{"id":7434,"date":"2018-02-01T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feminem.org\/?p=7434"},"modified":"2018-01-21T10:52:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T15:52:57","slug":"everyday-sexism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feminem.org\/2018\/02\/01\/everyday-sexism\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Sexism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every day of my working life in paediatrics, a patient has assumed I am a nurse. This is after I\u2019ve already introduced myself as a doctor. Parents will often say \u2018hold still while the nurse listens to your chest\u2019 or \u2018sorry I can\u2019t talk on the phone, the nurse is here\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>My most notable was the 7 year old boy who, after my consultation asked me \u2018why does it say doctor on your top when you\u2019re a nurse?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But the truth is, whilst I do correct them, it\u2019s not the time or place to get into a discussion about sexism and role in medicine with your patient.\u00a0 As @ben_hock recognized too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would never berate a relative\/patient. They are scared and often don\u2019t understand everything that\u2019s occurring. Fellow clinicians however&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DrBen????\ufe0f\u200d???? (@ben_hock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ben_hock\/status\/947383832772259840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>And that\u2019s why it was a big deal for me this week when this happened, but from a colleague. I tweeted my story, and this has provoked a large discussion on twitter, and unsurprisingly, it wasn\u2019t all positive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/everydaysexism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#everydaysexism<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Me to Med Reg in ED: hi, can I help you?<\/p>\n<p>MR: yes, I\u2019ve come to see the referral<\/p>\n<p>Me: great, I\u2019ve just cannulated him and I\u2019ll show you where he is <\/p>\n<p>MR: are there any doctors around I could speak to?<\/p>\n<p>Me:&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tdphjtRwyt\">pic.twitter.com\/tdphjtRwyt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TessaRDavis\/status\/946666127899361280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The response on twitter has been astounding. So many women experience the same thing from colleagues \u2013 in spite of all the evidence that they are doctors, the assumption is still made that because they are a woman they are more likely to be in another profession.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happens to me twice a day, on a good day. I tried correcting people (including other doctors) but it got me nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana Peso, M.D. (@pesodana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pesodana\/status\/946688122980655104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>But of course, this is social media, and so not everyone offered me sympathy or empathised. There were four main criticisms, or rather explanations, as to why this must of happened. It couldn\u2019t be plain sexism, could it?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1. You brought it on yourself.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hellomynameis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hellomynameis<\/a> applies to communication between colleagues as well as with patients. Less embarrassment all round if we say who we are and what we do when we greet each other rather than have to ask.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Terry Aspray (@mmse30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmse30\/status\/947038518622216193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>I didn\u2019t introduce myself. I really should have, and actually I feel I do this 90% of the time. In this particular case I didn\u2019t, but I was still trying to be kind by helping the person who\u2019d come to our department while sorting out my blood bottles etc so thought I\u2019d just quickly direct them to the patient.<\/p>\n<p>But should I have to explain this to the twittersphere? Is it really my fault that the registrar is sexist, because I didn\u2019t do enough to intervene before he expressed his prejudice?<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0<em>Being a nurse isn\u2019t an insult.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I choose to take being mistaken for a nurse as the compliment that it is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ruth Johnson (@drruthjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drruthjohnson\/status\/947159897279467520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>There were quite a few comments like this, with the insinuation that I was insulted because I was called a nurse, and that means I think that nurses are somehow inferior to doctors. This is an odd debate that simply gets in the way of the issue at hand.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like someone calling me Robert, and then when I tell them my name is actually Tessa, someone else steps in with \u2018there\u2019s nothing wrong with being called Robert you know!\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>There is, in my mind, no inherent value judgement in being called a nurse. Nurses are no better nor worse than doctors so the conversation wasn\u2019t insulting because he called me a nurse. It was insulting because in seeing my gender, he did not see a doctor. He made an assumption that women are nurses, and men are doctors. That has nothing to do with the worth of each profession.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0<em>It\u2019s an easy mistake to make.\u00a0He probably thought you were a nurse because x\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is cause you had cannulated?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anne Marie Cunningham (@amcunningham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amcunningham\/status\/946683169817931776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is it an assumption about which gender *should* be in these roles or an assumption based on the probability that a person of a given gender *will* be in these roles?