animal abuse, elder abuse, abuse/killing of a mother or female figure.
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1344423655955177473
What has complicated things is openly gay or LGBTQ man or any gender also get targeted.
Women can be bullies to maintain social order, in fact often serve in HR/compliance functions on behalf of institutions.
HR protects companies, not victims.
newsweek.com/how-human-reso…
Women can be bullies to maintain social order, in fact often serve in HR/compliance functions on behalf of institutions.
HR protects companies, not victims.
newsweek.com/how-human-reso…
“Relational bullying” is how to isolate, humiliate, shame.
To protect institution, HR seeks to get employee student to leave, not report, not file a lawsuit, and be so psychologically distressed that is “not credible” as a reporter.
“Crazy” to negate.
hbr.org/amp/2018/07/ho…
To protect institution, HR seeks to get employee student to leave, not report, not file a lawsuit, and be so psychologically distressed that is “not credible” as a reporter.
“Crazy” to negate.
hbr.org/amp/2018/07/ho…
Since I have become outspoken online - on addressing faculty #bullying of students/trainees: online harassment by anonymous accounts, male psychologists, male faculty
+ a smear campaign
What “allegation”?
I say: “verify” facts
Gossip suppresses victims
thehill.com/opinion/civil-…
+ a smear campaign
What “allegation”?
I say: “verify” facts
Gossip suppresses victims
thehill.com/opinion/civil-…
We NEED #transparency, #accountability, reporting with due process. Vigilante activism is not due process.
Gossiping about the alleged predator does NOT protect the next person in the elevator with a predator, nor removes from job/environment, nor enforces limits.
Gossiping about the alleged predator does NOT protect the next person in the elevator with a predator, nor removes from job/environment, nor enforces limits.
Sadly, as much as I am pro-reporting, from assault to medical errors, this: The likely abusing person will
-claim victim
-file defamation
-make the reporting victim’s life so hellish that it silences, shames
-again ruins her life/sanity
But we let them
motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
-claim victim
-file defamation
-make the reporting victim’s life so hellish that it silences, shames
-again ruins her life/sanity
But we let them
motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
Even the #WomenInMedicine created @TIMESUPHC has been found to do this: advise victims it is “not worth it” to report.
Isn’t the role of #advocacy organizations to remove barriers & protect against blowback? Who can be trusted to stand up to bullies?
hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/times…
Isn’t the role of #advocacy organizations to remove barriers & protect against blowback? Who can be trusted to stand up to bullies?
hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/times…
Of course there is complexity but too often
the “activist”’start
becomes a career path
Abusers hold career hostage w/threats: “That’s a lot of work you did.. shame to lose it.”
Across the board, the most senior (women) become apologists, as I have also criticized Dr. Birx.
the “activist”’start
becomes a career path
Abusers hold career hostage w/threats: “That’s a lot of work you did.. shame to lose it.”
Across the board, the most senior (women) become apologists, as I have also criticized Dr. Birx.
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1376670297869451275
This has not been discussed, but you canNOT make a case that Dr. Birx was creating a safe space for reporting or addressing sexual assault it harassment for direct reports given what other behaviors she explained away. Various forms of harm is harm.
Compare wording to dismiss.
Compare wording to dismiss.
“Safe space” is not about gender is the point I am trying to make
Institutions hire women in HR & #communication to “soften” their image, TO SUPPRESS reporting
Safe space = commitment to #transparency, fairness, due process, unbiased evaluation per clear standards.
Institutions hire women in HR & #communication to “soften” their image, TO SUPPRESS reporting
Safe space = commitment to #transparency, fairness, due process, unbiased evaluation per clear standards.
I engage like this online
Others delete tweets after issuing a “call out” *to* me
-> “tally” my *responses* as “harassment”
=manipulation
It had been a “plandemic” style video w/ shaking images impossible to read = a smear campaign vs me
Read my actual words/tweets
#MedTwitter
Others delete tweets after issuing a “call out” *to* me
-> “tally” my *responses* as “harassment”
=manipulation
It had been a “plandemic” style video w/ shaking images impossible to read = a smear campaign vs me
Read my actual words/tweets
#MedTwitter
#SciComm like @JAMA_current is under fire statnews.com/2021/04/06/pod…
#MedBikini was retracted.
I am observing exactly the same in #science #communication as is documented across wrong use of #professionalism
NO standards
Lacking ethics per law & bioethics
Abusive #data access
#MedBikini was retracted.
I am observing exactly the same in #science #communication as is documented across wrong use of #professionalism
NO standards
Lacking ethics per law & bioethics
Abusive #data access
What is purpose of “AbolishThePolice”?
Save Black & brown lives
What is purpose of #medicine & #healthcare?
First do no harm
Save lives
Who is dying?
Of #COVID19 + institutional racism?
Frontline
Elderly
Minority
You cannot criticize policing and not healthcare policing
Save Black & brown lives
What is purpose of #medicine & #healthcare?
First do no harm
Save lives
Who is dying?
Of #COVID19 + institutional racism?
