#sexism in healthcare

[kael-writ]

begging cis male medical professionals to not call (perceived) female patients "sweetheart" when they absolutely wouldnt call a man that.

[spoonful116]

TW: Ableism, gaslighting by healthcare providers

A doctor noted in my chart that I was non-compliant, manipulative, and trying to direct my care. Some of his reasoning:

Refused to take the extended release capsules of the medication prescribed. Also noted that I have dysphagia and a PEG tube

Told him that I needed to address the chronic UTIs before I considered overactive bladder treatments

Became concerned that I had an underlying genetic condition that was causing my issues. A lot of tests were coming back normal, but everything was very abnormal. I do have a genetic condition.

Stopped seeing my first urologist and suggested that I change doctors when they don't do what I want. My first urologist let me have 1-2 UTIs a month and wasn't trying to find a cause

"Refused to give a urine sample at any appointment" when I had been fainting a lot during transfers and they didn't have any exam tables that were wheelchair user friendly.

Communicated with them often about questions or concerns

Didn't do my 24 hour urine collection with an indwelling catheter and thus accused me of not doing it correctly and not collecting all of it in order for my results to be worse

Lying about my water intake and how much I eat

I am truly amazed by this man and the level of fragility, ego, and privilege you must have in order to see those actions as negatives with ulterior motives.

[whilereadingandwalking]

Pain and Prejudice: A Call to Arms for Women and Their Bodies by Gabrielle Jackson is an excellent addition to my health feminism and bias in medicine shelves.

She does an excellent job of laying out why there are no incentives for treating or researching chronic pain, and how the healthcare system must adjust; she also makes a good case for why this change should come from the government and their funding. She breaks down well how the system is not set up for something like chronic pain, and highlights the issues of 'heartsink' patients, the pressure on doctors to cure and have all the answers rather than mitigate or investigate, and how a higher life expectancy does not necessarily mean a better life quality.

I've reviewed many of these books and so I want to highlight specifics that Jackson brings to the table that I did not find in other books. These include a breakdown of Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions (COPCs), descriptions of each of the primary ones and how they intersect, and a focus on chronic pain conditions overall throughout the book. She has a especially excellent breakdown of how the lack of knowledge of female biology overall results in hysteria narratives, an enforced need for women to go to the doctor more often for basic prescriptions due to an inherent distrust or policing, and how overall misogyny and sexism ties in with our inability to believe women about their pain. I appreciated how Jackson paired her discussion of a lack of education in female biology and chronic pain with an in-depth education about those things for women who might need it.

I also appreciated her quoting and acknowledging Maya Dusenbery. I've found that many books recently quietly use her research or issues she brought to the forefront but bypass her specifically, and so I really appreciated how much she was highlighted for her analysis of this issue.

Overall, Jackson's book is a tremendous success and call-to-action about the bias in medicine against women, the failures of the health-care system to treat or consider chronic pain conditions, and what can be changed. Her own endometriosis story influences much of her writing, and it adds a particular indignation throughout that is tremendously satisfying and convincing.

Content warnings for sexual assault, compulsory sexuality, misogyny, medical trauma.

[ellapastoral]

have y'all ever wondered what it's like in the world of nursing? well here y'all go with this keep dive.

[mysharona1987]

[cimerran-714]

A single question to drill holes into the pro-choice movement.

Not clickbait.

If you think women (or "pregnant people", for the ones who also support the trans cult) should have the "right" because of bodily autonomy, do you think it should be legal to not breastfeed your child? Is it acceptable to starve your infant to death as he/she would be depending on you (on your body, specifically) for survival? Let's say that there's no formula available in this case & breastfeeding is the only option.

Now, most of them would avoid answering the direct question & come up with excuses.

She's legally obligated to take care of the child after it's born, so yes.

Legality doesn't always dictate morality, so this argument is bullshit. Slavery was legal once.

2. But we are talking about an infant, not a fetus.

This is specifically only addressing the bodily autonomy argument & not about personhood or whatever. If you have bodily autonomy, it should apply even if it's an infant. If it doesn't, then you are actually agreeing that bodily autonomy can be limited under some circumstances.

3. Pregnancy is more burdensome:

So it's about burden? You can kill someone if they are "more" of a burden to you, is that it? If pregnancy were painless, would you be against abortion in that case? And again, you are agreeing that bodily autonomy can be limited by saying it doesn't apply when it's less of a burden.

4. Try to deflect the topic and talk about something else.

Get back on track & answer the direct question.

Or they can bite the bullet and say "Yes, it should be legal for women to starve their infants to death." At this point you can just walk away from the person because they are clearly a psychopath.

But, yes, please answer this question. I look forward to all the logical pro-choice answers.

Spoiler: you won't have one.

[fandomsfuckoff]

this just in, men don't need healthcare because we're so strong ig.

I know he doesn't mean that, realistically medicade cuts will affect women much worse. Due to the wage gap , how most people in poverty in the USA are women, and how often women are misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed due to medical misogyny, women will be put off medicade more.

However, I would like to point out the language used , he didn't have to specify "males", but he did. he's trying to give us the impression he's getting rid of those "undeserving men" when he's actually hurting women.

Remember, misandristic rhetoric often hurts women, poc, trans people, etc more than your average man.

[mysharona1987]

[commiekinkshamer]

Also like it’s super funny you think healthcare systems care about cis women enough to even have trans people be theoretically able to detract from that, lol

[teachanarchy]

What is hysteria, and why were so many women diagnosed with it? - Mark S...

[theholidayslingerlikebadperfume]

thinking a lot about how little doctors believe women today especially in regards to mental health concerns because my friend just tried to get a REFERRAL for ANXIETY and her doctor told her that "everybody feels like that sometimes" and I really, really, really, really need everyone to learn how mental illnesses and disorders are fucking diagnosed because literally no mental disorder symptoms is exclusive to the people who have those disorders. it's ALL human nature and so yes "everybody feels like that sometimes" but I wouldn't be in your fucking office PAYING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS if i believed that the feeling I was having was a normal, healthy feeling instead of maladaptive and harming me in some way, shape or form.

If someone is in a medical office, asking to be seen for something, TAKE THEM FUCKING SERIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEMSELVES BETTER THAN YOU DO.

[texas-bbq-pringles]

me rn bc nexplanon has not in fact helped my period cramps and the only other way doctors would be willing to help me is an iud (which i refuse to get bc no thanks) bc apparently actually investigating this shit is too hard

[saotome-michi]

"When a person misses her period, she has these oh my god moments. That are about whether she has healthcare, that are about whether she can keep a job, whether or not she can stay in school, whether or not she's going to experience violence. If you have good answers to these questions, you may turn an unplanned pregnancy into a wanted child. But if you have bad answers, then even a planned or wanted pregnancy may end in an abortion."

Loretta Ross

[shebelongstoshe]

Reminder, we say him because it used to just be him. Now sometimes it's her too. A bootlicker with internalized misogyny, patriarchy, and sexism. Voting against women, and wielding her privilege and pick me attitude over other women. I'm not saying beat her ass but I am saying offer to help her decolonize herself if she resists leave her with the men and what's coming to them all.

for reasons i shall not discuss, a tweet

[spoonful116]

You know what would definitely help my mystery kidney condition?

If a few men manspained what organs a nephrologist treats and how a lab cultures a sample * /s

*note that I was a college scholar in biology focusing on medical microbiology