SuiXi3D@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
You're female. No, doctors don't care. Ask my wife about how many different doctors she had to see before someone finally took an X-Ray of her back and found out one of her vertebrae is basically crumbling away.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
You're female. No, doctors don't care. Ask my wife about how many different doctors she had to see before someone finally took an X-Ray of her back and found out one of her vertebrae is basically crumbling away.
s38b35M5@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I believe John Oliver covered this exact phenomenon in this video: youtu.be/TATSAHJKRd8
tl;dw Doctors assume women exaggerate pain compared to men (the opposite is true), in addition to ethnic (we’re all the same race, so I don’t use that term anymore) biases also discussed in the video.
Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I really appreciate you citing a white man for this. No one believes it otherwise.
s38b35M5@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
At least he cites women, right?
TheMadCodger@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Which is why women get hysterectomies, to remove the hysterical bits.