Frontline
Elderly
Minority
You cannot criticize policing and not healthcare policing
Tragedy of Dr. Lorna Breen
= what happens when a woman #physician in #leadership, regardless of race, takes it upon herself
to compensate for #system harms, cares too much, while gaslighted by non-clinical administrators #MedTwitter
#WomenInMedicine
nytimes.com/2019/06/08/opi…
= what happens when a woman #physician in #leadership, regardless of race, takes it upon herself
to compensate for #system harms, cares too much, while gaslighted by non-clinical administrators #MedTwitter
#WomenInMedicine
nytimes.com/2019/06/08/opi…
Believe women clinicians, law enforcement, students
Those AT FRONTLINE
on abuse & harm
Universities and hospitals are chasing other incentives
Wooing politicians
Violating policies
I do speak up whether I get a chance
But this can’t be a few people
#MedTwitter
Those AT FRONTLINE
on abuse & harm
Universities and hospitals are chasing other incentives
Wooing politicians
Violating policies
I do speak up whether I get a chance
But this can’t be a few people
#MedTwitter
When it was my own mother in hospital, last hours of my mom’s life, told “the rules are the rules”
I was told “leave & we will call you when she is expired”
Or: “disconnect now”
Yet Pence toured maskless?
Celebrity doctors partying?
What rules?
Who is #MedTwitter trusting?
I was told “leave & we will call you when she is expired”
Or: “disconnect now”
Yet Pence toured maskless?
Celebrity doctors partying?
What rules?
Who is #MedTwitter trusting?
Thanks to #Socialmedia #activism of #DrSusanMoore, this schema from @CoCoQC
I understood what was going on at my mother’s bedside
how I HAD to #communicate
with #hospital
holding hostage
access to my mom
pull plug “or leave”
to protect her
not be criminalized myself
as a Muslim
I understood what was going on at my mother’s bedside
how I HAD to #communicate
with #hospital
holding hostage
access to my mom
pull plug “or leave”
to protect her
not be criminalized myself
as a Muslim
Use of police vs minorities
by ppl
NOT following standards:
-ICE vs Mexican restaurant w/ #MaskUp #COVID19 #safety
-Manhattan 👩🏼exec asked to leash dog vs black man
-@Sarah_Mojarad of @USC threatening a Muslim Arab woman doc/resident’s visa
(like vs #DrSusanMoore)
#MedTwitter
by ppl
NOT following standards:
-ICE vs Mexican restaurant w/ #MaskUp #COVID19 #safety
-Manhattan 👩🏼exec asked to leash dog vs black man
-@Sarah_Mojarad of @USC threatening a Muslim Arab woman doc/resident’s visa
(like vs #DrSusanMoore)
#MedTwitter
The last example of @USC is an *institution* problem
Like:
Mayo & Pence
#DrSusanMoore “intimidating”
hire #communication as “#SciComm”
but repeated actions
= targeting #LGBTQ, #BIPOC
#BlackintheIvory
+
Patient #data misuse
#BLM
#MedTwitter
Student view:
dailytrojan.com/2020/08/12/cal…
Like:
Mayo & Pence
#DrSusanMoore “intimidating”
hire #communication as “#SciComm”
but repeated actions
= targeting #LGBTQ, #BIPOC
#BlackintheIvory
+
Patient #data misuse
#BLM
#MedTwitter
Student view:
dailytrojan.com/2020/08/12/cal…
#DrSusanMoore taught me what to expect when my mother became >500,000 #COVID19 deaths
Offer” Model minority” #communication while my mother was dying
Why, #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter are we letting administrators & non-clinicians divide us?
@EricTopol
medscape.com/viewarticle/92…
Offer” Model minority” #communication while my mother was dying
Why, #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter are we letting administrators & non-clinicians divide us?
@EricTopol
medscape.com/viewarticle/92…
But please follow the 💰 💰💰
Who pays salary of a communicator?
What is the PATTERN of actions of the employer/institution or their paid communicator?
Who is creating speciality “lists” to collect your #data?
Are #safety activists targeted?
#Healthcare already exploits now:
Who pays salary of a communicator?
What is the PATTERN of actions of the employer/institution or their paid communicator?
Who is creating speciality “lists” to collect your #data?
Are #safety activists targeted?
#Healthcare already exploits now:
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1259561263253856256
I started this 🧵 with
importance of speaking up
& reporting
I gave multiple examples
of online silencing
of clinicians
who are speaking up
about safety or harassment
the lesson of Cassandra:
she was right
#Believewomen (and men)
AT FRONTLINE
#MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #MedEd
importance of speaking up
& reporting
I gave multiple examples
of online silencing
of clinicians
who are speaking up
about safety or harassment
the lesson of Cassandra:
she was right
#Believewomen (and men)
AT FRONTLINE
#MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #MedEd
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1379091993054306313
NOT literal or figurative “police” who will either keep us safe
Believe me as a Muslim Pakistani-American woman I know
men with guns are usually not there to protect me,
not anywhere in the world
#Safety does NOT exist for me anywhere
not willing to be a token “WOC” pawn either
Believe me as a Muslim Pakistani-American woman I know
men with guns are usually not there to protect me,
not anywhere in the world
#Safety does NOT exist for me anywhere
not willing to be a token “WOC” pawn either
Why, #MedTwitter & #NurseTwitter, do you think YOU are safe?
Why willing to be silenced?
Why do you silence/shame peers?
#COVID19 deaths:
>500,000 Americans
>3,600 #HCW (dying younger)
#Pandemic re-rising
#Healthcare
Where is #health
Where is #care?
khn.org/news/article/u…
Why willing to be silenced?
Why do you silence/shame peers?
#COVID19 deaths:
>500,000 Americans
>3,600 #HCW (dying younger)
#Pandemic re-rising
#Healthcare
Where is #health
Where is #care?
khn.org/news/article/u…
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