It’s a common stereotype (I can confirm anecdotally) that whenever a woman goes to the doctor for any reason, the doctor will do one or more of the following:
ask when their last period was, regardless of the presenting issues
tell them to lose weight
order a pap smear
dismiss their distress as insignificant due to period/hysteria/any-BMI-higher-than-a-supermodel/just being a woman.
This happens a lot. I don’t know the stats but it’s happened enough times to women I know to actually cause them to avoid medical treatment.
No, I mean, I know that, but I was thinking they were referencing a specific case or something, because that sounded very extreme.
I was under the impression that high BMI was often used to dismiss health concerns regardless of gender, though; and that hysteria was soooo last century, but I guess not :C
According to a review I read, Scandinavian countries are better at this. Perchance we all move to Sweden.
I do believe 1. Is because everything changes as soon as a woman is pregnant and they have to stop doing any treatments that haven’t been tested on pregnant women for liability issues. Doesn’t really justify the others though.
What? What are you referencing here?!?! That’s beyond medical malpractice, holy crap…
It’s a common stereotype (I can confirm anecdotally) that whenever a woman goes to the doctor for any reason, the doctor will do one or more of the following:
This happens a lot. I don’t know the stats but it’s happened enough times to women I know to actually cause them to avoid medical treatment.
No, I mean, I know that, but I was thinking they were referencing a specific case or something, because that sounded very extreme.
I was under the impression that high BMI was often used to dismiss health concerns regardless of gender, though; and that hysteria was soooo last century, but I guess not :C
According to a review I read, Scandinavian countries are better at this. Perchance we all move to Sweden.
ive heard it alot, especially if you are a poc, or black women they more than likely will go harder on those stereotypes.
I do believe 1. Is because everything changes as soon as a woman is pregnant and they have to stop doing any treatments that haven’t been tested on pregnant women for liability issues. Doesn’t really justify the others though.