<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m not saying don&#39;t address it, just that you might be overplaying the malevolence of the cause.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicholas Chrimes (@NicholasChrimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicholasChrimes\/status\/947251172640833536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She also looked like a nurse and talked like a nurse (to the extent that most patients distinguish between &quot;medical stuff&quot; a clinician might say). <\/p>\n<p>The assumption that someone that does those things is probably a nurse is actually correct.<\/p>\n<p>I think &quot;discounted&quot; is a leap.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicholas Chrimes (@NicholasChrimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicholasChrimes\/status\/947290734423457793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>But let\u2019s get realistic. I was clearly a doctor. I was wearing a doctor\u2019s uniform. I had doctor on my scrubs. I have three badges on my top which also state doctor.<\/p>\n<p>I really don\u2019t think this was an easy \u2018mistake\u2019 to make.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She literally had \u201cdoctor\u201d stitched on her scrubs.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mitochondrial Eve (@BrowofJustice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrowofJustice\/status\/947259753226493953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>4. You<em>\u00a0need to chill out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There were also many suggestions that I took it the wrong way, and that he probably meant no harm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anyway, main issue I assume was sorted\/ ie the patient: we all get moments of ego n identity bashing\/ would not assume any sexist connotation \/ just a simple mistake on the part of the Paeds Reg more likely<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Doherty (@dohertjgd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dohertjgd\/status\/947172287664582657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>This undermining of my experience is really frustrating. The idea that I was upset because of my ego, or that I allowed patient care to be impacted because of this comment, again just missed the point.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was the harsh comments that felt I was making a big fuss about nothing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are 99 problems that really matter in the feminism \/ sexism \/ misogyny space, and this ain&#39;t one. Sorry. I have been mistaken for a nurse, wardsman, student, etc. Correct them and move on.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Cole (@DocOnSkis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DocOnSkis\/status\/947399769793617920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>(and in case you missed the reference, this is from \u2018I got 99 problems and a bitch ain\u2019t one\u2019 by Jaz-Z) *thanks to @unsarcasticone for flagging this<\/p>\n<p>Really I\u2019m at a loss as to how to reply to these. Comments like this are intimidating. I\u2019m not shy at standing up for myself, but how am I supposed to reply to this? Why would someone post this?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been an interesting few days all round. And the best part has been hearing from other women and men supporting standing up to sexism in medicine. Here\u2019s a few of the best.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s nice to think this is a simple mistake, but it&#39;s constant and frustrating; if you are not exposed to it you might not get it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nadine Hughes (@emerghughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emerghughes\/status\/947255696755531776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>I was clearly a doctor\u2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She. looked. like. a. doctor.<\/p>\n<p>And talked like a doctor and was in the places where doctors are, doing what doctors do.<\/p>\n<p>And despite all that evidence, the idea that she could actually be a doctor was STILL discounted.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Penny Wilson (@nomadicgp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nomadicgp\/status\/947269179232546816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>And it was clearly sexism. It\u2019s even more frustrating when other healthcare professionals on social media try to explain it away:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Telling ppl who are being marginalised and discriminated against not to be angry about it is dismissive. It&#39;s a normal response to be cross.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Helen Stigaard Laird (@Helenlaird) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helenlaird\/status\/947380507750338560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is sexist. It does affect women, as is clearly seen in this thread. And if you are not going to recognise this then you are part of the problem. 6\/6<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael FitzPatrick (@DoctorFitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoctorFitz\/status\/947390261197406208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>And a particular thanks goes to those who PM\u2019d me (especially @_nmay, @jeremyfaust, @aLittleMedic, and @nomadicgp).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But that\u2019s the reality of the environment we work in. Most people were hugely supportive and have experienced the same. But there are plenty out there working alongside in hospitals that think I was being over-sensitive or making a big deal out of nothing. There is still a long way to go with sexism in medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every day of my working life in paediatrics, a patient has assumed I am a nurse. 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