Maria Uloko MD Profile picture
Urologist, comphrehensive sexual medicine, - sexual health for all genders. Researcher, advocate, Beyonce stan. Founder VULVAi
May 21 21 tweets 3 min read
As a board-certified urologist that specializes in sexual health for ALL sexes... I mean this when I say "medical sexism is real." Men and women are not getting the same level of care, access to care or even scientific integrity in their care. It is so deeply ingrained in our system that we don't even notice it. So let's give some very obvious examples.
1. Hormones are celebrated for men's health and fear mongered in women despite both potentially causing cancer and side effects.
Aug 16, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
If we want to talk about increasing diversity and inclusion in surgery, (a triggering 🧵) we have to normalize female surgical residents having children and lose the antiquated patriarchal idea that we as women are privileged to be joining the “boys club” of surgery so we must Deny, hide or be ashamed of our biology. There have been numerous research studies and articles on how the rigidity of surgical training disproportionally affects female surgical trainees despite the number of female medical students now surpassing that of males.